You won't get far in Japan without being able to speak the language, but using the special techniques our teachers have developed, you'll be surprised how easy it is to learn to speak Japanese, and you'll be fluent before you know it! Our Standard Course uses interesting and modern materials and activities to focus on improving your Japanese speaking ability in a way that gives you the flexibility to adapt to new situations, until one day you won't even need a teacher anymore! Small-group classes are given both inside and outside of the classroom - you will learn essential communication techniques in structured lessons with the teacher, then practice them in real-world situations,
(Example 2-week course. All classes are adjusted to the specific needs and requests of each student, so this outline is only intended as a guide to common objectives. The specifics of your course may differ from those here.)
1. Greetings (including polite forms)
2. Self-introduction (including polite forms)
3. Noun-sentences (“Watashi ha ~~ desu. Kore ha ~~ desu.”), numbers
4. Simple adjectives
5. Verb sentences (transitive verbs): non-past/past, affirmative/negative, including particles
6. “te”-form (request form)
7. informal speech
Activities:
Telephone (asking phone numbers, asking shop opening times, calling a friend’s house, calling a company)
Asking directions
Making reservations
Shopping (department store, post office, clothes store, drugstore (symptoms, etc.))
Giving a questionnaire to Japanese people
