CULTURE COURSES
1 Starter Japanese 1 (JF Standard A1)-Wednesdays
As a gateway into learning Japanese, you will learn to use basic everyday phrases and hold short conversations on such topics as self-introductions, favorite foods, your typical breakfast, where you have lunch etc. You will also learn to read words in hiragana (e.g. あ, い, う). Japanese culture will also be introduced throughout the course.
［Prerequisite］ No previous Japanese language experience is required.
［Goals］ Upon successful completion of this class, you will be able to:
- give greetings and use basic daily phrases
- talk about where you are from, what you do, what food you like, where you have lunch etc. using basic phrase
- read hiragana words
| Lecturer |
Yoko Sakurai
Ms. Sakurai received her MA in Applied Linguistics and Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language from Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. She is accredited by the “Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language” in Japan. She taught Japanese in Tokyo from 2002 to 2006, and since 2007 she has been a Japanese lecturer at institutions in NY, including Hunter College, Fashion Institute of Technology, The New School, Pace University, and other private language schools. She has been teaching at The Nippon Club since January 2012, when we launched as The JF Japanese Language Course, which was provided collaboratively by The Japan Foundation and The Nippon Club. She is a certified American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Oral Proficiency Interview (ACTFL OPI) tester. |
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| Lesson fee | $300 10 lessons textbook fee $ 25 |
Starter Japanese 1 (JF Standard A1) (Wednesdays) 19:40-21:10
| Schedule | 2020/1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/25 |
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