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日本語チャレンジ- Ongoing Japanese Class for Low Advanced

I'm going to ask you to participate in class at all times. They will learn new vocabulary, phrases, and common sentence structures in various situations.
Akiko Graves
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(338)
Class

What's included

1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
1-2 hours per week. Presentation slides will be shared to all participants after class. Students are expected to review the material they learned and memorize new vocabulary. It is advised to keep practicing the Hiragana and Katakana writing.
Assessment
I will monitor each student and make corrections in class.

Class Experience

In this ongoing class, you will learn new vocabulary, phrases, and common sentence structures in various situations.  Rather than looking up new words in a dictionary, you will learn how to use them in a setting/a scenario.  Each topic is based on the question, "what do I say when...?" 
There is a topic for each lesson, and there are 30 to 40 different topics, which will rotate.  Here are the topics of the 10-week meetings: 
Week 1 01/14/2025    Meeting someone for the first time.  Talking about yourself.
Week 2 01/21/2025:  Asking your friends about the weekend and his/her plan for the following week. 
Week 3 01/28/2025  Asking for direction and where things are.
Week 4:02/4/2025     Describing things with adjectives.
Week 5: 02/11/2025    Ordering and buying food/items.
Week 6: 02/18/2025  Asking your friend to go out with you.

Each lesson consists of: practice pronunciation and sentences, Q & A, short dialogue, and role play. This class will be conducted mainly in Japanese except for the explanation of grammar.  The presentation slides will be in Hiragana and Katakana most of the time.  The presentation slides for each week will be shared with all the participants so that they can review after class.

Learning Goals

Learning goals in this class are:
1. to gain more confidence in speaking Japanese.
2. to improve fluency.
3. to gain more practical vocabulary and expressions.
4. to get more comfortable with listening to faster speed.
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
In class, I will be sharing GoogleSlides with instructional materials. For those who would like to brush up their basic writing skills, I might provide them with an access to the "Hiragana and Katakana in 5 Weeks" material I created with nearpod.com. For practicing writing with nearpod, students do not require an account; I will provide a link for them to work on their own.
Pre-Requisites
*Be able to read Hiragana and Katakana. *Has completed all the levels up to Intermediate or approved by the instructor. *Willingness to participate with camera and microphone on unless a circumstance prevents them from doing so.
Language of Instruction
Japanese
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
No books required. Students are encouraged to create flashcards to help memorize new vocabulary. In class, I will be sharing GoogleSlides with instructional materials. For those who would like to brush up their basic writing skills, I might provide them with an access to the "Hiragana and Katakana in 5 Weeks" material I created with nearpod.com.
Joined January, 2020
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I am a certified school teacher.  For the past 17 years, I have been teaching music and choir.  I have been teaching Japanese with Outschool since 2020.  I was born and raised in Japan, and I love to share my experience and knowledge with you.  

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$12

weekly
1x per week
30 min

Completed by 27 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
3-12 learners per class

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