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にほんごチャレンジ - Ongoing Class for Low Intermediate Students

Completed by 17 learners
Ages 13-18
Live Group Class
This ongoing class is for those who completed my Ongoing for High Beginners course. You will learn more advanced vocabulary, phrases, and more Kanjis.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(338 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
4-13 learners per class
30 min

What's included

1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
1-2 hours per week. 1-2 per week
Assessment
I will monitor each student and make corrections in class.

Class Experience

Intermediate Level
In this ongoing class, you will increase your vocabulary, phrases, and common sentence structures in more complex situations.  
 
Here are the topics of the first 16-week meetings. After 30 to 35 weeks, the whole rotation will start again. 

Week 1 08/27/2024    Meeting someone for the first time.  Talking about yourself.
Week 2 09/03/2024   Past tense of many verbs and describe your weekends with adjectives.
Week 3 09/10/2024    The present perfect tense of various verbs.
Week 4:09/17/2024     Ask for directions in more details.
Week 5: 09/24/2024    Daily routine activities.
Week 6: 10/01/20224   Review Week 1 through 5.
Week 7: 10/08/20224  Explore Japanese school system and compare/contrast.
Week 8: 10/15/20224  Review/learn about days, months, and years.
Week 9: 10/22/20224  School subjects, teachers, clubs, etc.
Week 10: 10/29/20224 More adjectives.
Week 11: 11/05/20224. Review Week 6 through 10.
Week 12: 11/12/20224. More adjectives.
Week 13: 11/19/20224 "Let's...." with new verbs.
Week 14: 11/26/20224. Learn "and" to connect sentences.
Week 15: 12/03/20224. More verbs that ends with "suru."
Week 16: 12/10/20224  Review Week 12 through 15.

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.
5. to learn Kanji.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
In class, I will be sharing GoogleSlides with instructional materials. I sometimes use Quizlet classroom or Kahoot.it for vocabulary activities.
Pre-Requisites
You should have participated in my Ongoing for High Beginner class at least 12 times.
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 can provide them with the Hiragana and Katakana Workbooks.

Meet the teacher

Joined January, 2020
5.0
338reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Nevada Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
California Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Iowa Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Wyoming Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Alaska Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Idaho Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
North Dakota Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
I am a certified school teacher.  For about 14 years, I taught 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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