PRESS RELEASE: Japanese Language Manga Course

Japanese Language Center (JLC) will be providing a new = and=20 unique Group Japanese Language course in September 2004. = Please=20 check out "Manga Course".

Japanese Language Center, based in Bellevue, Washington, = and=20 serving the greater Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Renton, = Redmond and=20 Tacoma area, provides Japanese Language instruction, = courses,=20 seminars, translator and translation services to = individuals,=20 groups, and businesses. Serving all levels of Japanese = language=20 learning, from middle school, high school, and university = students=20 including post graduate. Professional Japanese Interpreters = and=20 Translators. JLC provides Manga Course.

You will = learn=20 Japanese language through very popular Manga. The textbook = is=20 "Japanese for Busy People" and one of the popular Manga such = as=20 "Fullmoon wo sagashite" or "Naruto".

This course is = open to=20 teens and adults. It is designed for those who love Manga = and have a=20 beginner's level of Japanese skill. This course is perfect = for those=20 who wish to learn casual Japanese language. You will learn = standard=20 Japanese conversation including grammar for one hour using = the=20 regular textbook and for another hour using Manga as = alternate text=20 for each lesson. This course is designed to cover reading=20 (Hiragana/Katakana and 100 Kanji), writing, listening, and = speaking=20 the Japanese language.

If you can read Manga in = Japanese, it=20 would be more fun and you don't have to wait until English=20 translated Manga is published and available in America. You = had=20 better check out the new "Manga Course", consisting of 8 = weeks of=20 Japanese language lessons, 2-hours each lesson.

JLC = has=20 excellent instructors. All of them are Master's = Degree/MBA/PhD=20 holders with several years experience as University faculty, = or the=20 equivalent. Their teaching method is unique and you will = learn not=20 only Japanese language, but also Japanese culture/history. = The=20 Master Instructor, Junko is a former professor of Japanese = language=20 at Morehouse College, Atlanta for several years. In = addition, she=20 was an instructor on the nationally televised Japanese = Language=20 Program produced by Georgia Public Television for five = years. She=20 has been a guest speaker for "Japanese Language Education" = at the=20 Asian Network International = Conference.

***************=20 Japanese Manga Course ***************

Lesson=20 schedule:    Saturday 11AM-1PM (8-weeks, 16=20 hours)
Lesson Fees:     =    =20 $200
Class size:        4-6 = people

The very first course starts on 18 September = 2004 and=20 the registration has already started. Registrations are due = 72 hours=20 before the first lesson of the course. Class Schedule may be = changed=20 without notice. Please visit the website, http://www.japanese-language.net/ for an = up-to-date schedule.

Address: 6011 152nd Ave. SE, = Bellevue,=20 WA 98006
Phone: 425-891-2129
E-mail: info@japanese-language.net=
Website:=20 http://www.japanese-language.net/

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The=20 Japanese Language Center (JLC) offers Japanese language = instruction=20 and translation to the greater Seattle area.

Beginner = level=20 Japanese classes through advanced levels (PhD and = post-graduate) are=20 offered in group and private/semi-private settings. JLC = provides=20 regular and Teen group courses also. Group lessons are = offered at=20 $200 per 8-week session while private lessons start at = $60/2hours.=20

In addition to offering Japanese Language and = Culture=20 classes at the Bellevue location, JLC also provides Japanese = language instructors on-site to Japanese companies to assist = in the=20 education of their American workers in business level = Japanese=20 language and corporate culture.

*************** = Group=20 Courese Schedule ***************

Lesson Fees: $200 (8 = weeks=20 lessons, 2 hours per lesson)

Saturday courses start = on 4=20 September.

Evening courses start = on    =20
* = Japanese 101=20 (Thu) ------ 26 Aug.
* Japanese 102 (Fri) -------- 27 = Aug.
*=20 Japanese 103 (Wed) ----- 15 Sept.
* Japanese 104 (Wed) = ----- 15=20 Sept.
* Japanese 200 (Tue) ------ 31 Aug.
* Japanese = 300 (Mon)=20 ------- 4 Oct.
* More Advanced (Fri) -------- 3 = Sept.
*=20 Japanese Manga (Sat) --- 18 Sept.
* Teens Japanese (Wed) = --- 1=20 Sept.
* Teens Japanese (Fri) ------ 3 Sept.

Class = Schedule=20 may be changed without notice. Please visit the website, http://www.japanese-language.net/ for an = up-to-date schedule.

Registration/Lesson fees are = due 72=20 hours before the first lesson of the course. We don't accept = payment=20 for enrollment on the first day of the course. Also we will = close=20 enrollment when a course gets 6 registrants. Please sign up = early=20 before the class becomes full.

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