Japanese 101
In this course, initial lessons introduce the Japanese writing system—the phonetic hiragana and katakana and the character-based kanji. We provide practice sheets for your own study of hiragana/katakana and focus on conversation skill in the class.  Basic grammar is introduced. By the end of this course, you will know how to write your own name, introduce themselves, ask and tell time; use numbers, and learn about 20 kanji and a limited vocabulary (about 190 words) using present tense.
Curriculum: 101

Text: Japanese for Busy People I (Lesson 1-7)

Free materials:  Hiragana Chart, Hiragana Practice, Hiragana/Picture, Vocabulary 101

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Japanese 102
This course is for those who possess a basic command of the two Japanese alphabets (hiragana and katakana) and the grammar and vocabulary presented in Japanese 101.  We still use Romanji for those who are not so comfortable with hiragana/katakana.  Additional instruction on the basic structure of Japanese verbs; adjectives, adverbs, and forms of address. The vocabularies are based on daily life, work, play, etc. Students continue learning to express likes and dislikes, make suggestions,  introduce friends, and speak of daily activities in the present tense.  By the end of this course, you will learn about 200 new words & 20 new kanji and know how to buy things at store and order at restaurant.
Curriculum: 102

Text: Japanese for Busy People I (Lesson 8–15)

Free materials:  Hiragana Chart, Hiragana Practice, Hiragana/Picture, Hiragana Quiz, Vocabulary 102

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Japanese 103
You begin to learn how to use past tense, use comparatives and superlatives, and transition between present, past, and future. Hiragana is minimum requirement and we don't use Romanji.  The themes of weather and the four seasons, hobbies and pastimes, sports, and family are used. By the end of the course, you have learned to write a letter in Japanese, and speak of games, family, and leisure activities.  By the end of this course, you will learn about 110 new words & 20 new kanji and know how to visit someone's house and entertain the guests.
Curriculum: 103

Text: Japanese for Busy People I (Lesson 16–23)

Free materials:  Hiragana Quiz, Katakana Chart, Katakana Practice, Vocabulary 103, Kanji Practice 1st Grade

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Japanese 104
In this upper-beginners' level course, you learn additional verb forms—the Ta-form, the Te-form, and the volitional form—as well as how to express opinions, desires, and intention. Indefinite pronouns, temporal clauses, and reporting speech and hearsay are also presented. Cultural topics introduced at this level include food and food preparation, eating and drinking customs in Japan, shopping, and handling Japanese money.  All hiragana and katakana are required and we don't use Romanji at all.  By the end of this course, you will be able to survive with the most of daily situation and learn about 30 new kanji.
Curriculum: 104

Text: Japanese for Busy People I (Lesson 24–30)

Free materials:  Katakana Chart, Katakana Practice, Katakana Quiz, Vocabulary 104, Kanji Practice 1st Grade,

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Japanese 104+
This course was designed for “advanced beginners” who finished the textbook “Japanese for Busy People I” and need total review before study with “Japanese for Busy People II”.  There is a big gap between two textbooks, “Japanese for Busy People I” and “Japanese for Busy People II” and the vocabulary significantly increases from book I to book II.  If you understand “Japanese for Busy People I” perfectly, you should have enough language skills for daily life and can speak comfortably about ordinary topics.  Japanese 101-104 is the most important part of Japanese language training and need to be fluent and comfortable with basic language skills. This course provides total review of Japanese 101-104 with the text “Japanese for Busy People I” and the introduction of intermediate level course.  You will learn reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  The Course requires some reading and writing assignment every week.

Curriculum: 104+

Text: Japanese for Busy People I (Lesson 1–30)

Free materials: Katakana Quiz, Katakana Words, Vocabulary 100, Kanji 100, Kanji 1st Grade, Kanji Practice 1st Grade, Adjectives 100, Adjectives Practice, Adjectives Grammar, Review Check List 100

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Japanese 201
The second-year series is suitable for those who have a basic mastery of Japanese grammar and syntax. Writing Hiragana is minimum requirement, and you will have a quiz of the all Hiragana on the very first day. Designed to expand and refine students' basic repertoire of language skills, Intermediate Japanese combines grammar and vocabulary review with conversation practice. You are required to memorize each dialogue.  The aim of the second-year series is to improve conversational ability and at the same time develop and hone students' reading and writing skills.  By the end of the course, you will become comfortable with the basic daily situation and learn about 60 new kanji.

Curriculum: 201
Text: Japanese for Busy People II (Lesson 1-5)

Free materials:  Katakana Chart, Katakana Words,Vocabulary 201, Kanji 1st Grade, Kanji Practice 1st Grade

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Japanese 202
This course is suitable for those who have a basic mastery of Japanese grammar and syntax Writing Hiragana and reading Katakana are minimum requirement, and you will have 2 quizzes of writing Hiragana & reading Katakana on the very first day. Designed to expand and refine students' basic repertoire of language skills, Intermediate Japanese combines grammar and vocabulary review with conversation practice. You are required to memorize each dialogue.  The aim of the second-year series is to improve conversational ability and at the same time develop and hone students' reading and writing skills.  By the end of the course, you will become more comfortable with the basic daily situation and learn about 60 new kanji.

Curriculum: 202
Text: Japanese for Busy People II (Lesson 6-10)

Free materials:  Katakana Chart, Vocabulary 202, Kanji 1st Grade, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade

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Japanese 203
This course is suitable for those who have a basic mastery of Japanese grammar and syntax.  Writing Hiragana and reading Katakana are minimum requirement, and you will have 2 quizzes of writing Hiragana & Katakana on the very first day.  Designed to expand and refine students' basic repertoire of language skills, Intermediate Japanese combines grammar and vocabulary review with conversation practice. You are required to memorize each dialogue.  The aim of the second-year series is to improve conversational ability and at the same time develop and hone students' reading and writing skills.  By the end of the course, you will become okay with the most of daily situation and learn about 60 new kanji.

Curriculum: 203
Text: Japanese for Busy People II (Lesson 11-15)

Free materials:  Katakana Chart, Vocabulary 203, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade

Link:  Kanji  

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Japanese 204
The second-year series is suitable for those who have a basic mastery of Japanese grammar and syntax. Designed to expand and refine students' basic repertoire of language skills, Intermediate Japanese combines grammar and vocabulary review with conversation practice. Discussion topics introduced through film, articles, and annotated readings highlight various aspects of contemporary life in Japan. You are required to memorize each dialogue.  You have a 10-minutes quiz and a small assignment also.  By the end of the course, you will become comfortable with the most of daily situation and learn about 80 new kanji.  This course requires the use of computer (write/read/down load Japanese document).

Curriculum: 204
Text: Japanese for Busy People II (Lesson 16-20)

Free materials:  Katakana Chart, Vocabulary 204, Katakana 100, Vocabulary 200, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade

Link:  Kanji

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Japanese 301
Japanese 301 is a continuing class for students who possess intermediate proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Japanese and wish to maintain and improve their language skills in a structured setting.  Writing and reading 240 Kanji are minimum requirement.  You have a 10-minutes quiz and a small assignment also.  You are required to memorize each dialogue.  By the end of the course, you will be able to survive in the very easy business conversation and learn about 60 new kanji.  Our instruction is immersion in Japanese.  This course requires the use of a computer (write/read/down load Japanese document).

Curriculum: 301
Text: Japanese for Busy People III (Lesson 1-5)

Free materials:  Kyoiku-kanji, Vocabulary 301, Kanji Quiz 301, Vocabulary 200, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade

Link:  Kanji

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Japanese 302
Japanese 302 is a continuing class for students who possess intermediate proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Japanese and wish to maintain and improve their language skills in a structured setting.  You have a 10-minutes quiz and a small assignment also.  You are required to memorize each dialogue.  By the end of the course, you will be able to survive in the easy business conversation and learn about 60 new kanji.  Our instruction is immersion in Japanese  and we encourage to send/receive Email in Japanese. This course requires the use a computer (write/read/down load Japanese document).

Curriculum: 302
Text: Japanese for Busy People III (Lesson 6-10)

Free materials:  Kyoiku-kanji, Vocabulary 302, Kanji Quiz 302, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade

Link:  Kanji  

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Japanese 303
Japanese 303 is a continuing class for students who possess intermediate proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Japanese and wish to maintain and improve their language skills in a structured setting.  You have a 10-minutes quiz and a small assignment also.  You are required to memorize each dialogue.  By the end of the course, you will be able to survive in the basic business conversation and learn about 60 new kanji.  Our instruction is immersion in Japanese  and we encourage to write Email in Japanese.  You will receive our Email in Japanese.  This course requires the use a computer (write/read/down load Japanese document).

Curriculum: 303
Text: Japanese for Busy People III (Lesson 11-15)

Free materials:  Kyoiku-kanji, Vocabulary 303, Kanji Quiz 303, Kanji 3rd Grade, Kanji Practice 3rd Grade

Link:  Kanji  

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Japanese 304
Japanese 304 (Advanced Conversation) is a continuing class for students who possess advanced proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Japanese and wish to maintain and improve their language skills in a structured setting.  You are required to memorize each dialogue.  You have a 20-minutes quiz and vocabulary/grammar/writing (500 characters) assignments every week.  You will listen to a real TV news and read a newspaper article.  By the end of the course, you will be able to survive in the business conversation and learn about 80 new kanji.  Our instruction is immersion in Japanese and we send/receive Email in Japanese.  This course requires the use of a computer (write/read/down load Japanese document).

Curriculum: 304
Text: Japanese for Busy People III (Lesson 16-20)

Free materials: Kyoiku-kanji, Vocabulary 304, Kanji Quiz 304, Kanji 3rd Grade, Kanji Practice 3rd Grade, Grammar, Vocabulary 

Link:  Kanji  

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More Advanced
This course is designed for those who have achieved JLPT Level 1, achieved 550 or higher on the JETRO Test, or the equivalent skill.  Please note it is the minimum requirement.  It requires grammar to a relatively high level, knowledge of more than 1,600 kanji and 9,000 words, and the ability to converse, read, and write about matters of a general nature.   This level is normally reached after studying Japanese for around 800 hours and after completion of an intermediate course.  This course is designed to cover listening, speaking, writing, and reading the Japanese language. You will do Quizzes, read newspaper, and have substantial conversation.  We use different reading materials and with  60 minutes discussion time for covering different topics. Our instruction is immersion only in Japanese (no English at all.) and sending/receiving Email is also in Japanese. This course requires an electronic dictionary and the use of a computer (write/read/down load Japanese document).
Curriculum: More Advanced

Text: JLC provides study materials.  It requires $10 for the material fees.

Free materials:  Kyoiku-kanji, Grammar, Vocabulary, Vocabulary 300, Kanji Quiz 300,

Link:  Kanji

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Manga
This course requires to read Hiragana/Katakana.  This course is open to teens and adults.  It is designed for those who love Manga/Anime and have a  beginners' level of Japanese skill.  This course is  perfect for those who wish to learn casual Japanese language.  You will learn standard Japanese conversation including grammar for one hour using the regular textbook and for another hour using Manga as alternate text for each lesson.  This course is designed to cover  reading (Hiragana, Katakana, and 100 Kanji), writing, listening, and speaking, the Japanese language.  Additional instruction on the basic structure of Japanese verbs; adjectives, adverbs, and forms of address.  The vocabularies are based on daily life, work, play, etc.
Text: Japanese for Busy People I (Kana version), and one of the popular Manga such as "Full moon o Sagashite" or "Naruto".

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The JETRO Test

This course is for the JETRO business Japanese Proficiency Test .  The JETRO Test is the first test of business Japanese proficiency to be recognized by the government of Japan and is supported by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and leading business and academic organizations.  We provide classes to those wishing to prepare to pass the examination, that provides a full review of the material to be covered in the examination. This course is designed to cover listening, writing, and reading the Japanese language.

Text: JLC provides study materials.   It requires $10 for the material fees.

Curriculum: JLPT/JETRO

Free materials:  Kanji, Kyoiku-kanji, Kanji 1st Grade, Kanji Practice 1st Grade, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade, Kanji 3rd Grade, Kanji Practice 3rd Grade 

Sample Test:  JETRO

Link:  JETRO Test Description

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JLPT Level 3

This course is for the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Level 3 .  The Test is administrated by Japan Education Exchanges and Services, inside Japan, and by the Japan Foundation outside Japan. The examinee has mastered grammar to a limited level, knows around 300 kanji and 1,500 words, and has the ability to take part in everyday conversation and read, and write simple sentences.  This level is normally reached after studying Japanese for around 300 hours and after completion of an intermediate course.  We provide classes to those wishing to prepare to pass the examination, that provides a full review of the material to be covered in the examination. This course is designed to cover listening, writing, and reading the Japanese language.  This course is not a rehearsal course for the test. You will improve these skills through conversation.  We have discussion time for 60 minutes covering different topics.

Text: JLC provides study materials.  It requires $10 for the material fees.

Curriculum: JLPT 3

Free materials:  Kanji, Kyoiku-kanji, Grammar, Vocabulary, Kanji 1st Grade, Kanji Practice 1st Grade, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade, Kanji 3rd Grade, Kanji Practice 3rd Grade

Sample Test:  Reading, Listening, Vocabulary

Link:  JLPT Description, Kanji

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JLPT Level 2

This course is for the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Level 2 .   The examinee has mastered grammar to a relatively high level, knows around 1,000 kanji and 6,000 words, and has the ability to converse, read, and write about matters of a general nature.  This level is normally reached after studying Japanese for around 600 hours and after completion of an intermediate course.  We provide classes to those wishing to prepare to pass the examination, that provides a full review of the material to be covered in the examination. This course is designed to cover listening, writing, and reading the Japanese language.  You will do paper work of course, and also a lot of conversation.  We use different reading materials and have discussion time for 60 minutes covering different topics.

Text: JLC provides study materials.   It requires $10 for the material fees.

Curriculum: JLPT 2

Free materials:  Kanji, Kyoiku-kanji, Grammar, Vocabulary, Kanji 3rd Grade, Kanji Practice 3rd Grade 

Sample Test:  Reading, Listening, Vocabulary

Link:  JLPT Description, Kanji

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JLPT Level 1

This course is for the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Level 1.   The examinee has mastered grammar to a  high level, knows around 2,000 kanji and 10,000 words, and has an integrated command of the language sufficient for life in Japanese society. This level is normally reached after studying Japanese for around 900 hours.  To take this course, you have to pass the examination of JLC. Our instruction is only in Japanese (no English at all.)  We provide classes to those wishing to prepare to pass the examination with a full review of the material to be covered in the examination. This course is designed to cover listening, writing, and reading the Japanese language. We use real newspaper as sub material and have discussion time for 60 minutes.

Text: JLC provides study materials.   It requires $10 for the material fees.

Curriculum: JLPT 1

Free materials:  Kanji, Kyoiku-kanji, Grammar, Vocabulary

Sample Test:  Reading,  Listening, Vocabulary

Link:  JLPT Description, Kanji

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Teens 100

This course is designed for youths. The course description is essentially the same as the business people courses (Japanese 101-103), but it has been tailored specifically for young people.  The students learn the same grammar and sentence structure as the business courses.  The difference is textbook, topics, and vocabularies.   The first priority in the business courses is conversation and then secondarily reading and writing. In this course, students learn reading, writing, speaking, and hearing with equal ratio and lessons focus on daily life of the average teenager.  Young people are welcome to business courses, however they are sometimes more comfortable with people of their own age.

Curriculum: Teens 100
Text: Japanese for Young People 1.

Free materials:  Hiragana Katakana Chart, Hiragana Practice, Hiragana/Picture, Hiragana Quiz, Katakana Practice, Katakana Quiz

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Teens 200

This course is designed for youths. The course description is essentially the same as the business people courses (Japanese 104-202), but it has been tailored specifically for young people.  The students learn the same grammar and sentence structure as the business courses.  The difference is textbook, topics, and vocabularies.   The first priority in the business courses is conversation and then secondarily reading and writing. In this course, students learn reading, writing, speaking, and hearing with equal ratio and lessons focus on daily life of the average teenager.  Young people are welcome to business courses, however they are sometimes more comfortable with people of their own age.

Curriculum: Teens 200
Text: Japanese for Young People 2.

Free materials:  Hiragana Katakana Chart, Katakana Practice, Katakana Quiz, Kanji 1st Grade, Kanji Practice 1st Grade,

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Teens 300

This course is designed for youths. The course description is essentially the same as the business people courses (Japanese 203-204), but it has been tailored specifically for young people.  The students learn the same grammar and sentence structure as the business courses.  The difference is textbook, topics, and vocabularies.   The first priority in the business courses is conversation and then secondarily reading and writing. In this course, students learn reading, writing, speaking, and hearing with equal ratio and lessons focus on daily life of the average teenager.  Young people are welcome to business courses, however they are sometimes more comfortable with people of their own age.

Curriculum: Teens 300
Text: Japanese for Young People 3

Free materials:  Hiragana Katakana Chart, Hiragana Quiz, Katakana Quiz, Kyoiku-kanji, Kanji 2nd Grade, Kanji Practice 2nd Grade

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