Japanese language course: MISJ NOVICE PROGRAM LEVEL 1
What you'll learn
- ・Finish learning ひらがな & カタカナ reading and writing, and start learning かんじ
- ・Review and expand the topics of conversation introduced in the WELCOME PROGRAM, such as greetings and talking about places, things, and yourself & family.
- ・New topics of conversation include inviting someone to join you, honorific questions, talking about schedule and existence.
- ・New topics of grammar include how to add the MEANS & the COUNTERPART information, how to use ADVERBS to show the frequency of taking action, several 「ますFORM」based expressions, and how and why the particle usage and word order change during conversations
- ・Review and practice how to use the particle「は」and「も」during conversations.
Requirements
- ・・Have some experience of learning Japanese and willingness to learn more about the Japanese language and culture
- ・Have some English listening and reading ability, because, although the percentage becomes low as lessons go by, most explanations are still in English
- ・Can read basicひらがな andカタカナ up to 80%.
- ・An open mind to accept the new approach, the way of study
Description
This is the course for the students who have finished learning the MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM and want to learn more about the Japanese language and Japanese culture. It consists of 11 lessons. From Lesson 1 to Lesson 4, students learn more about Japanese NOUN sentences. The topics that students learned in the MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM SECTION 1, such as greetings and shopping, will be enhanced. From Lesson 5 to Lesson 10-2, in addition to the continuous training of the PARTICLE changes, students will learn more knowledge of grammar concerning VERB sentences such as how to use new VERBS, how to use ADVERBS, and how and why the word order changes during conversations.
The new topics of conversation are; Inviting someone to do something together, making plans, offering a favor, talking about schedule, and talking about existence. Students can also learn various kinds of 「ますFORM」-based expressions and VERBS.
Good luck with your study and I hope you enjoy the atmosphere of taking a lesson in the classroom.
Who this course is for:
- ・People who have finished learning the MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM up to about 80%.
- ・People who can read 「ひらがな」and「カタカナ」up to about 80%.
- ・People who learned with the popular textbooks such as 「みんなの にほんご」and “Japanese for busy people,” and still have difficulties even in daily speech and writing.
- ・People who are puzzled with the Japanese grammar, especially the particle usages, and need more precise & clear explanations.
- ・People who want to quickly review the basic grammar and expressions concerning NOUNs and VERBs in「ますFORM」necessary to pass JALP N5 & N4
Course content
- Preview02:25
- Preview02:59
- Preview05:46
- Preview06:26
- Preview04:25
- Preview04:09
- Preview12:36
- 08:10： Long time no see.
- 04:52： Good-bye. See you.
- 06:08：Good-bye. Take care.
- 04:17Greetings among INSIDERS: Hello. & Good-bye.
- 06:15Greetings: Leaving earlier
- 03:44： In a business situation
- 06:48Greetings: Thank you.
- 04:49： I'm sorry.
- 03:34Talking about people: Introduction
- 03:56Talking about locations
- 06:10Getting personal information
- 02:40「NOUNです」のBCP: Another type of negative expression
- 05:07Summary（まとめ）& Review materials
Instructors
![Mikiko 美紀子 Iwasaki 岩崎](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 146 Reviews
- 26,282 Students
- 6 Courses
Graduated from Tokyo Women’s Christian College, Mathematics BA. Specialist for teaching beginners and for developing teachers who can teach beginners.
Was a part-time lecturer at Nara Institute of Science & Technology from 2015 to 2018.
Developed Japanese language learning materials for students’ use from the introductory level to the intermediate level.
Developed teaching materials and manuals for instructors.
Make three e-Learning programs, one TV program, “Meet & Speak” broadcasted by NHK WORLD. You can watch it via Youtube now.
Supervised making a textbook for the TV program broadcasted by NHK EDUCATIONAL from 2014 to 2016.
Achievements other than Udemy (1992～2020)
The number of students who learned with MISJ is more than 850. (Udemy students are not counted.)
Students’ age is from 15 to 65 years old.
Students are from more than 30 countries including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia; European countries such as the UK, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and Finland; Asian countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Viet Nam, Philippines, China, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Congo(DRC).
Thanks to Udemy, students from 97 countries are now studying Japanese with the MISJ.
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 64 Reviews
- 19,723 Students
- 1 Course
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