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Japanese language course for beginners based on MISJ
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Japanese language course for beginners based on MISJ

MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM Section 1: Orientation, survival everyday conversations & how to handle Japanese NOUNS in Japanese
4.5 (444 ratings)
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1,875 students enrolled
Created by Iwasaki Mikiko, Mikiko Iwasaki
Last updated 10/2019
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Japanese language course for beginners based on MISJ
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This course includes
  • 9.5 hours on-demand video
  • 17 downloadable resources
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
  • Basic Japanese pronunciation
  • Basic reading and writing of Japanese hiragana and katakana characters
  • Basic grammar for making sentences using NOUNS
  • Basic conversation skills which reflect your intelligence, which will allow you to make friends and enjoy shopping.
Requirements
  • The willingness to learn Japanese language and culture
  • English listening ability
  • This program is carefully designed so that you can learn everything systematically. So, when you study this program for the first time, be sure to watch the videos from the beginning, in order, without jumping around to random topics. When you review, you may watch them in any order.
  • If you can smoothly read and write hiragana and katakana already, just skip those parts.
Description

First five lessons of the MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM.
Pronunciation, writing and reading of basic characters, how to make NOUN-based sentences, and how to ask and answer questions using these sentences. Conversational topics include: greetings, self-introductions, finding locations, asking for personal information such as names, home countries, occupations, ages, and telephone numbers, talking about family, ordering things, and shopping.

Who this course is for:
  • This is the first of three sections of the MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM. MISJ stands for Mikiko Iwasaki’s Systematic Japanese.
  • The WELCOME PROGRAM is suitable for beginners who want to make a good start of learning Japanese. But it also helps people who want to re-build a solid foundation of Japanese language study.
  • Hundreds of our students, from countries across the world, recommend the MISJ WELCOME PROGRAM. Sign up today!
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Dorothy Ogues ( 8 courses, 4 reviews )
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Teacher is very patient, strategic, and thorough. I love the course because I feel like I am there in her classroom with my classmates (those students in her actual class). Nihonggo is difficult to learn but Teacher makes it simple to remember. :)
Course content
Expand all 102 lectures 09:22:06
+ – Orientation-1　Pronunciation & two survival expressions
8 lectures 54:01
Introduction & Japanese vowels
Preview 03:03
[a] line 「Hilagana」characters
Preview 07:34
Japanese syllables (1)
11:55
Japanese accecnt
01:46
Special sounds
12:50
How do you say "DOG" in Japanese?
11:04
How do you say "Japanese word" in English?
03:18
Summary
02:31
+ – Orientation-2 Pronunciation & numbers (0 to 10)
7 lectures 49:23
Introduction
Preview 02:12
[a] line 「Katakana」characters
10:23
Japanese syllables (2)
05:02
Numbers "0" & "1 to 10" : NUMBER SET A
12:50
Japanese syllables (3)
01:56
Numbers "1 to 10" : NUMBER SET B
13:45
Summary
03:15
+ – Lesson 1-1 Greetings & self-introduction
10 lectures 01:05:17
Introduction
Preview 08:46
[ka] line 「Hilagana」characters
09:10
Basic Greetings
12:52
Human relationships
08:23
How to make NOUN sentences
02:57
Self-introduction
03:50
Getting personal information: names
02:27
Getting personal information: home countries
05:00
Getting personal information: occupataions
04:20
Summary
07:32
+ – Lesson 1-2 Introducing friends
7 lectures 37:47
Introduction
Preview 05:06
[ka] line 「Katakana」characters
08:20
Structure of basic Japanese NOUN sentences
02:32
Introducing friends
02:25
How to add the nuance of "Contrasting"
06:30
How to add the nuance of "Also"
10:07
Summary
02:47
+ – Lesson 2-1 Talking about places
7 lectures 41:12
Introduction
Preview 12:24
[sa] line 「Hilagana」characters
07:56
PRONOUN:「 ここ[koko]」
02:45
How to ask and answer questions about places
11:14
PRONOUN:「そこ[soko]」
02:53
BCP of 「NOUNです[desu]」
01:30
Summary
02:30
+ – Lesson 2-2 Asking for locations
10 lectures 36:13
Introduction
Preview 01:33
[sa] line 「Katakaan」characters
08:40
BCP of 「NOUNです」: Review
02:15
Asking for locations: bathroom
02:14
Asking for locations: facilities
04:29
Asking for locations: merchandise
02:54
Asking for locations (POLITE): house
03:27
Asking for locations (POLITE): company / office
03:23
Asking for locations: school / university
03:24
Summary
03:54
+ – Lesson 3-1 Talking about things
8 lectures 52:46
Introduction
Preview 12:00
[ta] line 「Hilagana」characters
10:37
Talking about things: PRONOUN 「これ[kole]」
04:50
Talking about things: PRONOUN 「それ[sole]」
06:02
Talking about things: PRONOUN 「あれ[ale]」
04:46
Talking about "who" and "whose": How to modify NOUNS with NOUNS
06:45
How to say the expression like "mine" in Japanese
04:19
Summary
03:27
+ – Lesson 3-2 Asking about family
10 lectures 50:55
Introduction
Preview 02:42
[ta] line 「Katakana」characters
07:56
Family vocabulary (1)
05:02
Family vocabulary (2)
09:54
Asking about family: their names and occupations
02:44
Asking about family: where they live
03:45
How to ask and answer telephone numbers
09:02
How to read 2-digit numbers
04:22
How to ask and answer ages
01:19
Summary
04:09
+ – Lesson 4-1 Ordering
7 lectures 01:06:10
Introduction
Preview 22:06
[na] line 「Hilagana」characters
10:18
How to read 3-digit numbers
05:12
How to count money
03:57
Ordering
14:32
Ordering: Adding number information
07:14
Summary
02:51