Lessons are classified into eight levels and learners will be allocated to a suitable level based on the tutor's evaluation.

Main study materials for each level are:

LEVEL 1a - INTRODUCTION LEVEL

LEVEL 1b - BEGINNER LEVEL

LEVEL 1c - UPPER BEGINNER LEVEL

Hiragana & Katakana Tables and Exercise Sheets
Japanese for Busy People KANA Workbook	ISBN 4-7700-2096-1
Japanese for Busy People Volume 1 Textbook KANA Version  or the Revised 3rd Edition	ISBN 4-7700-1987-4 ISBN 978-4-7700-3009-2
Japanese for Busy People Volume 1 The Workbook  or the Revised 3rd Edition	ISBN 4-7700-1907-6 ISBN 978-4-7700-3034-4
Supplementary Handouts for Related Study

 

LEVEL 2 - PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Japanese for Busy People Volume 2 Textbook  Revised 3rd Edition	ISBN 978-4-7700-3010-8
Japanese for Busy People Volume 2 Workbook  Revised 3rd Edition	ISBN 978-4-7700-3035-1
Let's Learn Kanji - 250 very basic kanji	ISBN 4-7700-2068-6
Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs & Onomatopoeic Expressions

LEVEL 3 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Japanese for Busy People Volume 3 Textbook  Revised 3rd Edition	ISBN 978-4-7700-3011-5
Japanese for Busy People Volume 3 Workbook  Revised 3rd Edition	ISBN 978-4-7700-3036-8
Basic Kanji Book Vol.1 基本漢字500 第4版	ISBN 978-4-8935-8091-7
にほんご敬語トレーニング (Nihongo Keigo Training, Honorifics)	ISBN 978-4-8721-7612-4

LEVEL 4 - UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

New Approach Japanese Intermediate Course (基礎編)	ISBN 978-4-9313-1515-0
Basic Kanji Book Vol.2 基本漢字500 第5版	ISBN 978-4-8935-8119-8
にほんご敬語トレーニング (Nihongo Keigo Training, Honorifics)	ISBN 978-4-8721-7612-4
時事問題、ニュース、読解と基礎的翻訳など

LEVEL 5 - PRE-ADVANCED LEVEL

New Approach Japanese Pre-Advanced Course (完成編)	ISBN 978-4-9313-1512-9
Basic Kanji Book Vol.2 基本漢字500 第5版	ISBN 978-4-8935-8119-8
時事問題、ニュース、読解と翻訳など
基礎　ビジネス日本語

LEVEL 6 - ADVANCED LEVEL

New Approach Japanese Pre-Advanced Course (完成編)	ISBN 978-4-9313-1512-9
時事問題、ニュース、読解と翻訳など
標準　ビジネス日本語

The school's atmosphere and learning environment are relaxed and homely. All the lessons are private with a maximum class size of five learners (per teacher/tutor) and each learner will receive more than adequate attention from an experienced and dedicated tutor who is a native Japanese speaker. If preferred (and if all the conditions fall into place), one-to-one individualised lessons are also available.

Our school values quality of learning as the most important aspect of study and has adopted a balanced mix of a flexible, personalised approach and a well-tested conventional approach to maximize each learner's abilities. Each learner's pace of progress is carefully considered and respected. A variety of study sources are available at the school and a wide range of study material is also used throughout the lessons.

Although some people may feel that learning the writing symbols (Hiragana & Katakana) is not important, we are serious about literacy because we believe this impacts significantly on how the language is spoken and also facilitates understanding of the basic grammatical rules and structures. That is why we introduce writing symbols from the beginning of the learning process.

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