Testimonial from students of Japanese Class

"I would like to let you know that Ms. Chie Shattel was an exceptional teacher and she really helped me in learning the language before I had to go and answering the many questions that I had in regards to terms etc that will be useful to me in Japan. She is a very good teacher and a nice lady aswell, I am very grateful to you and to her for having me in the class, I really enjoyed it and am sorry I could not complete the rest of the course."  (Joe McKenzie, February-April 2012 Session)

"I have enjoyed the course and need to study more. The course is quite good value for money. The teacher is very good and gives a lot of attention and time for students. She is also knowledgeable and patient."  (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, April-June 2011 Session)

"Chie is a great teacher to teach Japanese"  (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, 2010 Session)

"I am finding the Japanese course very interesting and hope to complete this course and go onto part 2 as soon as possible. I think the teacher covers a large amount of learning material in the 2 hours of the class and does a great job of giving the class as much information as possible in the time available. I am really enjoying the Japanese for beginners course, I find Katsumi to be a very good  teacher. I would recommend the course to anybody wanting to learn Japanese." (Steve, Japanese Beginners 1)

"Thank you for the excellent private Japanese tutoring at Sydney Language Solutions! My tutors were well qualified, extremely helpful, and great teachers. I learnt Japanese faster than I thought was possible, thanks to their excellent teaching methods. The admin staffs were also extremely friendly and helpful." (Sandra, Japanese Beginners)

 

Meet Japanese Teachers of SLS

Chie Shattel

Qualifications:

Gaining my BAs in Business English & Teaching English as a 2 nd Language in Japan, I was able to enjoy my start in teaching prior to graduation & continued for 3 years. I am also a qualified teacher in calligraphy, tea ceremony, ikebana, kimono dressing & traditional Japanese music (Kouta).

Work Experience:

Locally, I’ve been teaching Japanese for 15 years, from year 2 to professionals needing business & travel specific language, including airline staff.

Internationally, I’d gained my Certificate as a Local & International Tour Guide & had worked for 15 years prior to that. I have coordinated placement of Japanese language teachers into Australian schools for 4 years.

I teach in Japanese schools, Community Colleges & TAFE. Returning to Japan twice yearly, I keep up to date socially, culturally & with my language.   

 

Toshiko Jackson

Qualifications:

M.A. in Asian Studies that includes Advanced Studies for teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics, Graduate Diploma in Japanese Applied Linguistics, Diploma in Education and BA in Arts. (All postgraduate degrees are from Monash University.) She has a publication in “Australia Language Matters”, ANU, on teaching methods in Japanese. Her M.A. thesis (32,000 words) was on Japanese corporate management and its car manufacturers’ overseas activities. It earned H.D. at Monash University.

Work Experience:

Toshiko Jackson has been teaching Japanese language and culture in Australia for 26 years. She has taught in schools, coaching colleges, TAFEs, universities and corporate courses in Sydney and Melbourne in part time, full time and casual roles. Also, Toshiko has taught all Stages of HSC, Business Japanese for 4 Japanese multi-nationals’ training courses, the University of Sydney and RMIT. She taught for the Japanese Proficiency Tests, Levels 1 to 4. She was the Depart Coordinator of L.O.T.E. and Japanese Course Coordinator for the Certificate IV at Language Centre, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Melbourne for 7 years until the end of 2000. Additionally she was an interpreter and worked for translation in Melbourne for a few years. She migrated from Japan to Australia 31 years ago.

 

 

 

  

5-Hour Japanese Workshop for Traveller 

Please note that this workshop is intended for travellers who want to learn the Japanese language for survival in order to come to work or visit Japan. The workshop is suitable for those do not have enough time to attend the 10-week night time classes and want to have a general idea about the language during 5-hour workshop

Where: Suite 202, 332 Pitt St, Sydney 2000

When:  Saturday, 16 June 2012 from 01:00pm-06:00pm

How much: $80

The detailed program: 

1.30pm - 2pm      Registration, Welcoming and Introduction about Japan

2pm-3pm             Colloquial Japanese (Greeting, thank-you, saying sorry and goodbye)

3pm-4pm             Some useful terms while travelling (Food and drink, shopping, places to visit) 

4pm-4:15 pm       Some useful terms while travelling (Health and security while travelling)

4:15pm-4:30pm   Break - trying Japanese food

4:30pm-5pm        What to do? What you should do and should not? Travel tips?

5pm-6:15pm        Communication – Business Briefing

6:15pm-6:30pm   Questions, Discussion, and Evaluation   

6:30pm                Close

      

 Online with your details and pay $80 through Paypal. You can also pay by Cash, Cheque, Direct Deposit to SLS bank account.

  

Japanese Tutor for HSC

• We offer 1-to-1 Japanese tutorial for HSC
• The HSC tutorial provides complete assistance to your study in Japanese HSC (all level).
• The tutorial will help you to cover the skills and knowledge required in HSC.
• We are also very flexible in any topics that you would like to learn.
• We can help you with your homework or train you for your upcoming Japanese HSC exam.
  
• Fee: $55 for 1 hour/1 person
  

You can contact us at info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au or 02 9283 9892 to arrange your tutorial. 

   

 

Japanese for Beginner_ Intensive Summer Course

Who should take this class?

Learners who have no knowledge of the language, wants to begin a course of study and wants to know simple words and phrases to start communicating with a Japanese friend/partner/speaker

Program

Week 1 Introduction to Japanese Alphabet/Characters - Identification and Pronunciation

Week 2 Greetings

Week 3 Asking for nationality

Week 4 Telling the time - Numbers - Days of the week - Months of the year

Week 5 At the restaurant - Asking for some food & drink items

Week 6 At the hotel - Names & forms of address

Week 7 On the street - Asking directions to specific places

Week 8 Going shopping - money - Shopping for souvenirs

Week 9 How to get to a place (getting a taxi)

Week 10 Seasons and weather

What's special about this course?

The fee includes:

• Teaching materials (Book)
• Free access and use of Japanese learning software, materials and newspaper at the school library.
• Free access to language exchange program at Sydney Language Solutions

Expected Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• say hello, goodbye, thank you and greetings
• tell and listen to the time
• say numbers, weeks, months and years
• order food at a restaurant
• ask a receptionist at a hotel
• asking for direction
• get a taxi or buying a train ticket
• use Japanese currency

Course Duration:          10 days (2 weeks), 2 hour session per week

Course Fee:                   $ 400 for standard 10-day course     

Class size:                      4 students

Upcoming class:           Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information

** This course is summer intensive course and the class runs everyday for 2 hours, consecutively for 10 days (=20 hours)

   

 

Japanese for Beginners/Travellers

Who should take this course?

The level would suit a traveller or a complete beginner who has no prior knowledge of the language. The student will start on all the basic fluency and proficiency skills : speaking, reading, listening and writing . The course aims provide the student with enough vocabulary and basic grammatical rules to communicate with confidence in simple real life situations.

For learners who have no knowledge of the language and want to begin a course of study to be able to communicate with a Japanese speaker/partner or friend.

Week 1      Meeting People

Week 2      Asking Location

Week 3      Asking the Time

Week 4     Asking Price

Week 5      List Common Counters and their Uses

Week 6      Basic Structure 2

Week 7     Visiting another place and Talking about your plan

Week 8     Existence of People and Things

Week 9     Talk about everyday doings

Week 10     Order food at a restaurant

Expected Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• pronounce all the sounds and tones in Japanese

• recognise the tones when listening to a Japanese word.

• say hello, goodbye, thank you and greetings

• tell and listen to the time

• say numbers, weeks, months and years

• order food at a restaurant

• ask a receptionist at a hotel

• asking for direction

• get a taxi or buying a train ticket

• bargain in Japanese currency 

Course Duration:  10 weeks, 2 hour session per week

Course Fee:           $270 for standard 10-week class (including FREE training material)

Class size:              4-8 students ONLY

Upcoming class:  

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm *FULL

Thursday, 8 March 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm

Monday, 16 April 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm  *Open for Enrolment: 10% Discount if you enrol online latest by Saturday 12/5/2012. You will get the discount in form of cheque on your first class.

Textbook:          1. Sydney Language Solutions Teaching Materials for JAPANESE BEGINNERS

                            2. Genki

                            3. Japanese for Busy People (Romanised Version) published by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching

   

 

Japanese for Beginners 2

Who should join this class?

Learners who have finished 20 hours of Japanese Beginner 1.

Learners understand simple Japanese characters and can write simple Japanese words. 

Learners should have the ability to understand simple sentences and make simple conversations

Learners can ask and answer about name, nationality, time, simple direction and days during a week. They can also say sorry, thank you, greeting and good bye.

Learners want to learn more verbs, noun, vocabulary and improve in sentence structure and fluency. 

What's special about this course?

The fee includes:

• Teaching materials (Handouts)

• Free access and use of Japanese materials (books, CDs, video, tapes) and newspaper at the school library ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL OPENING HOURS.

• Free access to Japanese language exchange program at Sydney Language Solutions

• Free newsletter to inform the learners about any Sydney-based activities relating to Japanese language learning.

Expected Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to expand their vocabulary, to learn more verbs, and basic sentences structures

Course Duration:  10 weeks, 2-hour session per week = 20 hours in total

Course Fee:           $290 for 10-week class (including Free Training Materials)

Class size:              4-8 students

Upcoming class:    

Saturday, 3 March 2012 from 11:00am-01:00pm

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 from 06:30pm-08:30p

Thursday, 24 May 2012 from 06:30pm-08:30pm *Open for Enrolment

Textbook:        1. Sydney Language Solutions Teaching  Materials for JAPANESE BEGINNERS 2

                            2. Lesson 6 - 12, Japanese for Busy People (Romanised Version) , published by AJLT

                            3. Genki 1

     

 

Japanese for Pre-Intermediate 1 & 2

Who should join this class?

Learners who have finished 60 - 100 hours of learning Japanese.

Learners understand Japanese characters, can write Japanese words and make conversations in Japanese.

Learners want to learn more verbs, noun, vocabulary and improve in sentence structure and fluency. 

What's special about this course?

The fee includes: 

• Teaching materials (Handouts)

• Free access and use of Japanese materials (books, CDs, video, tapes) and newspaper at the school library ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL OPENING HOURS.

• Free access to Japanese language exchange program at Sydney Language Solutions

• Free newsletter to inform the learners about any Sydney-based activities relating to Japanese language learning.

 Course Duration:  10 weeks, 2 hour session per week

 Course Fee:           $320 for standard 10-week class (Discount 10% for previous students of SLS)

 Teacher:                Toshiko Jackson

 Upcoming class:  

 Pre-Intermediate 1: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 from 06:30pm-08:30pm *15% discount if you enrol latest by Friday, 2 March 2012

 Pre-Intermediate 2: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information

 Textbook:              1. Japanese for Busy People (Kana Version) - Lesson 1 to 8 - published by Association for Japanese Language Teaching

                                 2. Genky Japanese

                                 For information about the book, please visit http://www.ajalt.org/e/publications/i_information_e.html

     

 

   Japanese for Intermediate 1

Who should join this class?

Learners who have finished 120 - 160 hours of learning Japanese.

Learners understand Japanese characters, can write Japanese words and make conversations in Japanese.

Learners want to learn more verbs, noun, vocabulary and improve in sentence structure and fluency. 

What's special about this course?

The fee includes: 

• Teaching materials (Handouts)

• Free access and use of Japanese materials (books, CDs, video, tapes) and newspaper at the school library ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL OPENING HOURS.

• Free access to Japanese language exchange program at Sydney Language Solutions

• Free newsletter to inform the learners about any Sydney-based activities relating to Japanese language learning.

 Course Duration:  10 weeks, 2 hour session per week

 Course Fee:           $340 for standard 10-week class

 Upcoming class:  Wednesday, 28 March 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm *5% discount if you enrol latest by the end of February

 Textbook:                1. Genky Japanese

                                    2. Japanese for Busy People

For information about the book, please visit http://www.ajalt.org/e/publications/i_information_e.html

      

 

Japanese for Intermediate 2

Who should join this class?

Learners who have finished 160-200 hours of learning Japanese.

Learners understand Japanese characters, can write Japanese words and make conversations in Japanese.

Learners want to learn more verbs, noun, vocabulary and improve in sentence structure and fluency. 

What's special about this course?

The fee includes: 

• Teaching materials (Handouts)

• Free access and use of Japanese materials (books, CDs, video, tapes) and newspaper at the school library ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL OPENING HOURS.

• Free access to Japanese language exchange program at Sydney Language Solutions

• Free newsletter to inform the learners about any Sydney-based activities relating to Japanese language learning.

 Course Duration:  10 weeks, 2 hour session per week

 Course Fee:           $340 for standard 10-week class

 Upcoming class:  Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information

 Textbook:                1. Genky Japanese

                                 2. Japanese for Busy People

 For information about the book, please visit http://www.ajalt.org/e/publications/i_information_e.html

   

 

Preparation Workshop for HSC Japanese Beginners

The HSC course provides complete preparation for the HSC in Japanese and covers the skills and knowledge required in the Stage 6 syllabus for the HSC examination.

We use all assessment tasks supported by the Board of Studies and past HSC exam papers including listening CDs in our lessons to intensively support students to prepare for HSC exams.

We are also in regular contact with high school teachers, which allows us to keep up to date with any changes in curricula and have a source of valuable and current teaching materials.

Entry level:  This course is designed for the students who will sit HSC Japanese Beginners. (If we get inquiry for HSC Japanese Continuers, we should open a separate class)

Through HSC Japanese Beginners Intensive Course we will cover the following topics particularly focused on grammar, sentence making and listening:

* Family life, home and neighbourhood

* Education and work

* Friends, recreation and pastimes

* Holidays, travel and tourism

* Future plans and aspirations

Course Fee:              $300

Course Duration:     5 consecutive days 

Time:                          9:30am-12:30pm

Total hours:               15 hours

Upcoming Class:      Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information

Textbook:                 + Sydney Language Solutions Training Materials for HSC programs

                                  + Excel Senior High school- Japanese Beginners/accelerated Level 

                                  (students need to have their own text book)

Please give us a call at 9283 9892 or email info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au if you have any enquiries about this workshop

   

 

Preparation for Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 2

The course reviews the most frequently occurring grammar and vocabulary from the Level 2 Test and develops learners’ abilities in vocabulary, grammar and listening comprehension skill. The course will also provide students with learning strategies to do the JPLT Level 2 Test.

Course Duration:    10 weeks, 2-hour session per week, 20 hours in total

Course Fee:              $300 for 10 weeks

Upcoming class:       Saturday, 24 March 2012 from 11:00-01:00pm (For people who are taking the 1st of July 2012 examination)

Training Materials:   Sydney Language Solutions Training Material for JLPT Preparation Courses.

Read more information about the course here >>

   

Preparation for The 42nd Japanese Language Speech Contest

Course Duration:    3 hours

Course Fee:              $60 (for class of 3 student) or $45 per hour for one-to one coaching

Upcoming class:     Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information

This course provides a solid preparation for the Japanese Speech Contest. Through the course the participants will improve their skills to write a good speech in Japanese and present it in a fluent and confident manner. 

Those who are not intending to participate in the contest, but would like to be a good speaker of Japanese are also encouraged to enrol. 

The aim of the contest is to encourage learners who are studying Japanese to showcase their Language skills in a challenging context

The winners of the NSW contest will proceed to the National Final on Saturday 16th October. 

 

Recommended books

You can click on the picture to be directed to the bookstore website and buy the books

1. Japanese for Busy People - Romanised version (This book is our main teaching materials for Japanese Beginner 2 (Lesson 6-11). It comes with a CD containing audio for the dialogues and listening exercises from the text. It is one of the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world)  

 

2. Japanese Flashcards (Each of the 50 cards features a foreign word, pronunciation, and illustration on one side; and the English translation on the second side. Cards cover a range of essential subjects such as numbers, colours, animals and more. This set is suitable for students of Japanese Beginner 1 and Japanese Beginner 2) class to practise their vocabulary at home)

3. Japanese for Busy People - Book 2 (This book is used as teaching materials for Japanese Preintermediate 1 at SLS) 

 

4. Japanese in a Flash (This set of flashcard is highly- recommended for students of Preintermediate level to review their vocabulary. The flashcards are arranged alphabetically by romanized words. Japanese text, in both kanji and kana, is printed on one side of each card, with Romanized forms and English meanings on the back only. Sample sentences in Japanese (written in both kanji and kana) and English give correct usage for each headword)