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Japanese Beginner 1 (INTENSIVE CLASS) – Saturday morning

Upcoming courses

Location: Sydney Language Solutions

Cost:

$350 + GST = $385

Duration: 5 weeks x 2.5 hours per week

Upcoming class: 23 November 2024

Upcoming class: 18 January 2025

Class Size: 6 Student

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by SLS Adminon 7 November 2023in Japanese Course, Online Courses

Course description

SLS offers a 10-hour Japanese Beginner 1 INTENSIVE Course for those who wish to learn basic conversational Japanese for the first time but want to finish quicker than the regular class. Available at our convenient Sydney CBD location during weekends, our course is ideal for those who work full time. All language courses come with free training materials and you’ll enjoy our small class sizes for a great interactive learning experience. Upon completion, you’ll also receive a Certificate of Participation.

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 to 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.

Upcoming Class: Saturday 23 November 2024
Fee: $350+ GST = $385 for 15-hour course for 6 weeks
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 am
Duration: 6 weeks course x 2.5 hours per week = 15 hours
Class Size: 4-5 students

How to enrol?

Step 1: Enrol online HERE

Step 2: Pay for your class from our online link. You can pay by eway or Paypal.

Step 3: Upon receiving your payment, within 24 hours, you will be issued with a link to access Anymeeting.com to attend your class. This link is unique for you to attend this class and will be expired within 3 months from the first day you attend the class.

Step 4: The day before each class, Anymeeting.com always send you a link to reminder and start class ontime. On the class day, you simply click into that link and follow instructions to start class.

Please Note:

The enrollment fee must be paid at least one week in advance of the course commencement date.
All classes need a minimum of 5 students to go ahead.
If your course does not have enough students, it will be cancelled and you will be informed via SMS or email two days before the starting date. Alternatively, we may re-schedule the course to get more enrollment or still offer the course for 4 students with a slightly higher tuition fee with your agreement.

No class to suit you? Please JOIN the waiting list and we’ll notify you when a new class is scheduled or if a place becomes available.

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

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Teacher: Toshiko Jackson

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.

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.

Teacher: Ayano Kishi

Ayano has majored in Applied Linguistics for her BA and MA, and has worked as a language teacher in Japan and Sydney. She has an extensive teaching experience including from beginner to advanced classes and corporate trainings. She has a genuine interest in language itself and loves analysing the way language works in establishing communication in a various contexts. She also has a great understanding in 'Second Language Acquisition' which explains how our brain processes language learning as a grownup. This enables her to design her lessons effective and help students to achieve their goals in the fastest and the most fun way. She believes that language learning is not just acquiring a skill but a social activity which connects individuals to the new world and she enjoys being a part of her students' journey.

Teacher: Mizuki Kayanuma

I am currently in the Bachelor of Arts (Major in Japanese & Minor in Chinese) with Bachelor of Education (Secondary) at Macquarie University. I have been teaching HSC format Japanese continuous, extension, and heritage level as well as a university student who has taken Japanese as their major in a private tutor. I will try my best to listen to individual students' feedback and point outs about my classes, I want to create the most joyful class with all the students.

Student Testimonials

“Good teacher and perfect pace.” (Japanese Beg 1 Student, August 2024 Intake)

“Toshiro was really nice and patient.” (Amelia, Japanese Beg 1 Student, August 2024 Intake)

“Toshiro san was really good.” (Peter, Japanese Beg 1 Student, August 2024 Intake)

“Very good tutor. Interesting teaching method” (Japanese Beg 1 Student, May 2024 Intake)

“Great opportunity to meet a lot of new friends. I love all the activities during the class” (Uyen, Japanese Beg 1 Student, May 2024 Intake)

“Manami-san is AWESOME. She is the best!!!” (Linh, Japanese Beg 1 Student, May 2019 Intake)

“I loved the race to the board game and starting each lesson with revision and information about Japan” (Hanan-Gabriella, Japanese Beg 1 Student, April 2019 Intake)

“Toshiro was fantastic – a great teacher who encourages questions and learning” (Japanese Beg 1 Students, April 2019 Intake)

“Well-prepared class and Toshiro is a great teacher. I enjoyed this course very much” (Kevin, Japanese Beg 1, April 2019 Intake)

“Toshiro was a great teacher! Looking forward to doing Beginner 2 with him” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, April 2019 Intake)

“The tutor is very kind, patient and knowledgeable. She used cultural lessons as well as language lessons” (Lauren Japanese Beginner 1 April 2018 Session)

“The course material is very informative and well prepared. Tutor has very good teacher experience and knowledge.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, May-July 2018 Session)

“I liked the variety of study materials in the class. Not just handouts but we also learnt songs and given Japanese articles to look at.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, September-November 2017 Session)

“The teacher was fantastic! Her enthusiasm was so much fun.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, September-November 2017 Session)

“Toshiko was knowledgeable and passionate about Japanese. Her enthusiasm and education make the course very pleasant.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, July-September 2017 Session)

“Toshiko is very professional and knowledgeable. The overall course structure is good! ” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, July-September2012 Session)

“I like the relaxed nature of the class and class participation. Toshiko is wonderful! :)” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, July-September 2012 Session)

“Small class size; the course was paced pretty well, any more faster and I would have felt lost.” (Japanese Beginner 2 Student, June-August 2012 Session)

“Sensei Toshiko is a native speaker and has many years of experience. She is friendly and made sure to include a variety of activities. She also provided a variety of useful handouts from different sources.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, March-May 2012 Session)

“Toshiko Jackson is a very engaging teacher. I like listening to her experiences and her classes are very challenging.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, March-May 2012 Session)

“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)

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