Japanese: Improvers

24/09/2025 - 03/12/2025

Duration : 10 weeks

| Modern Foreign Language

This Japanese course is for learners who have completed a Beginners course and have had the opportunity to develop basic Japanese conversation skills.

Brief Description

This Japanese course is for learners who have completed a Beginners course and have had the opportunity to develop basic Japanese conversation skills and can read and write Hiragana and Katakana and some kanji. You will build up more speaking, listening, and reading and writing skills with proper grammar and sentence structure. On completion of this course you will be ready for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N 5.
The course is priced for one term; to complete the full course and cover all the learning outcomes listed below you will need to attend all 3 terms (there is no obligation to attend more than one term).

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

This course is suitable for learners who have studied Japanese for about 60 hours, are able to read and write Hiragana and Katakana, and some Kanji, and manage a basic conversation in Japanese. 

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the 1st term you will have the opportunity to learn how to:

  • tell about experiences and intentions
  • describe qualities or conditions
  • give and receive
  • describe the present state
  • report on information

In the 2nd term you will have the opportunity to learn how to:

  • make suggestions and give advice
  • action giving and receiving
  • learn about Japanese culture and events
  • compare two items among three or more items

In the 3rd term you will have the opportunity to learn how to:

  • complete Modern Japanese grammar
  • Learn 200 kanji and 1000 vocabularies

Extra costs on the course, for example text book, materials or equipment:

You will need the textbook, please do not purchase until you receive confirmation that the course is running:

  • “Genki 1 – An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Third Edition
    ISBN: 978-4-7890-1730-5 Publisher: Japan Times
  • (From the Term 3) “ Genki 2 – An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Third Edition
    ISBN978-4-7890-1732-9 Publisher : Japan times

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

On completion of this course you will be ready for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test: Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N 5

The Japanese Intermediate course
The Adult Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

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Japanese: Improvers

Course details

Location

Coleridge Community College, Radegund Rd, Cambridge CB1 3RJ

Time

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Fees

£175 (£105 concession ) Group Participation Improvers Course suitable for learners who have completed a beginners course

Booking notes

This is the first term. Read the outcomes listed to see what you will cover.

To book onto this course, please either call the office on 01223 712340 or email office@adultlearning.education

Tutor

Yukiko Isono

Yukiko has been teaching Japanese in the UK since 1980 and has developed Japanese teaching methods for adult learners. Yukiko is the author of “BBC Talk Japanese”.

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