Complete Japanese Speaking

Japanese Accelerated: The Essentials · 7 weeks · Beginner · 21 lessons · Live online classes

About the Course

Goal

Take learners from complete beginner to confidently communicating in 日本語 (Japanese)—the language of innovation, tradition, and global culture—through an immersive journey that combines authentic conversation, Japanese etiquette, and practical fluency from Hiragana to JLPT N5.


Finding Your Voice

Master the Japanese writing system by learning Hiragana, Katakana, and essential pronunciation while building confidence through greetings, self-introductions, polite speech, numbers, and everyday expressions. Learners develop a solid foundation with core sentence patterns, particles, and practical conversations.


Stepping Out into the World

Expand everyday communication with daily routines, travel, shopping, invitations, and social interactions. Learners strengthen fluency through essential particles, past tense, adjectives, shadowing exercises, phone etiquette, and culturally authentic roleplays that mirror real-life situations.


Expressing Yourself & Mastering the Room

Advance to natural communication with the て-form, expressing likes, desires, requests, permissions, and ongoing actions. Learners explore their first Kanji, strengthen reading and listening skills, and build confidence through presentations, JLPT-style practice, and a comprehensive mock examination.


Key Highlights

  • Duration: 30 hours / 21 classes across 7 progressive modules
  • Approach: Immersive learning through roleplays, shadowing, cultural etiquette, authentic conversations, and JLPT-focused practice
  • Progression: Hiragana → Katakana → Kanji → conversation → JLPT N5 readiness
  • Outcome: Confident Japanese communication for travel, academics, professional interactions, and JLPT N5-level proficiency.

Curriculum

  1. Lesson 1: First Encounters & the Mora System
  2. Lesson 2: The Skeleton Sentence & Numbers
  3. Lesson 3: Hiragana Mastery, Katakana & Pointing at the World
  4. Lesson 4: Katakana Completion & Connecting Nouns
  5. Lesson 5: Shopping in Japanese
  6. Lesson 6: Politeness, Time & the Week
  7. Lesson 7: Direction, Time & Real Schedules
  8. Lesson 8: Marking the Action
  9. Lesson 9: Shadowing for Natural Speed
  10. Lesson 10: The Past Arrives
  11. Lesson 11: Invitations & Phone Etiquette
  12. Lesson 12: Describing Things
  13. Lesson 13: Colors, Weather & the First Kanji
  14. Lesson 14: Existence & Location
  15. Lesson 15: Where Is the Cat? & Integration Review
  16. Lesson 16: Preferences & Wants
  17. Lesson 17: The て-form Begins
  18. Lesson 18: Ongoing Actions, Permission & Kanji Completion
  19. Lesson 19: Presentation Prep
  20. Lesson 20: The Prep
  21. Lesson 21: Mock Examination

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