Syllabus
Complete Beginner Course:
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki Chapter 1-2 |
Greeting, Number, Hiragana | Introduce yourself, Ask people about names, nationalities and occupations | Ask and answer the price of items Katakana | Order food in a restaurant, Ask about items' owner |
| 2nd Month/ Genki Chapter 3-4 |
Talk about habitual activities or future action | Extend invitations Accept or refuse invitations | Ask or describe where things are | Talk about things that happened or habitual activities in the past |
Beginner Course: N1
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki Chapter 5-6 |
Describe characteristics of people and things | Talk about someone's likes, skills and interests | Make Requests, Ask for and give permission | Describe two activities, Explain reasons |
| 2nd Month/ Genki Chapter *7-8 |
Talk about what you are doing now, Talk about whether you have finished an activity | Describe how people look, Count people and things | Express thoughts or opinions, | Quoted or informal speech about habitual activities or future action |
Beginner Course: N2
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki Chapter *8-10 |
Reported speech using present short form Learn how to say "Please don't ~." and "I like to do something." |
Learn how to use subject particle "ga" and how to make sentences using "something" or "nothing' | Talk about the past using past short form | Learn how to modify nouns using verbs and adjectives |
| 2nd Month/ Genki Chapter *10-11 |
Negative Present Perfect using "Teiru" form Learn how to use conjunction "because" using Kara |
Talk about your preference using comparison and noun+"no" How to use "tsumori" to express your intention and verb "naru" |
Learn how to make sentences using "somewhere" or "nowhere" and a method particle "de" | Talk about your desire using "~taidesu" |
Beginner Course: N3
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki Chapter *11-12 |
Describe what you do or did using "~tari ~tari" or "ya" | Talk about your experience using "~kotogaaru" | Explain reasons using "~ndesu" Learn how to use "sugiru" to express "too much" |
Learn how to use "~hougaiidesu" to express "It's better to do something." and another conjunction , "node" meaning "because" |
| 2nd Month/ Genki II Chapter *12-13 |
Learn how to use "~nakuchaikema- sen" to express "I have to do something." |
Explain "someone can do something or something is possible" using potential verbs | Give multiple reasons using "~si ~si" Learn how to use "~soudesu" to express "It looks like~." |
Explain "you try to do something using "~temiru" Learn how to use "Nara" to say "if it is ~," and how to say the frequency of events |
Beginner Course: N4
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki II Chapter *13-14 |
Explain "someone can do something or something is possible" using potential verbs | Give multiple reasons using "~si ~si" Learn how to use "~soudesu" to express "It looks like~." |
Explain "you try to do something using "~temiru" Learn how to use "Nara" to say "if it is ~," and how to say the frequency of the events |
Learn how to say "I want something." and how to use "~kamosirema- sen" to talk about possibility |
| 2nd Month/ Genki II Chapter *14-15 |
Learn how to use "ageru/kureru/ morau" to explain "To give something to someone or to get something from someone." |
Learn how to give advice or recommendation using "~taradoudesuka" and how to use "mo and ka" to explain "only or as many as" | Learn how to suggest something to do using volitional form | Describe an action performed in preparation for something using "~teoku" |
Beginner Course: N5
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki II Chapter *15-16 |
Suggest a plan to a close friend using the volitional form of a verb | Describe an action performed in preparation for something using the te-form of a verb plus the helping verb Learn how to qualify nouns using sentences |
Describe transactions of things using "kureru /ageru /morau" |
Learn how to make a request using casual and polite forms |
| 2nd Month/ Genki II Chapter *16-17 |
Learn how to say that you hope something nice happens | Learn how to use "toki" to describe when something happens or happened Learn how to say you have heard something from someone using "soudesu" & "tte" |
Learn how to use a Japanese conditional sentence using "tara" Describe what you do not need to do using "nakutemoiidesu" |
Describe something or somebody resembles the thing or the person using "mitaidesu" Describe the event before and after which something happen or happened |
Beginner Course: N6
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki II Chapter *17-18 |
Learn how to say you have heard something from someone using "soudesu" & "tte" Learn how to use a Japanese conditional sentence using "tara" |
Describe what you do not need to do using "nakutemoiidesu" Describe something or somebody resembles the thing or the person using "mitaidesu" |
Describe the event before and after which something happen or happened Describe activities using transitive verbs and describe changes using intransitive verbs |
Learn how to use the te-form of a verb + "shimau" to mean you do something completely or something regrettable happens |
| 2nd Month/ Genki II Chapter *18-19 |
Learn how to say "Whenever you do something, something happens." using "to" How to say the two actions are performed at the same time using "nagara" |
Describe an alternative course of action you, to your great regret, did not take using "bayokatta" Describe the actions of people whom you respect using honorific verbs |
Learn how to use the form "o" + verb stem + "kudasai" used in public address announcements and in the speech of store attendants Learn how to express gratitude to someone using "kuretearigatou" |
Learn how to say "I'm glad that such and such is /was the case." using "teyokattadesu" Learn how to say "something is supposed to be the case." using "hazudesu" |
Beginner Course: N7
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki II Chapter *19-20 |
Review Chapter 17-19 (Refer to N6 syllabus) |
Extra-modest Expressions "orimasu" "mairimasu" and so on Humble Expressions "oaisimasu" "okarisimasu" and so on. |
Learn how to say "Do something without doing something else " using "naide" Learn how to create a sentence including a noun clause as an object. |
Learn how to use "toiu" to say (item) called "(name)" Describe something that is "easy-to-do" by adding i-adjective "yasui" to a verb stem |
| 2nd Month/ Genki II Chapter *21-22 |
Learn how to creat passive sentences Learn how to characterize a situation that has been brought about on pupose by somebody who remains unnamed in the sentence |
Learn how to use "aidani" to explain the event A takes place int he middle of another event A Learn how to use the causative verb "suru" Learn how to describe your wish using te-form of a verb and the adjective "hoshii" |
Learn how to create causative forms of verbs Learn how to use "nasai" to ask someone to do something |
Learn how to make a conditional statement using "ba" Learn how to use "noni" connecting two facts, A and B, which hold in spite of the expectation that if A is the case, B is not to be the case |
Beginner Course: N8: Reviewing Week will 100% focus on practice.
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Genki II Chapter *13-20 |
Review Chapter 13-14 |
Review Chapter 15-16 | Review Chapter 17-18 | Review Chapter 19-20 |
| 2nd Month/ Genki II Chapter *21-23 |
Review Chapter 21 | Review Chapter 22 | Learn how to create causative passive sentences Learn how to use "temo", "even if" |
Learn how to use "made", "until" Learn how to use "kata" to say "how to" |
Intermediate Course I :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 1-2 |
Topic:日本の地理（名所、行事、祭り、 昔話） | 会話：質問する、あいづちをうつ | Topic:日本語の スピーチスタイル（男女の言葉、言葉の短縮と倒置、書き言葉と話し言葉） | 会話:謝る |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 3-4 |
Topic:日本のテクノロジー（ロボット、テクノロジー、外来語） | 会話:依頼する、感謝する | Topic:日本のスポーツ（日本の武道、スポーツを通して学ぶこと） | 会話:相談する、情報を得る |
Focus on Speaking:
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Japanese for Busy People Chapt.1-4 |
Introduce yourself and others at your workplace or at a party | Talk about a nearby object and its owner, Ask for telephone number | Ask the hours of services in stores and hotels | Ask the price of items in a store and make a purchase |
| 2nd Month/ Japanese for Busy People Chapt.5-8 |
Buy one or more of an item, telling the clerk how many you need | Talk about where you will go, when and with whom | Talk about travel destinations, places, and people to visit, date and times and means of transportation | Talk about tourist destinations, Describe what is inside a building |
* Please be noted that our syllabus may vary from Chapter 7 on depending on the class. |