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 |
Topic:日本の地理 | 会話：話す相手によって変わる話し方の違い | Topic:インタビューの仕方・日本語の スピーチスタイル | Topic：あいづちとフィラー |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 2 |
Topic:日本語の スピーチスタイル | 会話：相手に対してお詫びする | Topic:日本語の スピーチスタイル（書き言葉と話し言葉) | Topic:男女の言葉/言葉の省略・短縮・倒置 |
Intermediate Course II :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 3 |
Topic:日本のテクノロジー(人とロボット) | 会話：相手に対して何かを依頼したり感謝したりする | Topic:日本のテクノロジー/日本のスポーツ | Topic: 外来語とカタカナ語 |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 4 |
Topic:日本のスポーツ(武道、心・技・体) | 会話：相手に対して相談を持ちかける | Topic:日本のスポーツ(部活、先輩と後輩) | Topic：日本語の数字と単位 |
Intermediate Course III :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 5 |
Topic:日本の食べ物（ファーストフード、寿司) | 会話：説明する/考えを言う | Topic:お米の話 | Topic:日本語文字表記 |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 6 |
Topic:日本人と宗教 | 会話：グラフを使って説明する/自分の意見を言う | Topic:日本の色々な迷信 | Topic:「もの」と「こと」 |
Intermediate Course IV :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 7 |
Topic:日本のポップカルチャー | 会話：困った状況を説明する/苦情や不平を言う | Topic:カワイイ ニッポン！ | Topic:連濁のつく言葉 |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 8 |
Topic:日本の伝統芸能 | 会話：ストーリーを話す | Topic:日本の歌 | Topic:の形容詞 |
Intermediate Course V :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 9 |
Topic:日本の教育 | 会話：ほめる/ほめられる | Topic:日本人のジェスチャー | Topic:「という」の使い方 |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 10 |
Topic:日本の便利な店 | 会話：情報を求める/伝える | Topic:自動販売機とコンビニ | Topic:標準語と方言 |
Intermediate Course VI :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 11 |
Topic:日本の歴史 | 会話：過去の出来事について話す | Topic:歴史的な出来事について発表する | Topic:カレーライスって日本料理？ |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 12 |
Topic:日本の伝統工芸 | 会話：物の作り方を紹介する。 | Topic:和紙と千羽鶴の話 | Topic:ものづくりニッポン |
Intermediate Course VII :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 13 |
Topic:日本人と自然 | 会話：話を発展させる | Topic:和歌/短歌と万葉集 | Topic:インタビューをして発表する |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 14 |
Topic:日本の政治 | 会話：意見を言う/賛成する/反対する | Topic:日本の皇室 | 会話：日本の政治制度・マニフェスト |
Intermediate Course VIII :
| Month/ Textbook |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month/ Tobira Chapter 15 |
Topic:世界と私の国の未来 | 会話：意見を言う/賛成する/反対する | Topic:世界の社会問題 | Topic:たとえ/メタファーの表現 |
| 2nd Month/ Tobira Chapter 1-15 |
1-4章の復習 | 4-8章の復習 | 8-12章の復習 | 12-15章の復習 |
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 |
Japanese For Teenagers:
| Month | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month |
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 | 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 |
Japanese For Teenagers II:
| Month | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week4 |
| 1st Month | 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 | 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 |
* Please be noted that our syllabus may vary from Chapter 7 on depending on the class. |