Beginners Japanese Lessons

Beginners plus class!

Let’s study lessons 8-15 of Pocket Japanese toghether! We will be starting from lesson 8, with 4 weeks allocated for you to get familiar with content in lessons 1-7!

  • Maximum class sizes: 7 people

  • Minimum class size: 4 people

  • Lesson time: Sundays @ 5pm

  • Lesson Length: 1 hour 15 mins

  • Cost: £100 for 7 weeks Inc:

  • Material: Pocket Japanese (membership provided with course)

  • Online quizzes, homework sheets and writing tasks all provided!

  • 1 Online group work task a week (30 mins - 1 hour, flexible time)

  • 1 Online student lead study session per week (subject to interest, time tbd, 1 hour per session)

Class Schedule:

  • CLASS: Jan 12th

    Lesson 1:

    Introductory Session!

  • Class: Feb 16

    Lesson 2:

    This, That and That over there

    Kono vs Kore

  • Class: Feb 23

    Lesson 3:

    How much is it?

    It is ‘x’ Yen.

  • Class: March 2

    Lesson 4:

    Here, There, and Over There

  • Class: March 9

    Lesson 5:

    Family and Jobs

    It wasn’t

    But

  • Class: March 16

    Lesson 6:

    I am from

    Counting to 10,000

  • Class: March 23

    Lesson 7:

    Who?

    Final Presentations

I want to provide you with as many learning opportunities as possible, so I will also be trialling student lead study sessions! We’ll discuss how we’d like to run this in lesson 1! I will be present to set up the first one, and after that it will be student run, for 1 extra hour a week of Japanese practice! This extra session is at no extra price as it’s student lead!

Study Sessions Schedule:

  • Study sessions

    TBA

  • Study sessions are student lead lessons! If enough students volunteer, we can announce a schedule!

Let’s have a look at an example class!

Example class:

  • Class Structure:

    What to expect!

  • 10 minutes revision

    Well spend the first 10 minutes revising words or grammar! You’ll be speaking in this time!

  • 25 minutes new grammar

    Well go over new grammar for about 25 minutes and you can ask questions!

  • 10 class practice

    Practice the grammar points in a group for 10 minutes.

  • 10 minutes group practice

    Practice in groups for 15 minutes. In this time I’ll pop into your chat rooms to help!

  • 10 minutes presenting to class

    Present what you’ve practiced to class!

  • 5 minutes cool down!

    We’ll finish with a quick 5 minutes cool down!

  • 5 minutes questions

    If you have questions, you can stay for a final 5 minutes! If not, feel free to leave!

  • Note: for smaller class sizes

    Classes may be 5-15 minutes shorter

Requirements:

  • A good level of English. Can you follow my YouTube classes with no problem? If so, you should be fine!

  • Working mic and camera! Whether cameras are used will depend on class vote.

  • Over 18 years of age.

  • Good internet connection.

  • A quiet room to do the classes (quiet enough that the background noise will not be an inconvenience to others).

  • An extra 2 hours a week on top of lesson time you can devote to homework and group work! I like to provide as much content as I can!

Unless it’s within the cancellation policy, you will not receive a refund if you are unable to fulfil the above requirements after signing up!

  • Once you give pay, you can receive a 100% refund if you cancel within 24 hours. After 24 hours, you can receive a 75% (25% taken for admin that will be incurred).

    Key Dates:

    After Jan 5th, you can only receive 50% of your deposit when cancelling.

    After Feb 17th, you can receive 30%.

    This policy is generous, most offer no refunds. I understand that life circumstances change, so I’d like to offer something. However you’ve taken a slot that cannot be filled last minute, so you must pay for it.

  • £40.50 deposit is required. This will go towards your final 4 lessons. You will then pay for the first 3 lessons weekly.

    This policy is generous, most require full paymet. I only require the final 4 lessons to be prepaid as a deposit. This also encourages you to stick with the course till the end if it gets difficult.

  • A. Less serious cases will get a warning.

    B. Serious cases will be removed from the group and if you’re currently participating in a course you will not be refunded.

    I’ve never had a problem with this before, however please remember there are people from different countries in this group. What may be a joke to you could be perceived in a different light to them. This should also go without saying, but if you treat anybody differently due to their sex or race, you will be removed without refund.

  • The full amount is required before the course starts so I don’t spend time chasing up payments every class! Although I love to trust everyone will pay, chasing up payments is an extra stress I can avoid.

    If you are unable to pay in full, we can add you to a special circumstances list where you can pay:

    50% before Jan 5th and 50% before Jan 11th.

    Note the same cancellation policy applies, and therefore you’ll receive 0% back upon cancelling before paying the second installment.

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If you’re interested in signing up, pop me an email and I’ll get back to you! Payment will be via PayPal (lower fees)!