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【3 month Study plan with Erika-san】Complete beginner course are also available

2024/04/12

Hi, this is teacher Natsumi of Nihongo Online School. Today, we introduce study plan for one of our student living in U.S who completed 3 month of studying Japanese.

Qualifications

Teacher Natsumi

Completed 420-hour Japanese language teacher training course

Experience

Since 2019, she has been working as an online Japanese language instructor at Japanese Online School, LLC, teaching practical skills for doing business or living in Japanese, drawing on her many business and Japanese language teaching experiences.

We reviewed, 1. Trial lesson 2. Feedback about Japanese level 3. Study plan 4. Study approach 5. Improvement for this blog.

●Summary

Nationality: The.U.S
Age: 30
Occupation: Office worker at an IT company
Reason for learning Japanese:
Reason for learning Japanese: She’s working at an IT company on the west coast of the United States and became a member of the Japanese branch, so she decided to start learning Japanese in anticipation of traveling to Japan or being stationed in Japan.

●Trial lesson feedback
[Overall level: Beginner]

●Listening: Cannot be heard.

●Speaking: She can only say “Hello. My name is Erica. I live in San Francisco. Nice to meet you.”

●Reading: She can read about 60-70% of hiragana and 30-40% of katakana.

※we will evaluate your Japanese ability in terms of Reading, Speaking, Listening aspects.

●Learning plan　Enrollment course: 3 month course (35 hours lessons + 70 hours homework)

●Learning approach

Teaching materials: Original text, Minna no Nihongo, Flash card

Class frequency: 3 times/week (3 month course)

How to proceed with the class:

Step 1: Be able to read 100% of hiragana and katakana

・While checking the order of strokes, ask students to write each item in their notebooks one by one, making sure there are no mistakes in writing.

・Practice speed reading of Hiragana using vocabulary flashcards. Have students become familiar with hiragana by using flashcards and repeating the words aloud.

・Practice listening to and writing the words read by the teacher at the same time.

Step 2: Start learning grammar and vocabulary with Minna no Nihongo

・In addition to the practice problems in the text, have students create sentences on their own using new grammar and vocabulary, with the aim of making them stick.

・At the student’s request, they wanted to study slowly and steadily, so the first half of the class was set aside for review.

●Achievement

▶︎Master Hiragana and Katakana in 12 hours of lessons.

▶︎She can read N5 beginner level words smoothly.

▶︎She can write the N5 beginner level words you have heard in hiragana and katakana.

▶︎Learn grammar and vocabulary up to 8 lessons of Minna no Nihongo. She got a high rate of correct answers on practice questions, and she was able to talk about her own life. (Example) I woke up at 7 o’clock today. I went to bed at 11 o’clock yesterday. I want to buy a lot of clothes at the department store tomorrow.

Overall:

Overall: The students really enjoyed learning Japanese, and she seemed to be able to feel that her Japanese was improving. Rather than learning at a fast pace, she was able to steadily acquire Japanese because she learned slowly at her own pace. There were times when students had to cancel classes due to work commitments, but we were able to offer make-up lessons if we were notified in advance, so she seemed to be satisfied with that system.

Good luck with your work in Japan!

Qualifications

Teacher Natsumi

Completed 420-hour Japanese language teacher training course

Experience

After obtaining her Japanese language teaching certification, she traveled to developing countries as a member of an international independent administrative organization and worked at a local Japanese language school, while also being involved in school management.