●Summary

Nationality: UAE
Occupation: Student
Reason for learning Japanese: ​​​​​​
She became interested in Japan after watching Japanese anime and decided to study abroad at a Japanese school. She took this course because she needed to study Japanese for over 150 hours and master N5 level grammar in order to enroll.

●Trial lesson feedback
【 Level : None 】

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・Listening & Speaking :The only Japanese word she knows is “moshi moshi”.
・Reading : she can’t read hiragana or katakana yet.
・Although she started with no knowledge of Japanese, she seemed relaxed as he took the class.

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

●Learning plan　Enrollment course: 150 hours course (50 hours online lessons & 100 hours of homework)

In order to complete 150 hours of study within the specified period, students will have two consecutive lessons a day, twice a week.

I try to make sure that the students don’t get bored during the two-hour class by creating a balance between talking to them in Japanese a lot to get their ears used to it, and taking a breather while chatting in English.

Because she had to learn a lot of things in a short period of time, her mind was often saturated at times, and instead of forcing herself to move forward, we focused on making the content stick and repeatedly practicing. and deepen their understanding.

When the student’s pronunciation is good or when they are able to use what they learned last time, the teacher carefully evaluates what they did and uses this to motivate them.

●Learning approach

Teaching materials: Original text, Minna no Nihongo

Class frequency: 2 times in a week (120 minutes of lesson)

How to proceed with the class:

① Vocabulary and grammar: Learn using original texts based on Minna no Nihongo. The students learned four to five sentence patterns per hour of class, and were able to complete one lesson in two hours.

② Speaking: Tried to make her actively use words that can be used during class, such as greetings at the beginning of the class and words such as “できました”’ and ”わかりました”.After she learned verbs and adjectives, I asked her to talk about yesterday’s events and today’s plans during her free time, and we practiced to be able to say as much Japanese as possible on her own.

③Listening :For phrases and words that could be understood from the context, the teacher spoke them slowly in Japanese without giving any hints, and asked her to guess the meaning. Also, questions will be asked in a Q&A format at the beginning of the class. As she learns more sentence patterns, we increase the variety of questions she asks.

④Writing : First, learn hiragana and katakana. Afterwards, use Minna’s Japanese sentence pattern practice book to improve her ability to create sentences based on themes and topics.

⑤Reading : First, I asked her to read example sentences corresponding to each lesson in Minna no Nihongo, and she got used to the sentences. Once she gets used to it, we practice reading and understanding long summary questions.