Japanese Beginners
Travelling to Japan? Love Japanese food, movies and anime? Going skiing in Japan? Learn essential vocabulary and effective communication tips to enjoy your visit to Japan. This course will help you to appreciate the language and culture even more.
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Tue 27 Jul
- TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students $50.00 incl. GST
- $145.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Tue 27 Jul 19:00 - Tue 27 Jul 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Tue 03 Aug 19:00 - Tue 03 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Tue 10 Aug 19:00 - Tue 10 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Tue 17 Aug 19:00 - Tue 17 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Tue 24 Aug 19:00 - Tue 24 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 6
Tue 31 Aug 19:00 - Tue 31 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 7
Tue 07 Sep 19:00 - Tue 07 Sep 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 8
Tue 14 Sep 19:00 - Tue 14 Sep 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.
Description
Course fees
This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, and young people aged 16+ who are not currently enrolled in a NZ secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship or residency if requested. A condition of accepting this course fee subsidy is that you will attend at least 80% of classes.
About the course
This course has a focus on oral communication. Situations include greetings, shopping, dining out, and asking directions. Discuss and share your experience of Japanese language and culture e.g. going to a Japanese restaurant in Auckland.
Feel free to ask questions in class so that you learn what you want to know.
On completion of this course you will be able to:
- introduce yourself appropriately
- order food and drink
- ask about prices and say the time
- better understand and discuss aspects of Japanese language and culture e.g. bowing
Prerequisites
This course is for adults learning Japanese for the first time. No prior Japanese language is required.
Testimonials
From July 2014 course:
"Miyuki is a terrific tutor. She made all students feel at ease and we learnt many things that are helpful to a tourist in Japan - customs, situations, vocabulary, basic grammar and some very interesting facts and insights. Our classes were enjoyable and I always look forward to Monday nights"
From March 2014 course:
"A fun way to learn some basic language. I really enjoyed this class." Jan C
"Would recommend this course to anyone planning travel to Japan." Anon
"I enjoyed learning about different aspects of Japanese way of life and learning about Japanese people."
"It was great with the vocab list and showing us the book we might need. Also it was helpful to know the manners we should have."
"This course has given me more confidence to practise my Japanese when I travel to Japan to see family. Thank-you."
From previous courses:
"I have really enjoyed learning Japanese throughout this course. It will help me on my future travels to Japan. I was taught little tricks to remember my Japanese and really enjoyed it" Beth
"I found the tutor really friendly and made sure that she included everyone equally. If ever unsure, she was very patient. Very informative and gave a lot of information of Japanese people as a whole. Thoroughly enjoyed my time" Haley
"It was great to be introduced to the Japanese language after having studied it at school. The class was fun and the teacher was always happy to help" Amy
"It was great revision after not studying Japanese for a long time. I was able to learn new things about the language and culture"
"Miyuki San is totemo jozu desu. Great teacher, great pace, great new friends on the course. Can't wait to learn more then travel to Japan next year!" Sarah
