Japanese Language Beginner Level 1

Learn the Basics of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing in Japanese

Dive into Japanese culture by learning the basics of Japanese language. In this class, you will be using the first five sections of the renowned textbook ‘Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Vol 1’ to learn Japanese from the perspective of a foreign student studying in Japan. Through this interactive textbook, you will learn the Japanese language in different situations:

1. New Friends
2. Shopping
3. Making a Date
4. The First Date
5. A Trip to Okinawa

Guiding you through this new linguistic journey is your instructor Mawardi Murasedi (Mao). Maw will be teaching you in 16 classes and by the end, you’ll be able to do:
-Self-introduction and greetings.
-Numbers for counting, telling time, giving your telephone number to friends and telling the cost of things.
-Construction of basic Japanese sentence structures and describing things in Japanese with adjectives.
-Writing and reading in Hiragana.

Who is this class for?
Students (aged 14 and above) who have never learned the Japanese language.

How long is this class?
2 hours.

How many classes are there?
16 classes (2 classes per week).

How many students are required to activate this class?
7

What do I need to bring?
Pen, Paper and laptop. PDF of the textbook will be provided.

How will this class take place?
Offline/physically at Mavens’ Hive.

When will this class take place?

Week 1:
1. Fri, February 11, 3-5PM
2. Sun, February 13, 3-5PM

Week 2:
3. Fri, February 18, 3-5PM
4. Sun, February 20, 3-5PM

Week 3:
5. Fri, February 25, 3-5PM
6. Sun, February 27, 3-5PM

Week 4:
7. Fri, March 4, 3-5PM
8. Sun, March 6, 3-5PM

Week 5:
9. Fri, March 11, 3-5PM
10. Sun, March 13, 3-5PM

Week 6:
11. Fri, March 18, 3-5PM
12. Sun, March 20, 3-5PM

Week 7:
13. Fri, March 25, 3-5PM
14. Sun, March 27, 3-5PM

Week 8:
15. Fri, April 1, 3-5PM
16. Sun, April 3, 3-5PM