This is a course to get communication skills for students
who want to persue higher study in Japanese graduate schools, universities
and vocational schools, and also those who want to get a job in Japan.
The goal of courses is to build enough Japanese skill of students for their academic study.
| School | Shibuya | Shinjuku | Osaka | Kyoto | ||||||
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| Academic Period | 1 Year, 1 year and 3 months, 1 year and 6 months, 1 year and 9 months, 2 years |
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| Entry Period | January, April, July, October | April, October | ||||||||
| Completion Period | March, June, September, December (Shinjuku school and Osaka school's general period: March) |
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| Holiday | Saturday, Sundays, National Holidays, Summer Holidays, Holidays at end of each semester and holidays specified by headmaster | |||||||||
| Visa | Precollege Student | |||||||||
| Lesson Hours | 45 minutes per class, 4 classes per day (3 hours)
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| Class | Your class will be decided by the result of the level
check test. Your overall grade of the term will decide your class for the following term. |
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| part-time jobs | Students may work part-time after receiving "Permission of activity outside scope" Working for four hours a day is admitted. However, working at adult-entertainment business and related jobs are strictly prohibited. |
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| Term | Period | Approximated Level at Completion | Attainment Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 months (11 weeks) |
Equivalent to Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4 (Approximately 100-150 Kanji) |
Minimum conversation skills to live in Japan |
| 2 |
6 months (22 weeks) |
Equivalent to Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 (Approximately 300-400 Kanji) |
Students will understand basic sentence structures and be able to express opinions, write a short essay, and have a daily conversation. |
| 3 | |||
| 4 | 9 months (33 weeks) |
Equivalent to Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 (Approximately 1,000 Kanji) |
Students will be able to have daily conversations without any problem. And, they will know more vocabulary including jargon and be able to enter the vocational schools they are interested in. |
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | 6 months (22 weeks) |
Equivalent to Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 (Approximately 2,000 Kanji) |
Students will be able to communicate in Japanese without any problem. Also, they will have enough Japanese skills to take a university’ entry test. |
| 8 |
| Monday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
|---|---|---|
| Period 2 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 3 | Japanese | |
| Period 4 | Task | |
| Tuseday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 3 | Pronunciation/Alphabets | |
| Period 4 | Task | |
| Wednesday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 3 | Japanese | |
| Period 4 | Task | |
| Thursday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 3 | Japanese | |
| Period 4 | Task | |
| Friday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Achievement Test | |
| Period 3 | Conversation | |
| Period 4 | Composition Writing |
| Monday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
|---|---|---|
| Period 2 | Conversation | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Tuseday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Composition Writing | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Wednesday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Listening Comprehension | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Thursday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Reading Comprehesion | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Friday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Composition Writing | |
| Period 3 | Achievement Test | |
| Period 4 | Project Work (Local School Visits) |
| Monday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
|---|---|---|
| Period 2 | Reading Comprehesion | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Tuseday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Listening Comprehension | |
| Period 3 | Conversation | |
| Period 4 | (Debate) | |
| Wednesday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Reading Comprehesion | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Thursday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Listening Comprehension | |
| Period 3 | Multidiscipline | |
| Period 4 | Japanese | |
| Friday | Period 1 | Pronunciation/Alphabets |
| Period 2 | Achievement Test | |
| Period 3 | Japan's Information | |
| Period 4 |
