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This course is aiming at teaching and improving Japanese language proficiency and knowledge required for students from around the world who desire to proceed to college, graduate college (national, public or private) and vocational school. In order to achieve the goal, we provide curriculums to deal with Japanese language proficiency test and Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students, and also instruct students to improve their ability of Japanese daily conversation so as to get familiar with life in Japan promptly.

College admission counseling

Briefing session for college admission ●Briefing on campus: held quarterly (on April, July, November and January)
●Off-campus briefing: held occasionally from Jun to year end annually
Personal college admission counseling and career guidance ●The instructor in charge of your class gives a counsel on a one-on-one basis.
Interview teaching ●Practice of interview with the instructor in charge of the class
Other guidance ●Instruction for filling application form and documents
●Preparation for essay
●Instruction for writing of statement of purpose

●College admission 2-year course / curriculum
term study materials to be used contents
    From April
    on the first year to September
    primary grade
    Japanese for everybody-1 & -2
    Let’s enjoy listening!
    Exciting listening
    Composition-1: our original study materials
    Hiragana and katakana characters, kanji characters: approximately 600 letters Vocabulary: approximately 1000 words
    Basic sentence patterns and basic words
    To develop the ability to make use of basic sentence patterns and vocabulary, and to acquire listening comprehension and speaking ability To become capable of daily life conversation
    To be able to make daily conversation
    From October
    on the first year
    to March on the next year
    medium grade
    Japanese to be learned at medium grade
    Natural expression of Japanese
    Preparation for 2nd grade Japanese Language Aptitude Test
    Everyday listening (medium grade)
    Composition 1
    Our original study materials
    Kanji characters: approximately 1,200 letters / vocabulary : approximately 7000 words
    To acquire a little bit advanced sentence patterns of expression and to develop conversation and writing abilities
    To watch TV news program recorded on video
    To read simple topics on newspaper
    To become capable of writing simple essay
    From April
    on the second year to September
    advanced grade 1
    Japanese to be learned at advanced grade
    Preparation for 1st grade Japanese Language Aptitude Test
    Japanese grammar with organized key points
    Composition in Japanese 2
    Learning Japanese from news
    Our original study materials
    Kanji characters : approximately 1,800 letters/ vocabulary : approximately 11,000 words
    To learn advanced sentence patterns of expression and, meaning and usage of confusing vocabulary / To practice debating /
    To develop a little bit advanced reading comprehension and paper writing ability
    College admission research and counseling
    From October
    on the second year
    to March on the next year
    advanced grade 2
    Past tests of 1st grade Japanese Language Aptitude Test
    Past tests of Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students
    Long paragraph reading comprehension
    Composition in Japanese 2
    Listen to “Voice on Asahi newspaper”
    Our original study materials
    Kanji characters : approximately 2,400 letters / vocabulary : 15,000 words
    To acquire advanced grammatical competence and ability to make use of vocabulary
    To develop reading comprehension of newspaper, magazines and essays etc.
    To develop listening comprehension of conversations on TV and radio
    To develop a paper writing ability
    College admission counseling

●College admission 1.5-year course
term study materials to be used contents
    From October
    on the first year
    to March on the second year
    primary grade
    Japanese for everybody-1 & -2
    Exciting listening
    Composition-1
    Natural expression of Japanese
    Our original study materials
    Hiragana and katakana characters,
    and Kanji characters: approximately 600 letters Vocabulary: approximately 1,000 words
    To develop the ability to make use of basic sentence patterns and vocabulary To acquire listening comprehension and speaking ability
    To be able to make daily conversation To be able to write composition
    From April on the second year
    to September
    medium grade
    Japanese to be learned at medium grade
    Natural expressions of Japanese
    Preparation for 1st and 2nd grade Japanese Language Aptitude Test
    Japanese grammar with organized key points
    Everyday listening (medium grade)
    Our original study materials
    Kanji characters : approximately 1,200 letters / vocabulary: approximately 7,000 words
    To acquire a little bit advanced sentence patterns of expression and to develop the ability of conversation and writing
    To watch TV news programs recorded on video
    To read simple topics on newspaper
    To be capable of writing simple essay
    From October
    on the second year
    to March on the next year
    advanced grade
    Japanese to be learned at advanced grade
    Past tests of 1st grade Japanese Language Aptitude Tests
    Past tests of Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students
    Japanese grammar with organized key points
    Composition in Japanese 2
    Our original study materials
    Kanji characters: approximately 2,200 letters / vocabulary: 12,000 words
    To acquire advanced grammatical comprehension and vocabulary usage ability
    To develop reading comprehension of newspaper, magazines and essays etc.
    To develop listening comprehension of Japanese conversation on TV and radio
    To develop paper writing ability
    College admission counseling