Winter/Spring 2012 Jan 21 - Apr 16 Weekday & Saturday Courses (12 levels) Program for High School Students Feb 11 - Apr 14 10 week Saturday course pre-intermediate level Private/ Small Group Lessons Flexible Schedule at Our Office or at Your Place Tailor Made Instruction starting from $35/hr Now offering the courses for Winter/Spring 2012 Language House provides the following 12-level Japanese courses for beginner, intermediate and advanced students in the winter/spring semester, starting from January 21 through April 16 in 2012. The average number of students is five for each class, with no more than nine. Classes fill up quickly and we recommend that you register early to obtain the class of your choice. All classes will run for 12 weeks for 21 hours of instruction by native speaking certified instructors with Master's degrees in linguistics/language education. Tuition for Regular Courses 21 hour courses $420 ($20/hr) • Japanese Level 1-A (Beginner) • Japanese Level 2 (Beginner) • Japanese Level 3-A (Advanced Beginner) • Japanese Level 3-B (Advanced Beginner) • Japanese Level 4 (Advanced Beginner) • Japanese Level 5 (Advanced Beginner) • Japanese Level 6 (Pre-intermediate) • Japanese Level 7 (Pre-intermediate) • Japanese Level 8 (Pre-intermediate) • Japanese Level 9 (Pre-intermediate) • Japanese Movie and Drama Class (Intermediate) • Japanese Intermediate: Conversation and Grammar (Intermediate) • Preparation Course for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N2 (Pre-advanced) • Japanese Literature and Society I (Pre-advanced) • Japanese Business and Economy (Advanced) • Japanese Literature and Society II (Advanced) Notice: Class offerings and schedule subject to change. Please check out our website, www.languagehouse-nyc.com or give us a call. All textbooks for beginners and intermediate classes are available at Language House without tax. Japanese for Busy People, Vol. I (Revised 3rd Edition), Kodansha International Press. ($27) Japanese for Busy People, Vol. II (Revised 3rd Edition), Kodansha International Press. ($29) Japanese for Busy People, Vol. III (Revised 3rd Edition), Kodansha International Press. ($32) Basic Kanji Book, Vol. I, Bonjinsha Co., Ltd. ($43.50) Shin Nihongo no Chukyu, Text Book, 3A Network Co. ($47) Shin Nihongo no Chukyu, Grammatical Notes in English, 3A Network Co. ($28) Shin Nihongo no Chukyu, English Translation, 3A Network Co. ($27) Textbooks will not be used in advanced classes. All necessary materials will be handed out in class. Japanese Level 1-A (Beginner) Select this course Wednesday 6:15 – 8:00 p.m. January 24 - April 10. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 An introductory Japanese course for students with no prior experience of Japanese. Students will learn basic conversational skills, simple sentence structures and vocabulary in a cultural context. Elementary skills covered include greetings; introductions; how to tell time including day, date and year; counting numbers up to one million; asking for price and other information in shopping; and how to speak about basic transportation. Hiragana, the basic Japanese syllabary, will be introduced. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. I (3rd Edition), Lesson 1-7. Japanese Level 2 (Beginner) Select this course Saturday 12:30 - 2:15 p.m. January 21 - April 14. No class on February 18. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 An elementary Japanese course for students with some knowledge of Japanese. In this session, students will learn structures and expressions used to describe the location of things or people, everyday actions, and the characteristics of things and people. We will practice how to make an order at a restaurant, talk on the phone, invite people to an event, offer help to someone, and accept or turn down invitations and offers. Around twenty verbs and thirty adjectives will be introduced. In addition to hiragana, students will learn katakana, the other basic Japanese syllabary. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. I (3rd Edition) Lesson 8 - 16. Japanese Level 3-A (Advanced Beginner) Select this course Tuesday 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. January 24 - April 10. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 An elementary Japanese course for students with some knowledge of Japanese. In this session, students will learn structures and expressions used to make a request, ask permission to do something, forbid someone from doing something, talk about action in progress, talk about someone's preference, ability and desire. The main grammatical points include the verb conjugation called 'te-form', 'nai-form' and 'tai-form'. Students will practice reading and writing sentences using hiragana and katakana. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. I (3rd Edition) Lesson 17 – 25. Japanese Level 3-B (Advanced Beginner) Select this course Tuesday 6:15 – 8:00 p.m. January 31 - April 24 (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 An elementary Japanese course for students with some knowledge of Japanese. In this session, students will do a lot of review practice of grammar and vocabulary that are introduced in Level 1 and 2. Then we sill learn structures and expressions used to make a request, ask permission to do something, forbid someone from doing something, talk about action in progress, talk about someone's preference, ability and desire. The main grammatical points include the verb conjugation called 'te-form', 'nai-form' and 'tai-form'. Students will practice reading and writing sentences using hiragana and katakana. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. I (3rd Edition) Lesson 1 – 25. Japanese Level 4 (Advanced Beginner) Select this course Monday 6:30 – 8:15 p.m. January 23 - April 16. No class on February 20. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed to provide learners who have mastered basic grammar and vocabulary introduced in Japanese for Busy People, Volume I or equivalent beginner textbooks. Students will review the whole contents of Japanese for Busy People I for the first half of the course. Then we will learn structures and expressions used to making comparisons, asking preference and soliciting suggestions, and getting information and advice. Approximately 40 kanji will be introduced. Students should be able to recognize hiragana and katakana. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. II (Revised 3rd Edition) Lesson 1 – 5. Basic Kanji Book I, Lesson 1- 3. Japanese Level 5 (Advanced Beginner) Select this course Saturday 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. January 21 – April 14. No class on February 18. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed to provide learners who have mastered basic grammar and vocabulary with an opportunity to develop their speaking and reading ability. We will be studying structures and expressions used to express a sequence of events, describing a change in state, direct and indirect quotation, form modifying clauses, giving reasons, expressing volition, expressing uncertainty. Students should be able to recognize approximately 40 kanji. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. II (3rd Edition) Lesson 6 – 10. Basic Kanji Book, Vol. I, Lesson 4 - 6 Japanese Level 6 (Pre-intermediate) Select this course Saturday 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. January 21 - April 14. No class on February 18. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed to provide learners who have mastered basic grammar and vocabulary with an opportunity to develop their speaking and reading ability. We will be studying structures and expressions used to make hypothetical sentences, make conditional statements, speak natural or habitual results, express necessity and certainty, express impressions and supposition, and describe continuous changes. Students should be able to recognize approximately 100 kanji. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. II (3rd Edition), Lesson 11 – 15. Basic Kanji Book, Vol. I, Lesson 7 – 9. Japanese Level 7 (Pre-intermediate) Select this course Monday 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. January 23 - April 16. No class on February 20. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed to provide pre-intermediate learners with an opportunity to develop their speaking and reading ability. We will be studying structures and expressions used to nominalize sentences, express purpose and intention, state decisions, and make suggestions based on supposition. The uses of passive, causative and causative-passive structures will be studied. Students should be able to recognize approximately 150 kanji. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. III (3rd Edition), Lesson 1 - 5. Basic Kanji Book, Vol. I, Lesson 10 - 13. Japanese Level 8 (Pre-intermediate) Select this course Thursday 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. January 26 - April 12. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed to provide pre-intermediate learners with an opportunity to develop their speaking and reading ability. The uses of passive, causative and causative-passive structures will be studied. The uses of honorific and humble expressions (keigo) will be introduced and practiced. We will focus on communicative skills used to express gratitude, make excuses, asking for permission, explain circumstances, and so on. Students should be able to recognize approximately 200 kanji. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. III (3rd Edition), Lesson 6 - 10. Basic Kanji Book, Vol. I, Lesson 14 - 17. Japanese Level 9 (Pre-intermediate) Select this course Wednesday 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. January 25 - April 11. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed to provide pre-intermediate learners with an opportunity to develop their speaking and reading ability. The various uses of honorific and humble expressions (keigo) will be practiced in social contexts. Students will also learn casual expressions. We will focus on communicative skills used to give commands, make a complaint, make and respond to apologies, and express gratitude. Students should be able to recognize approximately 250 kanji. Text: Japanese for Busy People, Vol. III (3rd Edition), Lesson 11 - 15. Basic Kanji Book, Vol. I, Lesson 17 - 22. Japanese Movie and Drama Class (Intermediate) Select this course Saturday 3:00 – 5:05 p.m. January 28 - April 7. No class on February 18. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course will use well-known Japanese movies and popular dramas as materials for intermediate students to learn more colloquial expressions, cultural and historical issues, and enhance their listening skills. The lesson includes speaking practice using the useful expressions extracted from the movies and dramas. Students should be able to recognize at least 300 kanji. The level of this course is appropriate for students who will take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N3 and N4. Japanese Intermediate: Conversation and Grammar (Intermediate) Select this course Thursday 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. January 26 - April 12. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 The main goal of this course is to enhance accuracy as well as fluency in speaking Japanese in social context. Students will practice useful expression which are frequently used by native Japanese speakers in formal and informal social situations. We will also focus on grammatical points taught at the intermediate level. Students should recognize approximately 300 kanji. The level of this course is appropriate for students who will take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N3 and N4. Text: Shin Nihongo no Chukyu (Main Volume) 3A Network Corporation. Preparation Course for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N2 (Pre-advanced) Select this course Friday 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. January 27 - April 13. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 This course is designed for those who are preparing to take Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N2 or who would like to study / review the core requirements of this level. The focus this term will be to enhance reading and listening skills, and to introduce and practice important vocabulary and grammar. Applicants are required to have completed a high-intermediate course of Japanese language or to have achieved a similar level. They should be able to recognize at least 500 kanji before starting this course. Materials will be provided in each session. Japanese Literature and Society I (Pre-advanced) Select this course Wednesday 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. January 25 - April 11. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 An introductory course on Japanese literature and society. Students will read essays, short novels and magazine articles to learn advanced grammar, complex sentence structures and deepen their understanding of Japanese culture and society. In this semester, we will study a textbook Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japaneseh (Kurosio Publishers, 2009). All necessary materials will be handed out in class. Students should be able to recognize at least 500 kanji. We will also watch current TV news and dramas to improve listening comprehension and conversation skills. The level of this course is appropriate for students who will take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N2. Japanese Business and Economy (Advanced) Select this course Wednesday 6:00 – 7:45 p.m. January 25 - April 11. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 A directed reading course followed by discussion on current business topics based on materials from primary Japanese sources including the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), the Asahi Shimbun and other leading business publications. NHK business news, interviews and dramas are used along with word lists. All materials will be handed out in class. Students should be able to recognize at least 1,000 kanji. The level of this course is appropriate for students who will take or have passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N1. Japanese Literature and Society II (Advanced) Select this course Thursday 6:00 – 7:45 p.m. January 26 - April 12. (21 hours of instruction) Tuition: $420 A directed reading course on cultural and societal issues focusing on Japan today, coupled with selected readings from current and historical novels and magazine articles, allows students to broaden their perspective on Japan. In addition, DVD of TV news and dramas are used to know what is going on in the current Japanese society. Students should be able to recognize at least 1,000 kanji. The level of this course is appropriate for students who will take or have passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N1. (c) Language House. All rights reserved.