Winter Japanese Group Lessons (10 weeks)

Start
09 Jan 2023
7:00 PM
End
20 Mar 2023
8:30 PM
Location
Online
Spaces left
60

Registration

A.1a) Introductory (Tue) JSB Members 5-6:30PM – $255.00
A.1a) Introductory (Tue) non-members 5-6:30PM – $300.00
A.1b) Introductory (Tue) JSB Members 7-8:30PM – $255.00
A.1b) Introductory (Tue) non-members 7-8:30PM – $300.00
B.2) Beginner 1 (Tue) JSB members – $255.00
B.2) Beginner 1 (Tue) non-members – $300.00
C.3) Beginner 1 (Wed) JSB Members – $255.00
C.3) Beginner 1 (Wed) non-members – $300.00
D.4) Beginner 2 (Mon) JSB Members – $255.00
D.4) Beginner 2 (Mon) non-members – $300.00
F.6) Beginner 3 (Thu) JSB Members – $255.00
F.6) Beginner 3 (Thu) non-members – $300.00
G.7) Advanced Beginner 1 (Wed) JSB Members – $255.00
G.7) Advanced Beginner 1 (Wed) non-members – $300.00
H.8) Intermediate 1 (Mon) JSB Members – $255.00
H.8) Intermediate 1 (Mon) non-members – $300.00
I.9) Intermediate 2 (Tue) JSB Members – $255.00
I.9) Intermediate 2 (Tue) non-members – $300.00
K.11) Advanced 2 (Mon) JSB Members – $255.00
K.11) Advanced 2 (Mon) NEJETAA Members – $255.00
K.11) Advanced 2 (Mon) non-members – $300.00
L.12) Advanced 2 (Thu) JSB Members – $255.00
L.12) Advanced 2 (Thu) NEJETAA Members – $255.00
L.12) Advanced 2 (Thu) non-members – $300.00
M.13) Advanced 4 (Wed) JSB Members – $255.00
M.13) Advanced 4 (Wed) non-members – $300.00
N.14) Advanced Japanese Fiction (Thu) JSB Members – $255.00
N.14) Advanced Japanese Fiction (Thu) non-members – $300.00

Registration is closed

ONLINE JAPANESE GROUP LESSONS

Small class sizes (never more than 8 people per class)

taught by native professional instructors

Starting on Monday, January 9, 2023

Classes are $300 for 10 weeks online

JSB members enjoy a 15% discount!

Winter 2023 Course Offerings	Day/Time	Textbook	Lessons covered
*Newly added* **Introductory Japanese (A.1a) Nagai sensei**	Tuesday 5:00-6:30pm	Materials provided by instructor	Hiragana & Katakana
**Introductory Japanese (A.1b) Nagai sensei**	Tuesday 7:00-8:30pm	Materials provided by instructor	Hiragana & Katakana
*Beginner 1 (B.2)* Gokita sensei	Tuesday 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 1	0, 1, 2
*Beginner 1 (C.3)* Gokita sensei	Wednesday 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 1	0, 1, 2
Beginner 2 (D.4) * Cook sensei	Monday 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 1	3, 4
Beginner 3 (F.6) Takai sensei	Thursday 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 1	5, 6
*Advanced Beginner 1 (H.8)* Takai sensei	*Wednesday* 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 1	7, 8
Advanced Beginner 2		*Not offered*	9, 10
Intermediate 1 (I.9) Takamatsu sensei	Monday 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 2	11, 12
Intermediate 2 (J.10) Takamatsu sensei	Tuesday 7:00-8:30pm	Tobira Book 2	13, 14
*Intermediate 3*		Not offered	15, 16
*Advanced Intermediate 1*		Not offered	17, 18
Advanced Intermediate 2		Not offered	19, 20
Advanced 1		Not offered	1, 2
Advanced 2 (L.12) Minagawa sensei	Monday *7:00-8:30pm*	Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese	3, 4
Advanced 2 (M.13) Minagawa sensei	Thursday *7:00-8:30pm*	Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese	3, 4
Advanced 3		Not offered	5, 6
*New!* Advanced 4 (N.14) Minagawa sensei	Wednesday *7:00-8:30pm*	Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese	7, 8
*For N1 & N2!* 小説を読もう！ Advanced Japanese Fiction (O.15) Takamatsu sensei**	Thursday *7:00-8:30pm*	There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job /「この世にたやすい仕事はない」 by 津村記久子 (Kikuko Tsumura)	TBA

Please note that a minimum of 4 students is required for the class to open.

We also offer private/semi-private lessons. Please inquire at language@japansocietyboston.org.

Monday classes will not meet on January 16th, 2023 to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

* If the Beginner 2 class on Monday is full, we will open another session on Tuesdays.

** The Advanced Japanese Fiction is a language class, not a book club in Japanese. Vocabulary and expressions are reviewed in addition to discussion.

Textbooks:

Beginner 1 through Advanced Beginner 1 classes will use "TOBIRA BEGINNING JAPANESE" volume 1. Please purchase your book here.
Intermediate 1 and 2 will use "TOBIRA BEGINNING JAPANESE" volume 2. Please purchase your book here.
For the Advanced 1 -4 classes, please purchase the "Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese" textbook here.
小説を読もう！Advanced Japanese Fiction is an advanced class for N1 and N2 level students and involves reading the novel in Japanese over the semester. All reading and discussions will be in Japanese. This semester we will be reading There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job /「この世にたやすい仕事はない」by 津村記久子 (Kikuko Tsumura). For those in the Boston area, you can find a copy at Brookline Booksmith. You can also order a copy online at Kinokuniya USA.617-566-666

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Policies:

1. Tuition

- Tuition is payable by credit card on the registration website.

- Tuition is non-refundable for any reason after classes begin.

- You are welcome to try out different levels during the first two weeks for free.

- To receive the membership tuition rate, students must be members at the time of registration. Please note that JSB membership fees paid at the time of registration are non-refundable.

2. Class

- Class size is minimum 4 students and maximum 8 students.

- Classes cancelled due to inclement weather and other emergency situations will be rescheduled after the 10-week session.

- Students must be at least 16 years old to be able to attend group classes. If you are younger than 16, we may be able to offer you private lessons.

- Student contact information will be shared with our instructors for teaching and emergency purposes.

- Please contact language@japansocietyboston.org if you experience any technical difficulties with Zoom.

- The language school and its instructors will not record the lessons on Zoom.

Any questions? Please email language@japansocietyboston.org

Disclaimer:

Completion of these courses does not grant equivalence of the Japan Language Proficiency Test or any other test of Japanese skill. Parties interested in taking a proficiency test should refer to https://www.aatj.org/jlpt-us.

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON