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Overview
The Japanese Beginners course offered by City St George's, University of London will start by teaching you basic greetings in Japanese, as well as learning numbers, dates and times.
What you will study
- As you move through the year, you’ll learn to talk about your daily activities and build conversational skills, useful for shopping, work or finding your way around a city.
- You’ll be introduced to the Japanese writing systems – Hiragana and Katakana – and learn to read and write simple sentences in Kanji.
- You’ll also begin to understand verbs in present, past and future tenses, and the use of adjectives.
- Whilst you learn Japanese at City, you’ll develop an understanding of Japanese cultural norms and how these are relevant to everyday interactions.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Presenting yourself and others
- Communication in context: at work, shopping, travelling, eating out and getting about in a city
- Daily routine and weekend activities, likes and dislikes, making plans
- Numbers, dates and times
- Japanese culture in context: at a tempura restaurant, invitations and parties, festivals and museums
- Reading and writing Hiragana, Katakana and very basic Kanji.
- Grammatical structures
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 7 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
140
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
140
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is designed for total beginners.
- You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents859 GBP / full≈ 859 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents859 GBP / full≈ 859 GBP / full
Funding
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