Japanese Course: Beginners Level 1

Begin an exciting exploration into the dynamic world of Japanese language and culture with our with our comprehensive Japanese language courses online!

Whether you're a complete beginner or have minimal knowledge, this course is tailored to introduce you to the basics of Japanese. 

Start mastering essential phrases, grasp foundational grammar, and immerse yourself in the beauty of this language. Join us and lay the foundation for your Japanese language adventure.

Japanese can be a relatively easy spoken language to learn. The words have no gender, there are no tones that change the meaning of words, and pronunciation emphasises every syllable. Once you get your head around sentence structure, you’ll be chatting away. But of course, there are also the characters to learn.

In this Japanese beginners course, you will learn that words can have different stresses to create the meaning of the sentence and will begin to learn the more common characters of the written language. This online Japanese course will teach you how to communicate in Japanese with simple vocabulary and basic sentences.

By the end of this Japanese course, you will be able to hold a simple conversation in Japanese with confidence.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this Japanese beginners course, you should have enhanced your career prospects by:

• Greet people and introduce yourself and others

• Ask and answer simple questions, using a name, nationality, occupation, etc.

• Say the words for time, days of the week, months, and birthdays

• Say the numbers, including phone numbers, money, age, etc.

• Ask and understand the answer for simple directions to a place

• Ask for things when shopping, such as cost, colours, quantities, size

• Look accommodation and make simple travel arrangements

• Speak about your daily routines, family and friends, personal belongings, etc.

• Order food and drinks at a bar or restaurant

• Understand Japanese culture, geography and customs

• Identify and pronounce the characters of the Hiragana alphabet.