• Japanese Beginner 1-4 Coursebook

    Japanese Beginner 1-4 Coursebook

    Price range: £25 through £29

    The “Japanese for Busy People” book series is authored by The Association for Japanese Language Teaching (AJALT), an educational institution dedicated to addressing the practical language needs of individuals worldwide seeking effective communication in Japanese. AJALT earned accreditation from the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1977.

    In our school, these coursebooks are utilized for our Japanese Beginner 1-4 Courses. Please note that we are not official distributors of these books in the UK. Consequently, these books are exclusively available for purchase to students enrolled in our courses at Dear Asia. We will have the book ready for you on your first day of lessons with us. If you are participating in online lessons and require these books to be delivered within the UK, postage fees will be added to the cost. If this applies to your situation, kindly get in touch with us for further details.

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  • Japanese Beginner 2 (Jul-1 start)

    Japanese Beginner 2 (Jul-1 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 2 Course is designed for students with Hiragana foundation and roughly 100 vocabularies already. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana reading and writing, we will introduce 46 Katakana too. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about daily activities and schedules, going to restaurants, visiting local Japanese places etc. Our key grammar points covered include: how to use adjectives for description, describing things and impressions, and asking about places.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next Japanese course – Beginner 3.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Going places
    Lesson 3 – Ordering food & drinks
    Lesson 4 – Habitual Action
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Adjective 1 (as modifiers)
    Lesson 7 – Adjective 2 (conjugation)
    Lesson 8 – There is/are…
    Lesson 9 – Describing positions
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 2 (Jul-30 start)

    Japanese Beginner 2 (Jul-30 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 2 Course is designed for students with Hiragana foundation and roughly 100 vocabularies already. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana reading and writing, we will introduce 46 Katakana too. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about daily activities and schedules, going to restaurants, visiting local Japanese places etc. Our key grammar points covered include: how to use adjectives for description, describing things and impressions, and asking about places.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next Japanese course – Beginner 3.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Going places
    Lesson 3 – Ordering food & drinks
    Lesson 4 – Habitual Action
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Adjective 1 (as modifiers)
    Lesson 7 – Adjective 2 (conjugation)
    Lesson 8 – There is/are…
    Lesson 9 – Describing positions
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 2 (May-19 start)

    Japanese Beginner 2 (May-19 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 2 Course is designed for students with Hiragana foundation and roughly 100 vocabularies already. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana reading and writing, we will introduce 46 Katakana too. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about daily activities and schedules, going to restaurants, visiting local Japanese places etc. Our key grammar points covered include: how to use adjectives for description, describing things and impressions, and asking about places.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next Japanese course – Beginner 3.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Going places
    Lesson 3 – Ordering food & drinks
    Lesson 4 – Habitual Action
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Adjective 1 (as modifiers)
    Lesson 7 – Adjective 2 (conjugation)
    Lesson 8 – There is/are…
    Lesson 9 – Describing positions
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 2 Intensive (Jun-13 start)

    Japanese Beginner 2 Intensive (Jun-13 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 2 Course is designed for students with Hiragana foundation and roughly 100 vocabularies already. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana reading and writing, we will introduce 46 Katakana too. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about daily activities and schedules, going to restaurants, visiting local Japanese places etc. Our key grammar points covered include: how to use adjectives for description, describing things and impressions, and asking about places.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next Japanese course – Beginner 3.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Going places
    Lesson 3 – Ordering food & drinks
    Lesson 4 – Habitual Action
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Adjective 1 (as modifiers)
    Lesson 7 – Adjective 2 (conjugation)
    Lesson 8 – There is/are…
    Lesson 9 – Describing positions
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 2 ONLINE (Jul-15 start)

    Japanese Beginner 2 ONLINE (Jul-15 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 2 Course is designed for students with Hiragana foundation and roughly 100 vocabularies already. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana reading and writing, we will introduce 46 Katakana too. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about daily activities and schedules, going to restaurants, visiting local Japanese places etc. Our key grammar points covered include: how to use adjectives for description, describing things and impressions, and asking about places.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next Japanese course – Beginner 3.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Going places
    Lesson 3 – Ordering food & drinks
    Lesson 4 – Habitual Action
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Adjective 1 (as modifiers)
    Lesson 7 – Adjective 2 (conjugation)
    Lesson 8 – There is/are…
    Lesson 9 – Describing positions
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 2 ONLINE (May-27 start)

    Japanese Beginner 2 ONLINE (May-27 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 2 Course is designed for students with Hiragana foundation and roughly 100 vocabularies already. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana reading and writing, we will introduce 46 Katakana too. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about daily activities and schedules, going to restaurants, visiting local Japanese places etc. Our key grammar points covered include: how to use adjectives for description, describing things and impressions, and asking about places.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next Japanese course – Beginner 3.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Going places
    Lesson 3 – Ordering food & drinks
    Lesson 4 – Habitual Action
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Adjective 1 (as modifiers)
    Lesson 7 – Adjective 2 (conjugation)
    Lesson 8 – There is/are…
    Lesson 9 – Describing positions
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 3 (Aug-18 start)

    Japanese Beginner 3 (Aug-18 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 3 Course is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 200+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana, and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about gifting and offering, preference and desire, connecting a few sentences, and a confident two minutes self introduction. Our key grammar points covered include: more verbs in -masen ka, -masho, -masho ka form, and how to make request and invitation.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Asking for directions
    Lesson 3 – Giving and receiving
    Lesson 4 – Preferences
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Dictionary verb form
    Lesson 7 – Suggestions
    Lesson 8 – I want to (conjugation)
    Lesson 9 – Verb te- form (serial verbs)
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 3 (Jul-20 start)

    Japanese Beginner 3 (Jul-20 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 3 Course is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 200+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana, and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about gifting and offering, preference and desire, connecting a few sentences, and a confident two minutes self introduction. Our key grammar points covered include: more verbs in -masen ka, -masho, -masho ka form, and how to make request and invitation.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Asking for directions
    Lesson 3 – Giving and receiving
    Lesson 4 – Preferences
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Dictionary verb form
    Lesson 7 – Suggestions
    Lesson 8 – I want to (conjugation)
    Lesson 9 – Verb te- form (serial verbs)
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 3 intensive (Aug-1 start)

    Japanese Beginner 3 intensive (Aug-1 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 3 Course is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 200+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana, and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about gifting and offering, preference and desire, connecting a few sentences, and a confident two minutes self introduction. Our key grammar points covered include: more verbs in -masen ka, -masho, -masho ka form, and how to make request and invitation.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Asking for directions
    Lesson 3 – Giving and receiving
    Lesson 4 – Preferences
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Dictionary verb form
    Lesson 7 – Suggestions
    Lesson 8 – I want to (conjugation)
    Lesson 9 – Verb te- form (serial verbs)
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 3 ONLINE (Jul-29 start)

    Japanese Beginner 3 ONLINE (Jul-29 start)

    £300

    Our Japanese Beginner 3 Course is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 200+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana, and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about gifting and offering, preference and desire, connecting a few sentences, and a confident two minutes self introduction. Our key grammar points covered include: more verbs in -masen ka, -masho, -masho ka form, and how to make request and invitation.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Asking for directions
    Lesson 3 – Giving and receiving
    Lesson 4 – Preferences
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Dictionary verb form
    Lesson 7 – Suggestions
    Lesson 8 – I want to (conjugation)
    Lesson 9 – Verb te- form (serial verbs)
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 4 (Jul-7 start)

    Japanese Beginner 4 (Jul-7 start)

    £300

    The course of advanced beginners is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 300+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about request, describe route, permission, forbid, present continuous tense.Our key grammar points covered include: the important -Te form, -nai form and -tai form, asking for permission and ask someone to do something, the difference of progressive action and current status.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Making a request
    Lesson 3 – Direction & Transportation
    Lesson 4 – Asking Permission
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Forbidding actions
    Lesson 7 – Explaining Actions
    Lesson 8 – Present continue 1
    Lesson 9 – Present continue 2
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 4 (May-18 start)

    Japanese Beginner 4 (May-18 start)

    £300

    The course of advanced beginners is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 300+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about request, describe route, permission, forbid, present continuous tense.Our key grammar points covered include: the important -Te form, -nai form and -tai form, asking for permission and ask someone to do something, the difference of progressive action and current status.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Making a request
    Lesson 3 – Direction & Transportation
    Lesson 4 – Asking Permission
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Forbidding actions
    Lesson 7 – Explaining Actions
    Lesson 8 – Present continue 1
    Lesson 9 – Present continue 2
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 4 intensive (Jun-13 start)

    Japanese Beginner 4 intensive (Jun-13 start)

    £300

    The course of advanced beginners is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 300+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about request, describe route, permission, forbid, present continuous tense.Our key grammar points covered include: the important -Te form, -nai form and -tai form, asking for permission and ask someone to do something, the difference of progressive action and current status.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Making a request
    Lesson 3 – Direction & Transportation
    Lesson 4 – Asking Permission
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Forbidding actions
    Lesson 7 – Explaining Actions
    Lesson 8 – Present continue 1
    Lesson 9 – Present continue 2
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Japanese Beginner 4 ONLINE (Jul-13 start)

    Japanese Beginner 4 ONLINE (Jul-13 start)

    £300

    The course of advanced beginners is designed for students with Hiragana and Katakana foundation and with 300+ words vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana and learn 30 very interesting basic Kanji. In each lesson, students will practise natural pronunciation and conversations about request, describe route, permission, forbid, present continuous tense.Our key grammar points covered include: the important -Te form, -nai form and -tai form, asking for permission and ask someone to do something, the difference of progressive action and current status.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – Making a request
    Lesson 3 – Direction & Transportation
    Lesson 4 – Asking Permission
    Lesson 5 – Mid course review
    Lesson 6 – Forbidding actions
    Lesson 7 – Explaining Actions
    Lesson 8 – Present continue 1
    Lesson 9 – Present continue 2
    Lesson 10 – Total review & presentation

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  • Sale! Japanese Elementary 1  N5 ONLINE (Jul-21 start)

    Japanese Elementary 1 N5 ONLINE (Jul-21 start)

    Price range: £320 through £350

    This course is designed for learners to finished level 1 or are able to as below.

    • Read and write Hiragana & Katakana well
    • Can memorize 300+ vocabularies, familiar with another 100+
    • Can give a 2 minutes self-introduction with details
    • Have good command of -Te form, -nai form etc

    In this course, students will continue to practise Hiragana and Katakana, natural pronunciation and conversations about expressing one’s feelings and ideas, talking about one’s decisions in various situation, making comparisons etc. We will start to introduce Kanji from Elementary level, in this course, you will learn the most essential 25 Kanji in daily life.

    Our key grammar points covered include: further use of all beginner important forms and about dictionary form, make comparisons, tell your opinion, retell a story, talk about when something happened, describe the details of items etc.

    If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.

    Lesson Topics

    Lesson 1 – Recap and warm up practise
    Lesson 2 – State your preference
    Lesson 3 – Make comparison 1
    Lesson 4 – Make comparison 2
    Lesson 5 – Discuss an event
    Lesson 6 – State your opinion
    Lesson 7 – Retell a story
    Lesson 8 – State your plan
    Lesson 9 – Describe items
    Lesson 10 – Review and presentations

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