Japanese Lessons in London. Learn Japanese
The individualised Japanese courses offered by Language Trainers will incorporate your language needs and goals (personal or business), as well as provide interesting study materials. Our trainers are all qualified native speakers who specialise in one-to-one, two-to-one, and small group learning. We will arrange for your trainer to conduct lessons at your home or office, at a suitable time for you, whether it be morning, afternoon, or evening, during the week or on weekends.
One-to-one General/Business
Japanese Course in London
It's no problem if you need to take Japanese lessons specifically for personal use or to help with your career - our trainers mould the lesson plan to your precise needs.
General Japanese courses will cover Survival Japanese, allowing you to be comfortable during short visits to the country; polite conversation, practicable vocabulary and a strong grammatical foundation. Business courses are great for those whose career will be moving overseas - you would learn the fundamental protocols for engaging in business in Japanese, and later would start to focus more on the integral skills of reading and writing.
It is your first session and your own requirements, however, which decide the precise content of the course. A Business course will generally include common conversational topics, as well as gaining greater fluency with writing letters and emails in Japanese, as well as using the telephone. In the same vein, the syllabus for General courses is not set in stone - all you need do is ask your teacher.
We arrange Business courses for many clients; primarily those working in international trade, overseas governments and universities, and employees of multinational firms who require a second language. General courses in Japanese suit those hoping to emigrate to foreign shores, people with a view to travel to countries where Japanese is the vernacular tongue, those with a keen interest in Japanese culture and language, and people with foreign spouses.
› Two-to-One and Small Group - Japanese Course in London (closed group)
Info about London
London may well be THE place to pick up a second language - the city is awash with ethnic diversity thanks to the size, splendour and influence of the EU's most populous city. Over 300 languages are spoken around the sprawling mass of boroughs known as Greater London, shared amongst the 7 and a half million residents of the city.
As the capital of the UK, London has always attracted overseas interest, which is only helped by the fact that the city houses five international airports, including the busiest international airport in the world - Heathrow. This creates a constant influx of tourists and immigrants from a huge variety of cultural and religious origin. If there was ever a place ideally suited for learning another language, surely London is it - something that foreigners know only too well, as London is a global centre for English language learning.
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Info about Japanese
Japanese is a tough language for a westerner to pick up, but this is mainly due to the fact that it has several basic differences from most European languages. Once a learner of Japanese has got their head around these distinctions, the language is actually surprisingly logical in the way it works.
Spoken by around 130 million people around the world, Japanese employs 3 different 'alphabets' simultaneously. A single sentence could contain characters from all three writing systems, which can be very confusing for learners as one writing system, Kanji, is entirely non-syllabic - that is to say, you either know the character, its meaning, and how to read it; or you don't. With over 2,000 Kanji characters in daily use (most of which have several readings depending on how they are used), reading and writing Japanese fluently can be something you could study your whole life and never master.
However, even with such difficulties as this and the honorific system (using different words and grammar depending on who you are speaking to), Japanese is an intensely interesting language to learn, and the basics can be picked up with little problem. There are many aspects of the culture in Japan that can only really be gleaned with a working knowledge of the Japanese language.
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I have been very satisfied with my Japanese course so far. Midori has been very helpful and I am happy with the content she has taught me. She has also been flexible and helped me with any topics that I would like to spend some time on. So far I have had 8 lessons. I don't feel it is necessary to discuss any aspects of the course as I am quite content with how it has progressed. Midori informed me that if I had any problems or needed any help once the course is complete, that she would be available through email to help with anything I found difficult.
Typical course length:
• 30 hours per level
(classes are usually 2 hours each)
We also offer packages of:
• 20 hours
• 50 hours
• 100 hours
(with discounted rates)
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