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Japanese Language Classes in Los Angeles area

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The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo):
Located in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles CA, between Downtown LA and Beverly Hills, The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo) is a Japanese language school that provides a range of everyday, conversational Japanese courses to adult students. These courses focus on how well learners can do things in practical settings. Using materials from Japanese daily life, you will enjoy these friendly, interactive, and above all, fun courses!

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Japanese Language Courses for Adults:

Everyday Japanese: Mastering Kana Course:
In this introductory course, students learn how to greet people, introduce yourself, and talk about your favorite foods and hobbies in Japanese. At the end of the course, successful learners will:

- Be able to make appropriate greetings for different times of day and to show gratitude
- Be able to introduce yourself using simple Japanese
- Be able to talk about your favorite foods and hobbies
- Have knowledge of the Japanese Kana writing systems, including its history

Everyday Japanese: Making Friends 1 (Family Life)
In this course, students learn how to talk about family, daily life, how to plan and invite friends to an event. 

This course also introduces basic knowledge of Kanji and the most useful Kanji for everyday life.

Everyday Japanese: Making Friends 2 (Food & Shopping)
Learn simple expressions used for shopping and eating out. Using actual materials from everyday life in Japan, you learn how to go out to shop, and eat out at your favorite restaurants.

Everyday Japanese: Making Friends 3 (Travel in Japan)
Learn simple expressions used while you are traveling in Japan, such as taking a train and a taxi, reading a map, or asking someone directions. 

Learn how to explain about your hometown to Japanese people, and learn to say what you did and what you thought on your trip and to write a postcard to your friends!

Everyday Japanese: Fun With Friends 1,2,3:
Fun with Friends is designed for Japanese language learners who have completed JF Nihongo Mastering Kana, Making Friends 1, 2 and 3 or an equivalent course (A1 level). The Fun with Friends courses 1, 2 and 3 focus on the following topics:

- Fun with Friends 1: Upgrade Your Introduction
Level up your self-introduction to chat with a native speaker!

- Fun with Friends 2: Health and Beauty  
Chat and give tips about health and beauty with your friends!

- Fun with Friends 3: Travel in Japan
Let's travel in Japan!  You will design a custom tour with your favorite places.

Business Japanese Course:
The Business Japanese class is designed for experienced Japanese learners who would like to improve their language skills at an advanced level. 

In addition to business manners, the class covers a wide range of skills through conversation, reading, listening, and writing at an intermediate to advanced level. 

Topics include polite speech and keigo (honorific language) for formal situations, e-mail, and phone conversation. The class further aims to help students improve their vocabulary and kanji ability. Instruction is given in Japanese.

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ABC Languages, San Francisco CA & Online Japanese Classes in USA
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• Are you searching for quality Japanese classes in San Francisco? Join one of the fun and interactive group classes for adults provided by ABC Languages - a leading foreign language school in the Financial District of San Francisco.

• We also offer private Japanese lessons for adults, teenagers and kids which can take place at our school or at your home or office.

• We teach Japanese to students of all levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced - with day, evening and weekend lessons available.

• We keep our classes small in size (no more than 9 students) so you have plenty of practice time using Japanese in conversation, role-play and in lively language activities.

• This means you will learn how to speak naturally and in authentic situations, not just learn from a textbook.

• We design our classes to be learner-centered, so you get the most you can out of your class time. Our native Japanese instructors know how to teach in an effective way, and don't just rely on a textbook.

• ABC Languages also has a school in Menlo Park (serving Silicon Valley and the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, including Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose).

Student Review:
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Japanese Language Classes:
Beginner to advanced level

• Group Japanese classes (Evening classes)
• Saturday Japanese classes (Intensive classes)
• Private Japanese lessons - our school or your home/office
• Japanese conversation classes
• Summer Japanese classes
• Corporate Japanese language training onsite for business professionals & organizations
• Japanese classes for kids & teens
• Skype / Online Japanese lessons

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The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo)
Courses / Programs
Are you searching for quality Japanese lessons in Los Angeles?

The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo) provides comprehensive Japanese language classes for adult students in Central Los Angeles, convenient for students from Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and surrounding areas.

Located in the Miracle Mile area between LA and Beverly Hills, we deliver everyday, conversational Japanese courses which are based on the Japan Foundation’s "JF Standard" rather than traditional beginner to advanced levels.

Our primary goal in offering JF Nihongo courses is creating an opportunity for people to enjoy learning Japanese.

Each JF Nihongo course is designed with “Can-do” statements in mind, which describe specific themes and learning goals; what learners want to be able to do after taking a course.
Specialized Japanese Language Courses for Adults:

- Mastering Kana Course:
- Making Friends: Family Life
- Making Friends: Food & Shopping
- Making Friends: Travel in Japan
- Fun with Friends 1: Upgrade Your Introduction
- Fun with Friends 2: Health and Beauty
- Fun with Friends 3: Travel in Japan
- Business Japanese Course
ABC Languages - Japanese Classes San Jose area
Courses / Programs
Are you searching for quality Japanese lessons in the San Jose area?

With language schools in downtown San Francisco and in Menlo Park, ABC Languages provides group Japanese language classes and private Japanese lessons to adults, teens and kids throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose, Campbell, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and surrounding areas.

In addition, we teach Japanese to schools, corporations and organizations throughout Silicon Valley and the Peninsula region of the Bay Area.

ABC has earned an excellent reputation in the Bay Area and was voted “Best of the Bay Area” by SF Chronicle online users. We taught Uma Thurman Japanese for her role in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill".

One factor in our success is that we ensure all our teachers have a minimum of 2 years teaching experience before we even interview them.

Our teachers make the Japanese language come alive in the classroom. Authentic conversation practice, role play, videos and picture prompts are commonly used in our classes.

You will find yourself beginning to think in Japanese as you interact with your teacher and fellow classmates.
Japanese Classes for Adults & Kids:
Beginner to advanced levels

- Group Japanese classes
- Private Japanese lessons
- Conversational Japanese
- Survival Japanese
- Family Japanese classes
- Japanese grammar
- Japanese for kids & teens (private lessons at our school or at-home tutoring for elementary/ middle/ high school students
- Corporate Japanese language training for professionals & organizations
- Online/ Skype Japanese lessons

We also teach Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Italian, German, Portuguese, Farsi & English among other languages.
ABC Languages - Japanese classes Brooklyn area
Courses / Programs
ABC Languages provides top quality group Japanese classes and private Japanese tutoring for adults, teenagers & kids at our language school in Midtown Manhattan.

Our professional tutors can come to your home or office. Our private Japanese tutoring is available all over Brooklyn - in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens, Flatbush, and surrounding areas.

To accommodate students with busy schedules, we offer classes during the day, in the evenings or during the weekend.

We teach Japanese to students of all levels - from complete beginner to advanced. We keep our classrooms learner-centered and small in size (no more than 9 students). This allows for plenty of practice time and interaction with your teacher and classmates.

Other Languages Taught:
We also teach Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Arabic, Farsi, Spanish, French, Italian, ESL (English as a Second Language), Portuguese, German, Russian, Polish, Hindi, Tagalog, Greek, Hebrew, Vietnamese, American Sign Language and more.

Student Testimonial:
"Cool Place! I'm currently learning Japanese at ABC Languages. Classes there making learning a language fun and thats important for harder languages like Japanese. I love the environment and you will too if you decide to learn a language."
Japanese Courses for Adults & Juniors
Beginner to advanced level

- Group Japanese classes for adults. Daytime, evening & weekend classes are available.
- Private Japanese lessons
- Conversational Japanese
- Japanese for Travel
- Japanese tutoring for kids & teens
- After-school Japanese programs for elementary, middle & high school students
- Family Japanese classes
- Survival Japanese
- Japanese Grammar
- Corporate Japanese language training for businesses & organizations
- Cross-cultural Japanese programs
- Online/ Skype Japanese lessons
ABC Languages - Japanese classes Fairfield County CT area
Courses / Programs
• Learn Japanese with ABC Languages - a premiere foreign language training provider!

• Providing quality private lessons to adults, teenagers and children throughout Southern Connecticut and Westchester County NY area, we teach students at all levels - from total beginner to advanced.

Fairfield County CT areas include:
• Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Cos Cob, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Green's Farms, Greenwich, Monroe, Milford, Naugatuck, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Old Greenwich, Redding, Ridgefield, Riverside, Shelton, Sherman, Southport, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton (or Contact us about your area).

• One-on-one Japanese lessons are the most intensive way to immerse yourself in the language. Our Japanese tutors are available 7 days a week and you can choose to meet with them from once a week to every day - schedule your classes around your work or family commitments!

• Individual Japanese instruction allows you to learn at your own pace. With the full attention of your experienced and professional teacher, you will have a customized learning program designed for you that takes into account your interests and your preferred learning style.

• Total immersion courses are ideal for people relocating to Japan and may include a cross-cultural training component.

• Our private Japanese tutoring is available throughout Westchester County NY (Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, and Rye, as well in The Bronx area).
Private Japanese Lessons:

• One-on-one Japanese tutoring for adults
• Basic Japanese for Beginners
• Intermediate-level Japanese classes
• Advanced Japanese lessons
• Individual/ at-home Japanese tutoring for kids & teens (K-12 students)
• Corporate Japanese training for business professionals & organizations
• Online Japanese classes via Zoom / Skype.

ABC also offers quality private instruction in a range of second languages including: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian & English as a Second Language (ESL).
Hills Learning, New York
Courses / Programs
Hills Learning is located in Manhattan, New York City and provides Japanese programs for all levels from beginner to advanced.

Students can choose between intensive Japanese, standard Japanese, business Japanese, Online Japanese lessons, exam preparation for the profiency exam of Japanese. or Japanese for vacation. Corporate Training is also available.

In addition to this, we also offer Chinese and English Lessons. Our courses are designed to meet student needs in terms of conversational proficiency, scheduling flexibility, and overall effective language acquisition.

It is our personal experience that the most effective way to learn or develop your language skills is from face to face interaction with a professional teacher. We have an array of teachers with a variety of backgrounds to match student's interests, goals, and desires for language learning.

For our individual lessons we specialize in finding the right teacher and creating the correct curriculum. For group courses we offer alternatives to traditional, less interactive language classes.

Whether your reasons to learn language are academic, professional, cultural or personal, we'll find the right match for you.

Student Testimonial:
"I am thrilled that I've been able to pick up as much of the language as I have. I pretty much only stick to what the teacher has given us and not really gone to other websites." - Alexis
- Japanese Programs for all levels from beginner to advanced
- Intensive Japanese
- Standard Japanese
- Exam Preparation Course for Japanese Proficiency exam
- Japanese Conversation classes
- Japanese for Vacations
- Corporate Training
- Business Japanese
- Group Courses
- Individual Tuition / Private Japanese lessons
- Online Japanese classes for adults & children
- Summer Japanese Program for High School Students (Japanese through Manga)