2 Year Curriculum｜Sakura Kotonoha Japanese Language School

2 Year Curriculum Outline

Course Period	2 years
Classes Hours	1520 hours
Course Schedule	From April to March of two years later.
Class Weeks	76 weeks
Class hours per week (Number of class days)	20 hours（5 days）
Admission Capacity	40 students（AM class 20 students / PM class 20 students）
Class Number	AM 1 class / PM 1 class
Maximum Capacity per Class	20 students

・Period Time: 45 minutes
・AM Class Time 9:00～12:20 / PM Class Time 13:00～16:20

Level		Class Weeks	Class Content (Outline)	Main Text Books
1	Elementary Level 1	10 Weeks	Writing or pronounce Hiragana and Katakana accurately The minimum necessary daily conversation.	Minna no Nihongo BeginnerⅠ
2	Elementary Level 2	9 Weeks	Reading or writing the basic Kanji. Acquire the ability of reading short sentence. Be able to understanding the writing about familiar topics by using grammar and vocabulary acquired from Elementary Level 1	Minna no Nihongo Beginner Ⅱ
3	Intermediate Level 1	9 Weeks	Describe and express feelings regarding daily topics. Practice to speak with long sentence by reading and writing long readings. Acquire the listening ability of natural speed conversation. Aim to pass JLPT N3.	Let's Go to Intermediate
4	Intermediate Level 2	10 Weeks	Acquire ability to discuss and express opinion with certain long sentence regarding more familiar topic. Acquire speaking ability of understanding certain long sentence and speaking	Let's Learn Intermediate/ Pre-intermediate Level
5	Intermediate Level 3	9 Weeks	Acquire ability to understand other opinions and express own opinion with certain long sentence regarding familiar social topic. Be able to use the expression properly according to different scene. Aim to pass JLPT N2	Let's Learn Intermediate/ Intermediate　Level
6	Medium Advanced Level	10 Weeks	Be able to understand the information of society briefly such as news. Acquire ability to understand the author’s thought from certain long reading. Acquire the ability to express more properly by using grammar and vocabulary already learned.	Let's Learn Intermediate/ Intermediate　Level
7	Advanced Level 1	10 Weeks	Acquire ability to understand certain level reading of professional knowledge to understand lecture in university. Be able to consider the listener’s feelings while talking. Aim to pass JLPT N1.	Reading Intermediate to Advanced
8	Advanced Level 2	9 Weeks	Acquire the ability of reading comprehension, listening comprehension, delivering presentation required at university. Acquire ability to understand thesis, newspaper, news to obtain information of society.	Realia