Beginner Japanese is for professionals seeking a basic, working knowledge of Japanese. It is particularly useful to those working with Japanese employees, supervisors, colleagues, or customers.

The course presents essential vocabulary and grammar that is indispensable for basic communication, customized where possible to address your job-specific communication needs. All learning is reinforced through practical, authentic exercises requiring active class participation. Topics may include (partial list):

· Asking for and receiving directions
· Formal and informal greetings/good-byes
· Simple tense of most frequently used verbs
· Questioning: who, what, where, when, why, how
· Basic reading and writing in Hirakana and Katakana
· Essential vocabulary, including: numbers, days, months, adjectives