ようこそ❗️
First off, welcome to all the new students! I really hope we can work together, help motivate each other, and make this a fun fluffy experience.
For all those wanting shouts when assignments and class disscussion journals are posted, check at the bottom to make sure your icon is there. Also seats are still open until the 26th, so feel free to join in!
If your computer is not set up for Japanese, please please go HERE

The main goal of this class will be to learn the two phonetic scripts, the main 46 sounds of Japanese, in both Hiragana and Katakana. Hiragana is used for Japanese words, while Katakana is mainly used for borrowed words and used to express soundsand or feelings. We will also learn basic introductions, expressing likes and dislikes, saying hello, writing our own names, and a good fist full of useful and fun words.

This course will last approximately 8 weeks. 4 weeks for working on Hiragana, then 4, weeks working on Katakana and basic survival Japanese. Don't worry I will add in some common phrases used in anime too

I will post journals on Fridays, with links on it to free downloable worksheets and sites. Some of these sites will require you to sign up to get the files. ( they are tried and true sites, I won't send you anywhere iffy) If that is not possible for you, I will also provide a link to the same document in my Dropbox account.

On Wednesdays I will post a discussion journal about what we have learned, and also a place for you to ask questions and interact with the other students (Let's keep it SFW in these journals please) .... Hopefully also getting a chance to use some of what you have learned.
In the discussion journals I will be asking four main questions.

1. How much of the assignment did you complete? (Don't worry if you couldn't complete all of it, or were too busy, just do your best next time. This is just supposed to help motivate)
2. What was something you found fun that you learned?
3. What was something useful?
4. What was the most difficult for you?

Further down the line, I will also ask you to write one sentence using the target language of that week.

If you ever have a question, please ask! I will do my best to explain! And if you need more examples or a better clarification, please tell me.
I really do want to see you all learn some Japanese

Once this class has ended, for those that want to continue, I will start teaching the first 100 Kanji, and basic Japanese enough to pass the first level, N5, of the official Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

Update. . . To just throw in some extra motivation, I will hold a raffle for active students once every week. I got too excited when I found these small tiny bilingual picture dictionaries at the Daiso. The Fluffy Sensei in me was like... Ooooo these would be great for all my new furry students! * floofing out super happily bouncing up and down* See them HERE
You win, I mail that and a little postcard to you from Japan! (If that's not possible for you, we'll work something else out.) At the end one more big raffle for a small box of Japanese goodies, OR a Japanese themed YCH.

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