Learning Catchball
Learn Japanese with us!!
Message from the Learning Catchball
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| I am Taro Koyanagi, I was a Japanese teacher at Japanese school in Tokyo and started up the Learning Catchball in 2009 to help people to learn Japanese. |
Online Japanese lessons
- You can select online group course or private course
| Online group course |
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| You can learn basic level conversation, speaking, grammar. |
| Online private course |
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| You can learn what you like to learn from beginner to advanced level. |
Online group course
Message from Japanese teacher
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| I am Ayaka, in charge of online Japanese group lessons at the Learning Catchball. Let's learn Japanese speaking, making sentences, grammar, vocabulary with us. We are happy to help you to learn them. I am looking forward to seeing you online. |
Lesson fees
| Lesson fee |
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| 1 lesson hourly for 2,000 yen |
- First you can take a free trial lesson. After that you can decide to sign up for the course or not.
- You can decide how many lessons you will take a month. Based on the lesson days you will take, your lesson fee monthly will be determined. If you take 5 lessons a month, it will be 10,000yen.
Textbook(Learning materials)
| Textbook fee(learning materials) |
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| 0 yen |
- We offer our learning materials to our students in each lesson, so you don't need to buy any textbooks.
- You can select the following level course.
| Basic course1 | Hiragana to basic level |
| Basic course2 | Basic to JLPT N5 level |
| Pre-intermediate course | JLPT N4 level |
Basic course1
| Time(Japan time) |
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| 20:30 to 21:30 on Tuesdays/Thursdays |
- You can learn the following Japanese
| Hiragana to basic level |
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| Basic conversation/speaking |
| Basic grammar |
| Basic vocabulary |
- This course is for 3 months. We have 6 to 8 lessons a month. You can join this course monthly. At the end of each month, you can decide to continue the course or not.
- ※To join this course, you need to know how to read Hiragana and Katakana.
Basic course2
| Time(Japan time) |
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| 19:00 to 20:00 on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays |
- You can learn the following Japanese
| Basic to JLPT N5 level |
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| Basic conversation/speaking |
| Basic grammar |
| Basic vocabulary |
- This course is for 6 months. We have 10 to 12 lessons a month. You can join this course monthly. At the end of each month, you can decide to continue the course or not.
Pre-intermediate course
| Time(Japan time) |
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| 20:30 to 21:30 on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays |
- You can learn the following Japanese
| JLPT N4 level |
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| Speaking |
| Making sentences |
| Grammar |
| Vocabulary |
- This course is for 6 months. We have 10 to 12 lessons a month. You can join this course monthly. At the end of each month, you can decide to continue the course or not.
| Speaking / Making sentences practice |
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| Japanese Exercise(questions) |
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| Japanese grammar guidance |
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| Japanese Vocabulary list |
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StepⅠ:Application
| Application fee(trial lesson) | 0 yen |
- Please select a course and submit the application at the bottom of this page. After we receive your application, we will send you the zoom link for the class.
StepⅡ:Free trial lesson
StepⅢ:Confirm
- After the free trial lesson, we will ask you if you like to apply for the regular lesson or not.
| Application fee(regular lesson) |
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| 3,000 yen(only once payment) |
| Lesson fee |
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| 1 lesson hourly for 2,000 yen |
- If you apply for the regular lesson, please tell us how many lessons you will take a month. Based on the lesson days you will take, your lesson fee monthly will be determined.
Payment
- ※Payment method : You can select bank transfer or paypal. We ask you to pay with paypal while you are outside Japan. If you make the payment with paypal, there's a 5% surcharge.
Online private course
- We introduce you an online certified Japanese teacher. You can learn what you like to learn from an online private teacher.
| JLPT N5 to N1/test preparation |
| Japanese conversation/speaking |
| Reading/writing/listening |
| Hiragana/vocabulary |
| Business Japanese, etc |
- You can take 1 on 1 online lessons in the time slot below
- You can select a lesson course below. If you take a 30 minutes course 4 times a month, lesson fee for 1 month will be 8,000 yen( 2,000 yen × 4 lessons).
| 30 minutes course | 1 lesson 2,000 yen |
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| 45 minutes course | 1 lesson 2,500 yen |
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| 60 minutes course | 1 lesson 3,000 yen |
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- First you can take a free trial lesson, please decide to sign up or not after the trial lesson. If you have an interest, please select 『online private course』 in the application form below.
- If you decide to sign up for his/her regular lesson, we ask you to pay the introduction fee 3,000 yen (Only once payment) to the Learning Catchball. If you decide not to sign up, you don't need to pay it.
Learning materials for self-study(optional)
- We can offer you our 25 lessons learning materials for self-study from Hiragana to JLPT N5 level. You can expect to get the basic Japanese knowledge by working out some basic Japanese exercises.
- If you like to try, please select 『Yes, I like』in the application form. Then we will send you the details by email. If you apply for online group course or private course, we offer you these learning materials for free.
- Please note that these learning materials are not related to online group/private lesson's curriculum.
Self-study course
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| Learn vocabulary, grammar, how to make sentences by yourself with video, grammar guidance, vocabulary list |
| Step 2 |
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| Work out Japanese exercises(questions) by yourself |
| Step 3 |
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| Check the model answers by yourself |
Sample exercise1
| Please listen to the audio below and choose an appropriate answer about the following picture |
このコンテンツを再生するには、Adobe Flashプレイヤーが必要です。
| 1 | × | 寝ます(ねます) | to sleep |
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| 2 | × | 買います(かいます) | to buy |
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| 3 | 〇 | 起きます(おきます) | to get up |
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| 4 | × | 練習します(れんしゅうします) | to practice |
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Sample exercise2
| Please make conversation sentences with ～てください about the following picture. |
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このコンテンツを再生するには、Adobe Flashプレイヤーが必要です。
このコンテンツを再生するには、Adobe Flashプレイヤーが必要です。
このコンテンツを再生するには、Adobe Flashプレイヤーが必要です。
Application form for a free trial lesson
- Japanese level
If you are not sure of Hiragana and Katakana, please select 『0 level』
If you are sure of Hiragana/Katakana, but not sure of making basic sentences in Japanese, please select 『Hiragana level』
If you are sure of making basic sentences in Japanese, but you are not sure of Japanese basic form(Te form/Futu(plain) form), please select 『Basic sentence level』
- Please note that we can't accept people under the age of 18 years old in our online group lessons.
- ※After you fill in the blank,please click the Confirm above.
- ※After you click the Confirm and check your information,please click the Send .
