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Online Japanese language group lessons!

Online group lessons with GenkiJACS offer the best of both worlds: our passion, expertise and innovation in the field of Japanese language learning, but available anywhere on Earth! Talk to your teachers and classmates, do your homework, take tests, engage in pair work, and get feedback on your progress, all from the comfort of your own home. Our interactive, engaging lessons have been designed specifically to give you the best educational experience possible in an online medium. Classes are divided into small groups at very specific levels, so there's sure to be a class that's just right for you. If you can't make it all the way to Japan, give our online Japanese lessons a try, and you'll soon understand why our school is regularly voted one of the world's best language schools!

If you do not want to study with a group, you might be interested in our private online lessons!

FAQs

Yes, you can be a complete beginner and still enroll in our online lessons!
Unfortunately, because we love our 8-hour-of-sleep nights here, we only offer classes at the following Japan Standard Time:
  •   8am to 10am for North, Central and South America
  •   10am to 12pm for Asia and Oceania
  •   6pm to 8pm for Europe, Africa and Middle-East
The minimum number of students per class is 2 and maximum 6. Should there be only 1 person in class we will arrange 1 lesson per day instead of 2 until at least one more student joins us.
Unfortunately classes are only offered using Zoom, as its functions allow us to provide the best classes possible.
If you have studied some Japanese before, our classes start every week. For Complete Beginner students, courses start on the first and third Mondays of the month.

Course Details

 8 lessons/week
  Held from Tuesday to Fridays, 4 times a week, 2 classes per day
  •   Following time are in Japan Standard Time (JST)
    •   8am to 10am for North, Central and South America
    •   10am to 12pm for Asia
    •   6pm to 8pm for Europe
  Starts every Monday, all year long*
  Available to all levels
  *Complete beginners start on every 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month
  Make sure to check the time difference between where you are and Japan. (We don't observe daylight saving time - use the timezone converter)
  Minimum study period - 2 Weeks (Tue-Fri)
  The application and payment deadline is on the Wednesday of the week before your course starts
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Get a discount 10% on your next study
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Supported Chat Software

Zoom is a free video conferencing application. It allows you to join any video-conferences without installing any application, from your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.). However, for a more comfortable experience, we recommend that you install their client. If you have any questions or worries about it, give us a shout!


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Class levels and curriculum

Lessons 1 to 4

  • Numbers (1 to 100)
  • Time
  • Telephone numbers
  • The particle の
  • XはYです
  • Question sentences
  • Numbers (100 to 100,000)
  • これ｜それ｜あれ｜とれ
  • この｜その｜あの｜どの + noun
  • ここ｜そこ｜あそこ｜どこ
  • だれの + noun
  • The particle も
  • Noun + じゃないです
  • The particles ね and よ
  • Verbs (present tense)
  • The particles を、で、に and へ
  • Time expressions
  • ～ませんか
  • Word order
  • Frequency adverbs
  • The topic particle は
  • Xがあります｜います
  • XはYの前です
  • Nouns (past tense)
  • Verbs (past tense)
  • The particle も
  • ～時間
  • たくさん
  • The particle と

Lessons 5 to 8

  • Adjectives (presnet and past tenses)
  • 好き（な）｜きらい（な）
  • ～ましょう（か）
  • ～枚
  • The て-form of adverbs
  • ～てください
  • ～てもいいです
  • ～てはいけませｎ
  • The て-form for describing two activities
  • ～から
  • ～ましょうか
  • ～ている
  • Describing people
  • The て-form of adjectives/nouns
  • Verb stem + に行く
  • Short forms (present tense)
  • Informal speech (present tense)
  • (Present tense)と思います
  • (Present tense)と言っていました
  • ～ないでください
  • Verb + のが好きです
  • The particle が
  • 何か｜何も

Lessons 9 to 12

  • Short forms (past tense)す
  • Informal speech (past tense)
  • (Past tense)と思います
  • (Past tense)と言っていました
  • ～ている人
  • まだ～ていません
  • ～から
  • The counter ～つ
  • Comparison between two items
  • Comparison among three or more items
  • Adjective/noun + の
  • ～つもりだ
  • Adjective + なる
  • どこかに｜どこにも
  • The particle で (ways, means)
  • ～ない
  • ～たり～たりする
  • ～ことがある
  • The particle や
  • ～んです
  • ～すぎる
  • ～ほうがいい
  • ～ので
  • ～なければいけません｜～なきゃいけません
  • ～でしょう

Schedule

April Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
4th week L5~L8 Conversation L1~L4 Conversation L1
May Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
1st week L9 L5 L2 L1
2nd week L10 L6 L3 L2
3rd week L11 L7 L4 L3 L1
4th week L12 L8 L1~L4 Conversation L4 L2
June Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
1st week L1 L9 L5 合流 L3
2nd week L2 L10 L6 L4
3rd week L3 L11 L7 L1 L5
4th week L4 L12 L8 L2 L6
5th week L1~L4 Conversation L5~L8 Conversation L3 L1~L6 Conversation
July Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
1st week L5 L1 L9 L4 L7
2nd week L6 L2 L10 L5 L8
3rd week L7 L3 L11 L6 L9 L1
4th week L8 L4 L12 L7 L10 L2
August Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
1st week L9 L5 L1 L8 L11 L3
2nd week L10 L6 L2 L9 L12 L4
3rd week L11 L7 L3 L10 L1 L5
4th week L12 L8 L4 L11 L2 L6

Schedule

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April Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
4th week L5~L8 Conversation L1~L4 Conversation L1
May Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
1st week L9 L5 L2 L1
2nd week L10 L6 L3 L2
3rd week L11 L7 L4 L3 L1
4th week L12 L8 L1~L4 Conversation L4 L2
June Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5
1st week L1 L9 L5 合流 L3
2nd week L2 L10 L6 L4
3rd week L3 L11 L7 L1 L5
4th week L4 L12 L8 L2 L6
5th week L1~L4 Conversation L5~L8 Conversation L3 L1~L6 Conversation
July Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
1st week L5 L1 L9 L4 L7
2nd week L6 L2 L10 L5 L8
3rd week L7 L3 L11 L6 L9 L1
4th week L8 L4 L12 L7 L10 L2
August Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
1st week L9 L5 L1 L8 L11 L3
2nd week L10 L6 L2 L9 L12 L4
3rd week L11 L7 L3 L10 L1 L5
4th week L12 L8 L4 L11 L2 L6

Get a discount!

You are our students whether you study with us in-person or taking online lessons. Meeting you online is a joy, and we would love to see you and speak to you on our screens, but it would be even better to meet you in person. We can’t all come and visit you, but if you decide to go to Japan and study the language in person as our student, we have something extraordinary to offer you!

If you take just one week of the Online Group classes, you are eligible for a 10% discount if you book our in-person lessons in the future! There is a two-year limit to it. So, if you book your course within two years from the time you took our online classes, the 10% discount will be yours! To help you remember, we will give you a voucher to show off to your friends! Think about it this way: If you book a 3-week Standard Japanese course the 10% discount will mean that you are getting 1 week of the Online Group Lessons for "free" now! You are saving for the future!

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Application process

Student taking a lesson on zoom

1. Fill the form

Fill out the form and our quick level test, then our online coordinator will get back to you with more information together with an estimate. Your application and level test should be sent at least by Wednesday of the week before the start of your course.

Teacher giving a lesson on zoom

2. Receive an invoice

If everything is alright, will send you an invoice and you are all set! The payment must reach us by Wednesday the week before you start your course, or it may be cancelled. Once the payment has reached us you will be welcome to start your course.

Student taking a lesson on zoom

3. Get introduced

On Monday before you start your course we will arrange a short (30 minutes) session to introduce you to our school and rules and answer any questions you might have.



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Things you need

In order to be able to attend the online lessons, you will need the following:

To see us better

  • Best: A computer with a webcam
  • Good: A tablet
  • OK: A smartphone

To connect to us

  • Best: Your home cabled/Wi-Fi high-speed connection
  • Good: Mobile internet connection
  • Avoid: Wi-Fi in a public space (Starbucks, restaurant, etc)

To hear and be heard

  • Best: Headphones with attached microphone
  • Good: Built-in speakers and microphone
  • OK: Speakers with a separate microphone

To pay

  • Flywire
  • Paypal
  • If not sure what to use, just ask!

Cancellations

To cancel your course, please let us know by email at least by Thursday one week before classes start. Otherwise we may charge you for the first week of lessons.

Problems

If problems prevent the lesson from being carried out as scheduled, it will be handled as follows:

  • If the problem is with the school's Internet access or equipment, the lesson will be extended to make up for missed time, or, if this is not possible, another lesson will be provided for no extra cost at a later date.
  • If the problem is with the customer's Internet access or equipment, or it is unclear what the source of the problem is, no extra time or extra lesson will be provided.

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Head Office

Hakataekihigashi 1-16-23,
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi 812-0013,
Japan

+81 (0)92 472 0123
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Hanazono Bldg 3F, Shinjuku 5-17-6,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022,
Japan

+81 (0)3 6457 3554
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Kyoto School

Hayashi Bldg 2F, Shimizuchō (Kawaramachidōri), 454-1,
Shimogyō-ku, Kyōto-shi 600-8025,
Japan

+81 (0)75-353-0003
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