Dates and times: September 25–November 22, 2018 Tue and Thu 17:00–18:30 (Finland time)

Content and objectives: These intensive online Japanese language courses are taught live from Japan. The course includes a lot of photos, videos and articles of real time materials about Japan and its culture. The courses will be taught in Japanese and English.

The goal of study:  After finishing this intensive course, students will be able to obtain the basic language skills to survive in Japan. Students will read and write 46 Hiragana letters.  Students will be able to recognize 136 Kanji letters.

Lecturer: Japanese Government Certified Japanese language instructor and former professor of US universities Setsuko Konishi, a Japanese native, living in Japan, has many years of experiences both in traditional teaching in very competitive and well known US universities and also in online teaching as university programs from Japan.

Required equipment: A computer with a camera, headset with a microphone and internet connection.  This course will be provided using  an online conference program Zoom, but students will not be required to create an own account.  Instructions will be sent some days before the course starts.

Textbook: “Genki I” published by the Japan Times. (available via online bookstores e.g. Amazon).

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