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ALA Academy
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24 months
ALA Academy
Video overview
Day-to-day conversation skills
Enhancing learners’ conversation skills has been our main educational objective since our foundation in 1984. In our general conversation course, learners study in a multinational environment.
The classes mainly include conversation practice under actual scenes, which allows students to obtain practical communication skills as well as necessary knowledge.
English speaking staff available
There will be English-speaking staff available to assist you with any issues that may arise during your time at the school.
Full time employement support
From preparing you for interviews to teaching you proper business Japanese, this school provides support for when you’re ready to join the Japanese workforce.
Part time job support
The school provides support by posting available part-time jobs in the area and preparing you for the interview.
WiFi available
Free Wifi is available to students.
Location
Our school is located in Iidabashi, Tokyo.
DISTANCE TO TRAIN STATIONS (Walking time)
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ALA Academy of Language Arts
Our Japanese Courses
ALA Academy of Language Arts
GENERAL JAPANESE COURSE
This course is focusing on progress with operational ability of Japanese Conversation, students also aim at progress with reading and composition comprehension. In addition to conversation course, ALA provides a wide variety of curriculum to meet individual requirements such as for success in business in Japan, for university enrolment, and for understanding of Japanese culture.
Course length
WITHOUT STUDENT VISA
3 months
WITH STUDENT VISA
6 - 24 months
Available starts
January - April - July - October
Schedule (weekdays)
Morning class 09:30 to 13:30
Or
Afternoon class 13:40 to 17:40
Course hours per week: 20
Classes are either in the morning or in the afternoon, based on your level of Japanese.
Other features
Program for absolute beginners
The school’s welcomes absolutely beginner with specific beginner classes that will cover all the basic aspects of the Japanese language.
School Intensity
Medium intensity means the school gives you a perfect balance between study pace and free time. This means that you’ll be able to enjoy your life in Japan, while still being able to effectively progress your studies.
3 months
6 months
12 months
18 months
24 months
Costs
Total course costs
The total course cost includes class time, staff guidance and extended student insurance. Textbooks are not included and need to be purchased separately. The school will collect the study material fee of 5,000 yen for each 6 month term, before the course begins.
TERM 1 - 2
BEGINNER - 6 MONTHS
Beginner level 1 starts with learning hiragana katakana and basic conversation. Students are not required to have prior knowledge of Japanese. After completion, learners master survival Japanese such as describing their daily activities, ordering in restaurants, talking with shop assistants and so on. (Equal to JLPT N5 level)
Beginner level 2 is for people that have some previous knowledge of basic Japanese. After completing this level, learners can use basic communication, such as makig requests, asking for advise, talking about interests and so on. (equal to JLPT N4 level)
Teaching materials: Gogaku ryugakusei no tameno Nihongo Ⅰ&Ⅱ
TERM 3 - 5
INTERMEDIATE STUDIES - 9 MONTHS
Students practice making everyday conversations in various real-life situations, using the basic sentence patterns learnt during Beginner levels. In addition, through various activities, including discussion, reading and grammar study, students learn new expressions and sentence patterns to be more fluent speakers of Japanese.
Teaching materials:
- An Introduction to Advanced Spoken Japanese
- An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese
- Nihon wo hanaso (Aspects of Japanese Society）
- Donna toki dou tsukau nihongo hyogen bunkei 500
TERM 6 - 8
ADVANCED - 9 MONTHS
Through using real materials such as newspapers, magazines, TV programs (drama, film and news), novels, essays and manga, students learn alot of different Japaneses used in actual Japanese society to expand their communication skills. Also in this level, discussion and presentation abilities are focused on to improve.
In some classes, students will also learn Business Japanese.
ALA Academy
Student demographics
Students come from all over the world to study at this school.
