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This course takes place from 17 April until 19 June 2025. There is no class in the week of 28 April because of the May holiday and there is no class on 29 May because of Ascension Day. 

Class day and time: Thursdays from 6.00 - 7.30 pm 
Number of participants: min. 6 - max. 16

There will be 8 classes:
- 3 classes on campus in Nijmegen (class 1, 5 and 8) and
- 5 online classes via the Virtual Classroom (class 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7)

Approach and content 

Japanese is spoken as much as possible during classes, with Dutch as the supporting language. This means you cannot take this course if you do not speak Dutch.

You should count on about three to four hours of individual study per week.

The script: Hiragana and Katakana

Through self-study and a free practice module, you can become familiar with the script (Hiragana and Katakana). In class, you will get help from the teacher, who will also devote attention to recognising important characters, such as inscriptions in stations, directions, etc.

What do the classes cover?

Skills

• You will learn to read and write one of the three Japanese alphabets (hiragana)
• You will learn to introduce yourself: your name, your age, where you are from, what work you do
• You will learn how to talk about your or someone else’s family
• You learn to talk about what you like
• You will learn how to invite someone to do something
• You will learn to count to 100

Grammar

We cover a range of topics in the Japanese halfway to A1 course, including grammar:

• The particles wa, ka, ni, e, to, kara, made, no, de, o, ga
• Using desu and masu verbs in the present, past and negative tenses
• Conjugating verbs mashou(ka) and masenka
• I-adjectives and post-adjectives and how to conjugate them
• Demonstrative pronouns (those, that, these)

Course material

• Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners, Tuttle 2011.
  ISBN: 9784805311448

The course material can be purchased at . Course material is not included in the course fee.