Japanese N5 (Beginner Level)
📅 Course Duration
- Total Duration: 5 Months
- Total Classes: 60
- Classes per Week: 3
- Class Duration: 1 Hour
🎯 Course Objective
To build a strong foundation in Japanese, enabling students to read, write, understand, and speak basic Japanese for daily life and JLPT N5 level.
📘 Detailed Syllabus
🟢 Script Mastery
- Hiragana (complete) – reading & writing
- Katakana (complete) – reading & writing
- Stroke order & writing practice
- Basic pronunciation
🟢 Basic Sentence Formation
- Sentence structure (Subject–Object–Verb)
- です (desu) form
- Basic verbs (eat, go, come, see)
- Simple sentence building
🟢 Particles & Core Grammar
- Particles: は, が, を, に, で, の
- Question formation (か)
- Negative sentences
- Past tense (basic)
🟢 Vocabulary & Daily Use
- Numbers, time, days
- Family & relationships
- Food & daily activities
- Common places
🟢 Adjectives & Expressions
- い adjectives & な adjectives
- Describing people and things
- Likes/dislikes (すき / きらい)
🟢 Kanji & Reading
- Basic Kanji (80–100)
- Reading simple sentences
- Writing practice
🟢 Practice & Revision
- Conversation practice
- Listening exercises
- Full syllabus revision
- Mock tests (JLPT pattern)
🗣️ Skill Development
✔ Speaking
- Self-introduction
- Daily conversation
- Question–answer practice
✔ Listening
- Slow-speed audio
- Understanding basic instructions
✔ Reading
- Hiragana, Katakana, basic Kanji
- Simple sentences
✔ Writing
- Script writing
- Sentence formation
🎯 Student Outcome
By the end of N5, students will be able to:
- Read and write Hiragana & Katakana fluently
- Recognize 80–100 Kanji
- Introduce themselves confidently
- Speak basic daily conversations (2–5 minutes)
- Understand slow spoken Japanese
- Read and understand simple sentences and signs
- Write basic sentences and short paragraphs
📚 Study Material (Provided)
- Complete notes
- Writing practice sheets
- Vocabulary lists
- Kanji material
- Worksheets & assignments
- Listening audio
- Mock tests & revision notes
📊 Assessment System
- Weekly tests
- Speaking checks
- Final mock exam (JLPT N5 pattern)
🏆 End Result
👉 Strong foundation in Japanese
👉 Ready for JLPT N5 exam / next level (N4)