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- 1 on 1 online Japanese lesson?
- 1 on 1 language exchange lesson
- E-textbooks for Japanese conversation
- Free video for Japanese grammar
- Online speaking level check service
- Online conversational ball lesson?
What's the Learning Catchball?
Message from managing director
I am Taro Koyanagi at Learning Catchball. We started up our service in 2009 to help people to learn Japanese. Let's learn Japanese with us!
Learning Catchball's history
| 2009/08 | We started up language exchange partner's introduction service. We have 2178 members(2021/1) . |
| 2013/01 | We started up Meet up Japanese tutor's introduction service |
| 2019/01 | We started a youtube channel and have been streaming free Japanese lesson video |
| 2019/04 | We started up Online private Japanese lessons service. You can apply for this service below. |
| 2021/04 | We will open online Japanese conversation school(classes) |
1 on 1 online Japanese conversation lessons
- Please apply for our service through the application form at the bottom of this page.
Lesson curriculum
| Warming up conversation |
|---|
| Free conversation with your tutor. |
| ①Vocabulary |
| Let's learn vocabulary and practice making sentences in Japanese. |
| ②Role play conversation |
| Let's practice Japanese conversation for various situations through role play practice. |
| ③Topic conversation |
| Let's talk about topics for various situations with your tutor. |
- Besides online conversation lesson above, We can offer you online personalized lessons,too. Regarding of the personalized lesson, you can learn what you like to learn. Please select lesson curriculum which you like to take on the application form.
Let's practice Japanese conversation for various situations from your online tutor!
| daily life | hospital | sports | travel |
| occupation | school | police | love |
| business | marriage | emotion | future |
| movie | fashion | bank | shopping |
| real estate | city office | interview | restaurant |
Lesson/Service fee
| Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Application | 0 yen |
| Trial lesson | 0 yen |
| Textbook | 0 yen |
| Lesson course① | 1500yen for 30minutes |
| Lesson course② | 2000yen for 45minutes |
| Lesson course③ | 2500yen for 60minutes |
- You can select lesson course on the application form.
- You can take online lesson at your flexible time.
Sample lesson(hospital)
Lesson points
| Before the lesson | We offer you E-textbooks every time before the lesson, so that you can learn Japanese vocabulary related to the topic and basic Japanese patterns for role play practice in advance. |
| In the lesson | You can focus on speaking practice with role play and topic conversation. In order to practice speaking Japanese efficiently, we recommend you learn the E-textbook we offer you in advance |
Sample of E-textbook
| situation | E-textbook | download |
|---|---|---|
| hospital |  |
Japanese conversation level
- Let's improve your Japanese speaking skills to your target level with our online conversation class!
| Level | Target |
|---|---|
| 1(Entry) | To read Hiragana and Katakana and some Kanji |
| 2(beginner) | To make short sentences with basic Japanese patterns |
| 3(N5) | To introduce yourself and answer the questions about yourself |
| 4(N5-N4) | To do an exchange of conversation during your journey |
| 5(N4) | To explain your feeling and the reason |
| 6(N4-N3) | To make s short speech about something you have an interest in |
| 7(N3) | To talk about something with your friends/put your opinion into words |
| 8(N3-N2) | To use polite words and broken words depending on the situation |
| 9(N2) | To take a job interview and explain your requests or experiences |
| 10(N2-N1) | To explain the sequence or cause of events about something unexpected |
| 11(N1-business) | To present a paper/give a presentation in a business situation |
| 12(Native) | To state your opinions logically when you have a debate/convey subtle nuances |
Application for online conversation lesson
StepⅠ:Application(for free)
StepⅠ:Please apply for our service through the application form at the bottom of this page.
StepⅡ:Introduction(for free)
StepⅡ:We arrange online Japanese tutor for you who meets your requests. After you check the tutor's profile and like to take the tutor's trial lesson, we forward the tutor's email address or skype ID or zoom ID to you.
StepⅢ:Trial lesson(for free)
StepⅢ:You can take a trial lesson for 20minutes. Your tutor will guide you about the lesson plan.
StepⅣ:Confirmation
StepⅣ:Please decide to apply for the tutor's lesson or not after the trial lesson. If you like to try another tutor, then we will rearrange another tutor for you.
StepⅤ:Payment
StepⅤ:If you decide to take the tutor's lesson, you need to pay lesson fees to your tutor's bank account.Basically you need to pay lesson fees monthly in advance
Application form
terms of use
- Our service is to support each entry person find a Japanese private teacher and language exchange partner(learning partner).
- We(Learning Catchball) do not check each entry person's ID and do not take any responsibility for any troubles between
you and your teacher/language exchange partner(learning partner).
- We(Learning Catchball) can not be responsible for the truth of each entry information and the
quality of each entry person's character(personality).
- In case we(Learning Catchball) find your entry information is MLM business or false or illegal, we delete your entry.
- In case you cause damage on learning-catchball,we(Learning Catchball) do demand payment to you.
- In case you want to delete your entry information or withdraw from learning-catchball, please contact us soon.
- We can not accept applicants under the age of 18.
- We(Learning Catchball) revise these terms of use whenever we need.
- Red mark=Required
- After we accept your application form, we ask you about your requests by email. Our e-mail(info@teacher-japanese.com) is sometimes misclassified as spam. So please check your E-mail regularly.
- Please select lesson fees from below
1500yen for 30minutes
2000yen for 45minutes
2500yen for 60minutes - Please select lesson curriculum from below
①Conversation lesson
②Personalized lesson:you can learn what you like to learn.
- ※After you fill in the blank,please click the 確 認 above.
- ※After you click the 確 認 and check your information,please click the 送 信 .
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