Learning Catchball
Message from the Learning Catchball
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| I am Taro Koyanagi, in charge of the Learning Catchball. I was manager at Japanese language school in Tokyo and started up these lessons to help people to learn Japanese. |
Let's learn JLPT N5 / N4 / N3 with us!!
- We are offering the following lessons. First you can take a free trial lesson. Please select a course and submit the application form at the bottom of this page.
| Online private Japanese course |
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| You can learn Japanese from an online private Japanese teacher. Lesson time is flexible. You can select it between 7:30am and 23:30pm. |
| Online group Japanese course 1 |
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| You can learn Japanese vocabulary, grammar, making sentences at JLPT N3 and N4 level in online group class. Lesson time is fixed. |
| Online group Japanese course 2 |
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| You can learn basic Japanese grammar and form at JLPT N5 to N4 level in online group class. Lesson time is fixed. |
Online private Japanese course
- We introduce you an online private Japanese teacher who helps you to learn the following Japanese. Online private lessons can focus on what you like to learn.
| Basic Japanese |
| JLPT N5 to N1 |
| Japanese conversation/Speaking |
| Vocabulary/Kanji |
| Writing/Reading |
| business Japanese, etc |
Step 1 : Application
- After we receive your application, we will ask you the following questions.
| 1 | Which teacher do you prefer, a female Japanese teacher or male Japanese teacher? |
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| 2 | When do you like to take a free trial lesson? You can select a lesson time between 7:30am and 23:30pm every day (Japan time). |
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| 3 | After the trial lesson, if you decide to apply for regular lessons, how many lessons a month do you like to take? What day of the week and what time are you available? |
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Step 2 : Free trial lesson
- After we confirm with an online Japanese teacher if he/she can offer you a free trial lesson around the time you like to take a trial lesson, we forward your email address to him/her. Then he/she will guide you to the trial lesson by email.
- He/she will offer you a free trial lesson(20 to 30 minutes) and suggest a lesson plan as per your requests. If you have any questions or requests, you can ask your teacher at the free trial lesson.
Step 3 : Confirmation
- After the trial lesson, we confirm with you if you apply for online private lesson or not.
Step 4 : Payment
- If you decide to apply, you need to transfer tuition to the teacher. Basically you need to pay monthly fee in advance before you start to take lessons.
- You can select a course after the free trial lesson.
| Course A | 1 lesson 3,000yen for 60 minutes |
| Course B | 1 lesson 2,500yen for 45 minutes |
- ※Textbooks fees are not included in the above lesson fee.
- ※Payment method : You can select credit card or paypal or bank transfer. If you make the payment with paypal, there's a 5% surcharge.
- ※Important notice
You need to pay lesson fee to your teacher directly. We Learning Catchball do not take any responsibility for any troubles between you and your Japanese teachers, so if there are anything you are not sure or you have any questions, be sure to ask your teacher or us before you make payment.
Online group Japanese course1
JLPT N4 and N3 level
- You can learn vocabulary, grammar, making sentences at JLPT N4 to N3 level in online group class.
Textbook(Learning materials)
| Textbook | 0 yen / We offer you the following learning materials in the lessons |
| Learning materials for JLPT N3 and N4 |
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| Japanese grammar |
| Japanese Vocabulary |
| Japanese Exercise(questions) |
| Speaking / Making sentences practice |
| N4 class course materials list |
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| N3 class course materials list |
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Message from Japanese teacher
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| I am Ayaka, in charge of online Japanese group lessons at the Learning Catchball. We are happy to help you to learn them. I am looking forward to seeing you online. |
StepⅠ:Application
| Application fee(trial lesson) | 0 yen |
- Please select a class below and submit the application at the bottom of this page. After we receive your application, we will send you the zoom link for the class.
- The following lesson time is in JST(Japan time)
| Course | Time |
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| JLPT N4 course1 | 13:30pm to 14:30pm |
| JLPT N4 course2 | 19:00pm to 20:00pm |
| JLPT N3 course1 | 11:00am to 12:00pm |
| JLPT N3 course2 | 20:30pm to 21:30pm |
StepⅡ:Free trial lesson
StepⅢ:Confirm
- After the free trial lesson, we will ask you if you like to apply for the regular lesson or not. If you decide to apply, we will ask you to pay the following fees.
| Application fee(regular lesson) |
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| 3,000 yen(only once payment) |
| Lesson fee(regular lesson) |
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| 1 lesson for 1,500 yen. If you take all lessons, it will be 18,000 yen monthkly |
- Before we ask you to pay lesson fees, we will ask you if there are any days you can't attend this month. After that we will ask you to pay lesson fees for days you will be able to attend. You can pay only for the days you can attend. 1 lesson = 1,500yen. If you take 10 lessons a month, it will be 15,000yen.
- We offer learning materials to our students in each lesson. If there are any lessons you can't attened, we offer you learning materials in the lesson you don't attend, so you can learn the lesson by yourself.
- ※Payment method : You can select bank transfer or paypal. We ask you to pay with paypal while you are outside Japan. If you make the payment with paypal, there's a 5% surcharge.
- After you make payment, we can't refund you even if you skip the classes you are supposed to attend, and you can't switch the day to another day.
Online group Japanese course2
JLPT N5 to N4 level
- This is course for people who need to learn basic Japanese form, basic Japanese vocabulary/kanji, basic grammar before joining N4 regular course.
| Time |
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| 20:30pm to 21:30pm every Thursdays(Japan time) |
- First you can take a free trial lesson
| Trial lesson |
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| 0 yen |
| Application fee(regular lesson) |
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| 3,000 yen(only once payment) |
| Regular lesson |
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| 1 lesson 2,500 yen for an hour |
Optional 1
Learning basic Japanese materials(self-study)
- If you like, we offer you learning basic Japanese materials(Hiragana to JLPT N5 level). You can learn the following Japanese by checking video, grammar guidance, online flash cards and working out basic Japanese questions we offer you.
| Basic Japanese vocabulary |
| Basic Japanese grammar |
| How to make basic Japanese form |
| How to make basic Japanese sentences |
| Japanese conversation sentences |
- If you apply for online private or group Japanese lessons, we offer you these learning basic Japanese materials for free. If you like to try, we will send you some learning materials after we receive your application.
| Please note the followings |
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| 1. This is not online face to face lesson. You need to learn by yourself, referring to the video/grammar guidance and model answers |
| 2. This basic Japanese materials curriculum is not related to those of online private and group Japanese lesson |
Sample video(image)
Sample Japanese questions
- Japanese vocabulary sample question
Please listen to the audio and choose an appropriate answer about the following picture
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| 1 | × | 弱いです(よわいです) | weak |
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| 2 | × | 高いです(たかいです) | high |
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| 3 | × | 低いです(ひくいです) | low |
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| 4 | 〇 | 強いです(つよいです) | strong |
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- Japanese form sample question1
Please change the following masu form verbs to te form.
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- Japanese form sample question2
Please change the following sentence to Futu(plain) form.
| 約束しませんでした | やくそくしませんでした | I didn't promise |
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- Conversation sentence sample question
Please choose an appropriate conversation sentence about the following picture
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Application form for a free trial lesson
- Japanese level
If you are not sure of Hiragana and Katakana, please select 『0 level』
If you are sure of Hiragana/Katakana, but not sure of making basic sentences in Japanese, please select 『Hiragana level』
If you are sure of making basic sentences in Japanese, but you are not sure of Japanese basic form(Te form/Futu(plain) form), please select 『Basic sentence level』
- Please note that depending on your conditions/requests, it takes time to arrange an online Japanese teacher or we can not arrange one for you.
Terms of Use about online private course
- We(Learning Catchball) can not be responsible for the quality of each Japanese teacher's character(personality).
- We(Learning Catchball) do not check online Japanese teacher's ID and take any responsibility for any troubles between you and your Japanese teachers.
- We can not accept applicants under the age of 18.
- We(Learning Catchball) revise these Terms of Use whenever we need.
- ※After you fill in the blank,please click the Confirm above.
- ※After you click the Confirm and check your information,please click the Send .
