Learning Catchball
Let's learn Japanese online with us!!
Message from the Learning Catchball
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| I am Taro Koyanagi, I was a Japanese teacher at Japanese school in Tokyo and started up this service to help people to learn basic Japanese. We hope you will improve your Japanese skills through our learning Japanese service. |
1 on 1 online Japanese lessons
Let's learn JLPT, basic Japanese from online Japanese teachers!!
- Message from a Japanese teacher
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| I am Ayaka, I am an online Japanese teacher at the Learning Catchball. Let's learn Japanese with us. We are happy to help you to learn Japanese. I am looking forward to seeing you online. |
Lesson course
- You can select a lesson course below. If you take a 30 minutes course 4 times a month, lesson fee for 1 month will be 8,000 yen( 2,000 yen × 4 lessons).
| 30 minutes course | 1 lesson 2,000 yen |
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| 45 minutes course | 1 lesson 2,500 yen |
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| 60 minutes course | 1 lesson 3,000 yen |
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- First you can take a free trial lesson, please decide to sign up or not after the trial lesson.
Step 1 : Application
- Plesae fill out what you like to learn in the application form at the bottom of this page.
- After we receive your application, we will ask you what day of the week and what time you are available and try to arrange an online Japanese teacher as per your requests.
- You can take 1 on 1 online lessons in the time slot below
- After we arrange him/her, we will send you his/her information. If you like to try his/her trial lesson, we will exchange the email address and let him/her guide you to the trial lesson by email.
Step 2 : Free trial lesson
- He/she will offer you a free trial lesson(20 to 30 minutes) and suggest a lesson plan as per your targets to learn Japanese. If you have any questions or requests, you can ask your tutor at the free trial lesson.
Step 3 : Confirmation
- After the trial lesson, we ask you if you sign up for his/her regular lesson or not.
Step 4 : Payment(lesson fee)
- If you decide to apply for his/her regular lesson, you need to pay lesson fee to him/her(your Japanese teacher) directly. Basically you need to pay lesson fee for the next 1 month in advance.
| ※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. |
Step 5 : Payment(introduction fee)
- We ask you to pay the introduction(matching) fee 3,000 yen (Only once payment) to the Learning Catchball.
- Only in case you decide to apply for his/her regular lesson, we will charge you the introduction fee. If you decide not to apply, you don't need to pay it.
| ※Payment method : You can select paypal or bank transfer. If you make the payment with paypal, there's a 5% surcharge. We would like you to make this payment with paypal if you are outside Japan. |
Online JLPT N3 and N4 group class
- If you like to learn grammar, vocabulary, making sentences at JLPT N3 or N4 level and you are available on the class time below, we can guide you to a free trial lesson for online group class at JLPT N3 or N4 level.
- If you like to try, please select 『I have an interest』on the application form at the bottom of this page.
| Course | Time |
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| JLPT N4 course | 19:00pm to 20:00pm on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays |
| JLPT N3 course1 | 11:00am to 12:00pm on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays |
| JLPT N3 course2 | 20:30pm to 21:30pm on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays |
- Each course has 12 lessons a month. 1 lesson for 2,000 yen. You can decide how many lessons you will take a month. If you take 6 lessons a month, it will be 12,000 yen a month.
Learning basic Japanese materials(self-study)
- If you like to learn basic Japanese from Hiragana to JLPT N5 level, we can offer you the following learning materials for self-study. If you like to try, please select 『Yes, I like』on the application form. Then we will send you a list of the following 27 learning baic Japanese materials. First you can try 2 lessons materials for free. If you sign up for 1 on 1 online lessons, we can offer you all materials for free.
- Each lesson has 15 to 20 Japanese exercises(questions). You can check video, grammar guidance, vocabulary list before you try them.
| Hiragana/basic sentence level |
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| 9 lessons materials |
| JLPT N5 level |
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| 18 lessons materials |
- You can learn the following Japanese by working out basic Japanese exercises(questions). We offer you model answers for them, so you can expect to learn them by yourself.
| Hiragana/Basic Japanese vocabulary/Japanese form |
| How to make basic Japanese sentences |
| Japanese conversation sentences/phrase |
- Please note that these learning materials are not related to 1 on 1 online Japanese lessons.
Sample Japanese exercises(questions)
Vocabulary
| 音声を聞いて、下記の絵について適当な日本語を選んでください。 |
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| おんせいをきいて、かきのえについててきとうなにほんごをえらんでください |
| Please listen to the audio and choose an appropriate answer about the following picture |
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Making sentences
| 下記の英語文を日本語文にして言ってください。 |
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| かきのえいごぶんをにほんごぶんにしていってください。 |
| Please translate the following sentences into Japanese sentence and read them loud. |
| ① :He gets on a taxi |
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| ② : I was an English teacher |
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Conversation sentences
| 下記の絵を見て『~てください』を使って会話文を作成してください。 |
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| かきのえをみて『~てください』をつかってかいわぶんをさくせいしてください。 |
| Please make conversation sentences with ~てください about the following picture. |
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Application form
- Please note
that depending on your conditions/requests, it takes time to arrange Japanese teachers or we can not arrange for you. If we judge you are less motivated to learn Japanese language, we can not introduce them to you.
- Introduction fee 3000yen
Please select "I agree". If you select "I don't agree", then we can't introduce you our Japanese teachers.
- 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』
- Terms of use
We do not check each Japanese teacher's ID. We do not take any responsibility for any troubles between you and your Japanese teachers.
We can not accept applicants under the age of 18.
- ※After you fill in the blank,please click the Confirm above.
- ※After you click the Confirm and check your information,please click the Send .