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Why Japanese Language?
The Japanese language is spoken by the approximately 127 million inhabitants of Japan, and by the Japanese living in Hawaii and on the North and South American main lands. It is also spoken as a second language by the Chinese and the Korean people.

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         Language Courses
 
  • Japanese For Beginners
  • Pre-Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • Japanese for INFOTECH
  • Conversational Japanese
  • Corporate Training
  • Institutional Training
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             Trends & Forecasts
  • Japan & India has worked very closely from the past but Japanese language awareness was not noticed much within India. Lately India has started working towards the introduction of Japanese Language into the secondary schooling system.  Read More...

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             Language History
    The origin of Japanese is in considerable dispute among scholars. Evidence has been offered for a number of sources: Ural-Altaic, Polynesian, and Chinese among others. Of these, Japanese is most widely believed to be connected to the Ural-Altaic family, which includes Turkish, Mongolian, Manchu, and Korean within its domain.
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             Objective
    JAPAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION NIHONGO ACADEMY is born for the very reason that need for a similar FACILITY has been felt very closely with our interaction and understanding in the change of the attitude and acceptance of GLOBAL BEHAVIOUR. The world has become a smaller place and the necessity of transfer of knowledge has become even more prominent in the 21st Century.
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             Latest News
  • Language Courses Starting November 2007. Read More...
  • Registration for JLPT Level 4 started. Read More...
  • Conversation Classes to start in November 2007. Read More...
  • Japanese for IT Professionals Classes to start in November 07. Read More...
             Admission Policy
    Language Courses
    Course Details Duration       Course Ideal For

    Japanese For Beginners/JLPT 4
    • Characters (hiragana, katakana, kanji) & vocabulary
    • Listening comprehension
    • Reading comprehension & grammar
    • Number of Kanji Covered: 100
    • Number of words Covered: 800
    150 Hours spread over 4 months
    • The easiest.  For beginners who want to learn easy conversations in Japanese and understand simple written Japanese.
    • University Students
    • Corporate Professionals
    • Businessman
    • Policy Makers

    Pre-Intermediate/JLPT 3
    • Characters (hiragana, katakana, kanji) & vocabulary 
    • Listening comprehension
    • Reading comprehension & grammar 
    • Number of Kanji Covered: 300
    • Number of words Covered: 1500
    300 Hours spread over 6 months
    • For upper beginners who understand the basics of grammar, can make everyday simple Japanese conversations and can read easy written Japanese. 
    • University Students
    • Corporate Professionals
    • Businessman
    • Policy Makers

    Intermediate/JLPT 2
    • Characters (hiragana, katakana, kanji) & vocabulary
    • Listening comprehension
    • Reading comprehension & grammar
    • Number of Kanji Covered: 1000
    • Number of words Covered: 6000
    600 Hours spread over 12 months
    • Fairly difficult.  For individuals who understand advanced Japanese grammar & kanji, can participate in a range of daily Japanese conversations and can read common Japanese texts fairly well.
    • University Students
    • Corporate Professionals
    • Businessman
    • Policy Makers

    Advanced/JLPT 1
    • Characters (hiragana, katakana, kanji) & vocabulary
    • Listening comprehension
    • Reading comprehension & grammar 
    • Number of Kanji Covered: 2000
    • Number of words Covered: 10000
    900 Hours spread over 18 months
    • Difficult.  Advanced grammar and all kanji in use.  Ability to use Japanese in business or university settings.  Being the most prestigious of the 4, it is also the most difficult.
    • University Students
    • Corporate Professionals
    • Businessman
    • Policy Makers

    Japanese for INFOTECH
    • Characters (hiragana, katakana, kanji) & vocabulary
    • Listening comprehension
    • Reading comprehension & grammar 
    • Number of Kanji Covered: 400
    • Number of words Covered: 2300
    • Industry Based Info-Tech Terminology.
    600 Hours spread over 12 months
    • IT Professionals
    • Computer Science Student from a University or Technical School or College.
    • IT Professional looking for an Opportunity to work in Japan
    • Offshore Indian IT Companies working with Japanese Companies.
    • IT Companies looking for sending their engineers to work in Japan.

    Conversational Japanese 150 Hours spread over 4 months
    • Course ideal for an individual with knowledge of JLPT 4 and above
    • University Students
    • Corporate Professionals
    • Businessman
    • Policy Makers
    • IT Professionals
    • Computer Science Student from a University or Technical School or College.
    • IT Professional looking for an Opportunity to work in Japan
    • Offshore Indian IT Companies working with Japanese Companies.
    • IT Companies looking for sending their engineers to work in Japan.

    Corporate Training

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    Contact us for Details. Duration can be catered according to the Organizational needs.
    • Ideal for Companies looking for in-house training.

    Institutional Training

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    Contact us for Details. Duration can be catered according to the Organizational needs.
    • Ideal for vocational training institute looking for in-house training.
    • Ideal for Secondary Schools looking for in-house training.
    • Ideal for Business Organizations, clubs looking for in-house training.
    • Ideal for NGO’s & NPO’s looking for in-house training.

     

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    Tel: +91.33.3293.3919
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