Japanese
10-week Course

Course Description

• 20-hour course over 10 weeks, one 2-hour class per week
• Fits easily into your life
• Ideal for long-term learning, busy people or those studying for fun
• Focuses on practical language for use outside the classroom
• Sociable, relaxed atmosphere

Class Times: 7:00-9:00pm

Start Dates Available: Oct 2010 , Jan 2011 , Apr 2011

Minimum Age: 18

Course Materials: Included in the course fees

School: Cactus Brighton (Central) / Map

Location: Brighton - Central

Language: Japanese

Course Type: 10-week Course

Cactus Curriculum

Cactus part-time language courses are typically offered at seven levels, from Cactus Level 1 to Cactus Level 7, suitable for students with and without prior knowledge of the language. Studied in sequence, the seven levels are designed to progress students from beginner level through to advanced. The programme can be picked up at any level, according to existing language skills. Each level can also be studied as a one-off course in its own right to build or refresh language skills at the chosen level.

Courses run consecutively throughout the year with breaks for the Easter and Christmas periods. This provides the opportunity for continuous training, allowing students to progress and move up to higher levels as their skills develop.

What level am I?

To help you decide which level is right for you, please look at the course level descriptions and take our online language level test.

Course level descriptions

Cactus Level 1 Cactus Level 2 Cactus Level 3 Cactus Level 4 Cactus Level 5 Cactus Level 6 Cactus Level 7

What will I learn?

The course outlines give an overview of the content and learning framework of Cactus part-time group courses and include themes, grammar and vocabulary you can typically expect to cover. These are intended as a guide only and our teachers may at times adapt the course content to suit the specific level, aims and interests of the class.

Read the Japanese course outlines for all levels

All of our courses are carefully structured and designed to cover a wide range of topic areas, grammatical structures and skills. Cactus Foreign Language Courses include the following elements:

• Spoken communication to build confidence in interacting with native speakers
• Listening and comprehension skills to improve understanding
• Grammar and sentence structure
• Everyday language for use in real-life situations, both spoken and written
• Core vocabulary
• Pronunciation
• Reading practice and written communication

All of our teachers are fully qualified and experienced foreign language teachers with a specialised background in adult education.

What progress will I have made by the end of the level?

The Learning Pathway provides a guide to what you can expect to achieve by the end of your course at any given level and also shows what progress you can expect to make if you stick with it and carry on studying subsequent levels

Cactus Level 1 pathway Cactus Level 2 pathway Cactus Level 3 pathway Cactus Level 4 pathway Cactus Level 5 pathway Cactus Level 6 pathway Cactus Level 7 pathway

The School - Brighton (Central)

The Brighton Central school is located right in the heart of the city, next to the Royal Pavillion and with public transport, fantastic shopping, restaurants and nightlife on its doorstep. Its premises consist of three large, Regency buildings with excellent facilities.

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The Teachers

Our teachers are qualified and experienced language trainers, and are all native or bilingual speakers. They have been interviewed by our full time Academic Team, and have had their references followed up. We assign classes according to the strengths of our teachers and work with them to ensure the quality of course delivery is excellent at all times. We have also introduced a comprehensive Teacher Development Programme at Cactus, which incorporates a range of seminars, classroom observations, same-language teacher forums, regular newsletters, and information on methodology and hands-on teaching techniques. Our teaching philosophy is based on looking at ideas, asking questions, and meeting challenge.

Course Materials

For all Cactus Foreign Language Courses you will be supplied with course materials, which form the basis of your study.

Student Feedback - See what students have said

At the end of your course you will receive a questionnaire. Your feedback enables us to maintain the quality of our language courses and ensure you're getting the maximum out of your chosen course.

Read the feedback here

Course Feedback

• The teacher was absolutely lovely and easy to understand. She was also very jolly and fun.

  (Leah, Apr 2010)

School Feedback

• The teacher was absolutely lovely and easy to understand. She was also very jolly and fun.

  (Leah, Apr 2010 )

• Classes are relaxed and the people are really friendly.
  

  (Marnie, Jan 2010 )

• Sandrine is a very warm and informative teacher.

  (Amanda, Apr 2007 )

• All went OK – was extremely enjoyable – a lot to take in – however that was obviously going to be the case as I am a complete beginner.

  (Rachel, Apr 2006 )

• The teacher and the class size were great. I will definitely continue with the Elementary course.

  (Jessica, Sep 2005 )

• Hello Veronica, I really enjoyed my course and the teacher, Maria was very good. I may come back in the future. Thanks.

  (Jimmy, Jan 2005 )

• The teacher was excellent and the location of the school was very convenient for me. I really liked having a native French speaker as a teacher.

  (Alison, Jan 2005 )

• I thought the classes were well structured & informative. I learnt a considerable amount & the teacher explained things very well. It was a friendly & a nice atmosphere to learn in. Very much enjoyed my 8 weeks! Thank you!

  (Samantha, Jan 2005 )

• The school was very good and the classes were small which is a plus - friendly atmosphere! Good time as not too early! Also the location is very good.

  (Michael, Jan 2005 )

• Hi Veronica, the course was really good - I didn't speak a word before (apart from pasta, pizza etc!) but now feel quite confident with it. Vera's a very good teacher and the size of the groups made us feel like we were getting 1:1 tuition. It was also a good fun atmosphere so I'll miss it! I wouldn't hesitate on booking another one but have just started a new job which is shift work (hence I'm writing this at 12:45 on a Saturday morning!!) so unfortunately I can't. We do however want to book a weeks intensive course in Bologna from April 17th - 22nd. Could you please let me know how much this will cost (for two, no accommodation)? Laura in your office was going to give us a discount so could you please give us a total price and book it up for us? Thanks, Jamie.

  (Jamie, Jan 2005 )

• Hi, we both thought that the course was good. The teacher was fantastic, so nice and easy going. We definitely felt that our Spanish was improved and would have loved to have carried on with the plus course. The class size was good, location was ideal for us and the time and day of the week too.

  (Adam, Jan 2005 )

• I enjoyed the course. The mix of 2 teachers turned out to be a good balance between fun and grammar. Thanks!

  (Kishore, Sep 2004 )

• The school was conveniently situated and easy to get to. We had a small class, a friendly and semi-formal approach - all suited me very well!

  (Mike, May 2004 )

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