Elementary Japanese II: Complete JLPT N4 Preparation Course
This program covers the full JLPT N4 syllabus: the N4 kanji and vocabulary set, grammar patterns such as potential, passive, causative, conditional, and giving/receiving forms, and the listening and reading question types used on the exam. Learners work with short passages, notices, emails, announcements, and daily conversations rather than isolated drills. The course also trains register shifts between plain form, polite form, and basic honorific/humble expressions so students can handle both test items and real Japanese-language interactions.
What You'll Learn
Curriculum
This course covers the N4 kanji and vocabulary list through themed clusters such as transportation, health, work, and weather. Learners practice recognizing kanji in short phrases, notices, and forms instead of isolated flashcard drills.
- 駅と交通の漢字：乗り物と案内表示 2.5h
- 体と病院の漢字：症状と薬の説明 2.5h
- 仕事と会社の漢字：連絡と掲示板 2.5h
- 天気と季節の漢字：予報と注意報 2.5h
- 買い物とお金の漢字：値段とレシート 2.5h
- 家と生活の漢字：住宅情報と取扱説明書 2.5h
- 旅行と観光の漢字：パンフレットと予約 2.5h
- 食べ物と料理の漢字：メニューと栄養表示 2.5h
- 学校と勉強の漢字：時間割と試験問題 2.5h
- 社会と交流の漢字：申込書と公共掲示 2.5h
- 緊急時と安全の漢字：避難指示と注意書き 2.5h
- 数・時間・位置の漢字：予定表とカレンダー 2.5h
This course teaches the grammar patterns and verb conjugations tested at N4, including potential, passive, causative, and conditional forms. Each point is practiced through substitution drills and sentence-building tasks that mirror JLPT grammar section items.
- The N4 Verb Foundation: Plain Forms and Group Mastery 2.5h
- Potential Form: ～ことができる, ～える/～られる, and Perception Verbs 2.5h
- Passive Form: ～れる/～られる, Direct and Indirect Passive 2.5h
- Causative Form: ～せる/～させる for Permission and Compulsion 2.5h
- Causative-Passive: ～される/～させられる and Emotional Nuance 2.5h
- Conditional Patterns I: ～ば and ～たら in Real Contexts 2.5h
- Conditional Patterns II: ～なら and ～と with Noun and Adjective Bases 2.5h
- Aspect Patterns: ～てしまう, ～ておく, and ～てある 2.5h
- Change and Decision Patterns: ～ようになる, ～ようにする, ～ことにする, ～ことになる 2.5h
- Complex Noun Modification and Nominalizers: ～の, ～こと, ～とき, ～間 2.5h
This course trains learners to process N4 spoken passages such as daily conversations, announcements, and short instructions. It uses shadowing, speed-adjusted audio, and question-type drills for task-based and point-form listening sections.
- Orientation to N4 Listening and Sound Reduction 2.5h
- Task-Based Comprehension: Understanding What to Do 2.5h
- Point-Form Listening: Catching Key Details 2.5h
- Numbers, Time, and Quantities in Spoken Japanese 2.5h
- Announcements and Public Notices 2.5h
- Directions and Locations 2.5h
- Polite Conversations and Social Functions 2.5h
- Shadowing and Prosody for Prediction 2.5h
- Speed-Adjusted Listening and Distractor Analysis 2.5h
- Mock Listening Test and Personalized Review 2.5h
This course develops reading fluency for short passages, emails, notices, and informational texts written with N4 kanji and grammar. Learners practice skimming for key information, interpreting conjunctions, and answering comprehension questions under timed conditions.
- Introduction to N4 Reading: Passage Types and Question Formats 2.5h
- Skimming for Gist: Identifying the Main Idea 2.5h
- Scanning for Specific Information: Dates, Numbers, and Names 2.5h
- Understanding Conjunctions and Logical Flow 2.5h
- Interpreting Pronouns and Referents (これ・それ・あれ・その, etc.) 2.5h
- Reading Emails and Informal Messages 2.5h
- Reading Notices and Announcements (掲示板・お知らせ) 2.5h
- Reading Short Informational Texts (説明文・紹介文) 2.5h
- Handling Unknown Vocabulary: Context Clues and Kanji Guessing 2.5h
- Answering True/False and Multiple-Choice Questions 2.5h
- Timed Reading Strategies and Speed Building 2.5h
- Integrated N4 Reading Practice with Mixed Passages 2.5h
This course focuses on register shifts between plain, polite, and basic honorific/humble expressions required for N4 listening and reading. Learners practice making requests, giving reasons, offering assistance, and reporting information in social and workplace situations.
- Register Shifts in Japanese: Plain, Polite, and Basic Honorific/Humble 2.5h
- Polite Requests at N4: 〜てくださいませんか and 〜ていただけませんか 2.5h
- Asking Permission Politely: 〜てもいいですか, 〜てもよろしいですか, and 〜させていただけませんか 2.5h
- Giving Reasons Politely: 〜んです/〜のです and 〜ので in Social Contexts 2.5h
- Offering Assistance with Humble Expressions: お〜しましょうか, 〜ましょうか, and Humble Offers 2.5h
- Honorific Verbs and お/ご〜になります for Others' Actions 2.5h
- Humble Language for One's Own Actions: お/ご〜します, 〜いたします, and Special Humble Verbs 2.5h
- Reporting Information: 〜そうです, 〜と言っていました, and Polite Quoting 2.5h
- Polite Invitations and Suggestions: 〜ませんか, 〜ましょう, and 〜ていただけませんか 2.5h
- Workplace Aisatsu, Introductions, and Social Functions at N4 2.5h
This course recreates full JLPT N4 language knowledge, reading, and listening sections with timed practice and score diagnostics. Learners review high-frequency wrong-answer patterns and build a personal test-day plan for time allocation and question ordering.
- Cracking the JLPT N4 Code: Test Structure, Timing, and Baseline Diagnostics 2.5h
- Vocabulary Sprint Mastery: Contextual Guessing and Kanji Radical Recognition 2.5h
- Grammar Labyrinth: Navigating Sentence Order and Particle Logic Under Pressure 2.5h
- The Reading Gauntlet: Skimming, Scanning, and the 15-Minute Buffer 2.5h
- Mock Exam Simulation I: Full Language Knowledge (Vocab + Grammar + Reading) Trial 3.0h
- Listening Immersion: Tuning the Ear, Anticipating the Trap, and Note-Taking 2.5h
- The Listening Gauntlet: Maintaining Focus Through 35 Minutes of Audio 2.5h
- Mock Exam Simulation II: Full Paper + Listening Integration (The Real Deal) 3.5h
- The Error Log Triage: Dissecting Wrong Answers and Closing Knowledge Gaps 2.5h
- Test-Day Architecture: Crafting Your Personal Time-Allocation Blueprint 2.5h
- Final Mock Exam & The Zen of the Passing Score: Strategy Lab Graduation 3.0h
Career Relevance
A graduate can work through N4-level written material such as order forms, short emails, and facility notices using the N4 kanji set and grammar patterns like 受身形, 使役形, and 条件形. In Japanese-facing customer support or sales coordination, they can switch between plain form for internal notes and 丁寧語 for client replies without routing every exchange to a translator. This applies directly to bilingual administrative assistant, travel coordinator, and import/export clerk roles where simple Japanese-language confirmation and scheduling are part of the workload.
Recommended Background
Completed Elementary Japanese I or equivalent, with reading and writing of hiragana and katakana, basic N5 kanji and vocabulary, and control of the polite です/ます form.
Program Details
| Award | Certificate |
| Duration | 6 months |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Courses | 6 |
| Language | English (UI in 4 languages) |
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