Course

2-year / 1.5-year
course

Time Table

Enrollment
Model Route

2-year / 1.5-year course

Course outline

At MEC Nihongogakuin, you will learn a wide range of practical Japanese useful for daily life and academic skills required for higher education.

Lesson Features

  • Enrollment twice a year

    Admission is twice a year in April and October.

  • Classroom teacher system

    There is a teacher in the class, so you can always consult if you have any questions about learning or having any difficulties in living in school. You can feel safe from consultation on entering schools to personal matters.

  • Enhanced career support

    In addition to individual interviews with the teachers, special preparation courses are prepared according to the examination schedule, such as “preparing application documents”, “writing reasons for application”, “preparing for graduate school applications”, and “interview preparation”. Cooperate with homeroom teachers and provide full support.

  • Enhance test preparation

    "We take thorough measures towards the" EJU, "" Japanese Language Proficiency Test, "Vocational school and university entrance examinations. In addition to Japanese, you can take basic subjects (English, mathematics, society, science). Individual guidance (counseling for higher education, interview practice, etc.) is also available. "

Curriculum

Level Curriculum goals JLPT CEFR
Elementary 1
  • ・ You can have simple daily conversations such as shopping and listening to directions.
  • ・ You can communicate about yourself and your intentions with simple sentences.
  • ・ Can read and write Hiragana and Katakana.
 N5 A1
Elementary 2
  • ・ You can have simple conversations in most everyday situations such as schools, shops, banks, etc.
  • ・Can have conversation with friends.
  • ・You can read and write short sentences with a little kanji with various help.
 N4 A2
First intermediate
  • ・ Smoothly exchange daily conversations in various situations.
  • ・ You can explain your hobbies and work in simple words.
  • ・ You can read and write slightly longer sentences using beginner grammar.
 N3
Intermediate 1
  • ・ You can communicate even in slightly complicated situations that you encounter in familiar situations.
  • ・ You can express yourself by using multiple sentences, such as changing the schedule by explaining the reason or reading a sentence and commenting.
  • ・ Can understand long sentences with the help of teachers.
 N2 B1
Intermediate 2
  • ・ Communicate according to the other party and the scene, including honorifics.
  • ・ Speak long words correctly.
  • ・ Explain abstract things such as their own experiences and hopes.
  • ・ You can understand simple newspaper articles with the help of a dictionary or teacher.
Upper intermediate
  • ・To be able to elaborate, give opinions, discuss, and write sentences on topics in areas of interest.
  • ・Use Japanese-like expressions for opposition and advice.
  • ・ You will be able to read sentences while reading between lines and analogy.
 N1 B2
Advanced
  • ・ Able to exchange opinions and information fluently on a wide range of social and cultural topics.
  • ・ Can speak in expressions that match the situation.
  • ・Can understand logically complex sentences such as newspaper articles and criticisms on their own and accurately.
  • ・ After enrolling in university, students can take classes together with Japanese people and live a comfortable student life.
  • ・ If you receive training, you can do some work using Japanese.
 C1

Academic Fee

2-year course

Screening fee First year payment Payment amount for the first half of the next fiscal year 2 years total payment
Payment date At the start of the application procedure When granting status of residence(March) Next year(February) –
Screening fee ￥30,000 – – ￥30,000
Enrollment fee – ￥50,000 – ￥50,000
Tuition fee – ￥600,000 ￥600,000 ￥1,200,000
Facility costs – ￥20,000 ￥20,000 ￥40,000
Material Fee – ￥30,000 ￥30,000 ￥60,000
Extracurricular
activities		 – ￥20,000 ￥20,000 ￥40,000
Insurance fee – ￥10,000 ￥10,000 ￥20,000
Health care costs – ￥5,000 ￥5,000 ￥10,000
Total (excluding tax) ￥30,000 ￥735,000 ￥685,000 ￥1,450,000

1.5-year course

Screening fee First year payment Payment amount for the first half of the next fiscal year 1.5 years total payment
Payment date At the start of the application procedure When granting status of residence(September) Next year(August) –
Screening fee ￥30,000 – – ￥30,000
Enrollment fee – ￥50,000 – ￥50,000
Tuition fee – ￥600,000 ￥300,000 ￥900,000
Facility costs – ￥20,000 ￥10,000 ￥30,000
Material Fee – ￥30,000 ￥15,000 ￥45,000
Extracurricular
activities		 – ￥20,000 ￥10,000 ￥30,000
Insurance fee – ￥10,000 ￥5,000 ￥15,000
Health care costs – ￥5,000 ￥5,000 ￥10,000
Total (excluding tax) ￥30,000 ￥735,000 ￥345,000 ￥1,110,000
  • * ”The screening fee” will not be refunded at all, regardless of our school's pass / fail decision.
  • * Once paid, no Academic Fee will be refunded except in the following cases:
  • * We will deduct all bank charges for refunds.
  • * 【If the Certificate of Eligibility is not issued】 If the visa cannot be obtained after the proper procedure, the full amount excluding the screening fee will be refunded.
  • * 【If you do not apply for a visa, or you do not get a visa, or you have been issued a visa but canceled your enrollment before your visit to Japan, etc.） after your Certificate of Eligibility has been issued】 Once you have returned your enrollment permit to our school, we will refund you the money, excluding the screening fee and admission fee.
  • * After enrollment, Academic Fee are non-refundable.

Timetable

  • ・ Monday to Friday, morning class 9:00 to 12:30, afternoon class 13:30 to 17:00
  • ・ Saturday, Sunday and national holidays, summer and winter holidays.
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
1 hour Utterance / Kanji Utterance / Kanji Japan situation Utterance / Kanji Class activities
2 hours Comprehensive Japanese Comprehensive Japanese Comprehensive Japanese Comprehensive Japanese Grammar
3 hours Comprehensive Japanese Comprehensive Japanese Comprehensive Japanese Comprehensive Japanese Composition
4 hours Listening (JLPT measures) Reading comprehension (JLPT measures) Composition Listening (JLPT measures) Reading comprehension (JLPT measures)

* The contents of "Comprehensive Japanese" include conversation, listening comprehension, grammar and vocabulary.

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