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Stage 0 — Sounds and kana

Sounds and the first kana

  1. 1. What Japanese sounds like

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  2. 2. Hiragana あ and か

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  3. 3. Hiragana さ and た, then mixed recall

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Absolute beginner path

  1. 4. Hiragana: な through ほ

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  2. 5. Hiragana: ま through ん

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  3. 6. Voicing, small っ and combined sounds

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  4. 7. Read your first hiragana words

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Absolute beginner path

  1. 8. Katakana basics

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  2. 9. Complete katakana and long sounds

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Absolute beginner path

  1. 10. Greetings and first introductions

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  2. 11. First noun sentences: は and です

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  3. 12. Simple yes/no questions

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Stage 1 — Beginner survival (A1-oriented estimate)

Introductions and personal information

  1. 101. Polite です introductions

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  2. 102. Greetings and name

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Basic sentence structure and particles

  1. 103. は and を

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  2. 104. に and で

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Numbers, time and dates

  1. 105. Numbers 1–10

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  2. 106. Asking the time

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Family and everyday people

  1. 107. Family words

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  2. 108. Friends and people

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Food, drinks and ordering

  1. 109. Ordering with ください

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  2. 110. Eat and drink

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Places and directions

  1. 111. Going places

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  2. 112. Here and there

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Daily routines and verbs

  1. 113. A simple day

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  2. 114. Core ます verbs

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Adjectives and descriptions

  1. 115. い-adjectives

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  2. 116. な-adjectives

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Shopping, prices and preferences

  1. 117. Likes and dislikes

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  2. 118. Prices

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Past tense and simple conversations

  1. 119. ました and ません

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  2. 120. Short past chat

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Requests, invitations and common interactions

  1. 121. ください and てください chunks

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  2. 122. Invitations with ませんか

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Beginner consolidation and assessment

  1. 123. Mixed Stage 1 recall

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  2. 124. Stage 1 curriculum check (unit check)

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Stage 2 — Elementary (A2-oriented estimate)

Plain vs polite speech

  1. 201. Plain だ awareness in context

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  2. 202. Choosing register

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て-form constructions

  1. 203. Basic て-form

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  2. 204. Sequence with て

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Wants, plans, intentions

  1. 205. たい form

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  2. 206. つもり plans

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Permission and obligation

  1. 207. てもいい

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  2. 208. なければいけません

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Comparisons

  1. 209. より comparisons

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  2. 210. いちばん

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Conditionals (たら)

  1. 211. たら form

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  2. 212. たら in plans

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Past experiences

  1. 213. たことがある

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  2. 214. Talking about experience

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Reasons with から／ので

  1. 215. から reasons

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  2. 216. ので reasons

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Short written messages

  1. 217. Simple messages

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  2. 218. Polite short replies

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Stage 2 consolidation

  1. 219. A2 mixed review

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  2. 220. Stage 2 curriculum check (level check)

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Stage 3 — Intermediate (B1-oriented estimate)

Relative clauses

  1. 301. Noun modification

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  2. 302. Longer relative clauses

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Passive voice

  1. 303. Basic passive

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  2. 304. Passive in narration

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Causative

  1. 305. Basic causative

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  2. 306. Causative-passive intro

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Opinions and explanations

  1. 307. と思う

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  2. 308. わけ／はず intro

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Connected narration

  1. 309. Narrative connectors

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  2. 310. Short story practice

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Workplace / social Japanese

  1. 311. Basic keigo awareness

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  2. 312. Workplace mail patterns

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Short essays

  1. 313. Paragraph structure

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  2. 314. Stage 3 curriculum check (level check)

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Stage 4 — Upper-intermediate (B2-oriented estimate)

Nuanced grammar

  1. 401. ばかり／しか nuance

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  2. 402. ほど／くらい

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Formal and informal register

  1. 403. Register switching

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  2. 404. Business phrases

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Argumentation

  1. 405. Contrastive connectives

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  2. 406. Supporting a claim

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Article comprehension skills

  1. 407. Skimming claims

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  2. 408. Inference practice

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Discussion exercises

  1. 409. Agree / disagree

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  2. 410. Stage 4 curriculum check (level check)

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Stage 5 — Advanced (C1-oriented estimate)

Advanced discourse

  1. 501. Hedging and stance

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  2. 502. Heavy nominalization

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Academic / professional style

  1. 503. Abstract vocabulary

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  2. 504. Formal summaries

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Idioms and nuance

  1. 505. Common idiomatic chunks

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  2. 506. Cultural / register notes

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Critical reading & argument

  1. 507. Evaluating arguments

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  2. 508. Stage 5 curriculum check (level check)

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Kana practice

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