Current Live Online Workshops

What’s covered

Live one-off online workshops

50-minute workshops on various topics will be held several times a month.  Workshop will be on rotation, or based on the participant polls and requests.  Free workshops offered through 2024.

Class materials

You will receive the notes and slides used in the live session so that you can review them and use them for self-study and practice.

Connect with others

Throughout the class, we will have speaking practices so you can chat with other participants using the skillset we are covered in the session.

Upcoming Workshop Schedule

Friday 1/24/2024

8:00-8:50pm EST

Topic: “Making comments in Japanese”

In this workshop, we will practice making comments using adjectives in Japanese.  You will also learn how to ask and answer questions in adjectives.  
Material will be typed in alphabet.

Current Live Online Japanese Speaking Workshop Topics:

Workshop A

Self-intro & describing yourself and where you are from. {“Nice to meet you. I’m from D.C.”}

Workshop B

Making comments using adjectives. {“This is cheap!”}

Workshop C

Basic Q&A using verbs in distal style. {“Do you drink coffee?”}

Workshop D

“What is this?” Q&A using nouns and adjectival nouns.

Workshop E

Asking for directions. {“Where is the train station?“}

Workshop F

Basic Q&A using verbs in casual speech {“Will you eat this?“}

Workshop G

Ordering at restaurants. {“Can I get a medium hamburger and French fries?“}

Workshop H

Store Interactions. {“Do you have a bigger one?“}

Workshop I

All about numbers. {“It’s 8615 yen.“}

Workshop J

Talk about what you did today, and make a comment using adjectives in the past tense [intermediate level]

Workshop K

Conversation practice for beginner and intermediate level using model dialogs and substitutions

Workshop L

What you’d like to do in the near future, and what you are working on.

[intermediate level]

Workshop O

“Wearing What?” Describe what the person is wearing.

Workshop M

Particles. The funny business of “wa, ga, o,” and other post-positional particles: “ni, e, de, to”

Workshop N

Open Topic (depending on the poll taken on what you’d like to cover that day)

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