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Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, College of Marin is a community college that provides a wide range of programs to students of all ages living in Marin, San Rafael, San Francisco, and the wider Bay Area. Located in Kentfield (3 miles south-west of San Rafael), our Department of Modern Languages offers quality instruction in a range of languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French and Italian.

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Why Learn Japanese?

The goal of our qualified and experienced Japanese teachers is to enable you to use your Japanese language skills for the future. You may need to learn it for your college major (Japanese, business, economics, Asian study, sciences, computer, etc. ). You may need to learn Japanese for business purposes, for traveling, or for understanding Japanese movies, literature, manga, magazines and essays.

Japanese Language Classes:
We provide Japanese classes at elementary, intermediate and advanced level that aim to teach you how to speak, read, write, and understand Japanese. In addition, you will learn about Japanese culture, society, ways of thinking as well as a brief history and geography.

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Address: 835 College Avenue, Kentfield, Marin County, California 94904, USA

Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2025-11-22 were from:

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Hills Learning, New York

Courses / Programs

Hills Learning is located in Manhattan, New York City and provides Japanese programs for all levels from beginner to advanced.

Students can choose between intensive Japanese, standard Japanese, business Japanese, Online Japanese lessons, exam preparation for the profiency exam of Japanese. or Japanese for vacation. Corporate Training is also available.

In addition to this, we also offer Chinese and English Lessons. Our courses are designed to meet student needs in terms of conversational proficiency, scheduling flexibility, and overall effective language acquisition.

It is our personal experience that the most effective way to learn or develop your language skills is from face to face interaction with a professional teacher. We have an array of teachers with a variety of backgrounds to match student's interests, goals, and desires for language learning.

For our individual lessons we specialize in finding the right teacher and creating the correct curriculum. For group courses we offer alternatives to traditional, less interactive language classes.

Whether your reasons to learn language are academic, professional, cultural or personal, we'll find the right match for you.

Student Testimonial:
"I am thrilled that I've been able to pick up as much of the language as I have. I pretty much only stick to what the teacher has given us and not really gone to other websites." - Alexis

- Japanese Programs for all levels from beginner to advanced
- Intensive Japanese
- Standard Japanese
- Exam Preparation Course for Japanese Proficiency exam
- Japanese Conversation classes
- Japanese for Vacations
- Corporate Training
- Business Japanese
- Group Courses
- Individual Tuition / Private Japanese lessons
- Online Japanese classes for adults & children
- Summer Japanese Program for High School Students (Japanese through Manga)

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ABC Languages - Japanese Classes San Jose area

Courses / Programs

Are you searching for quality Japanese lessons in the San Jose area?

With language schools in downtown San Francisco and in Menlo Park, ABC Languages provides group Japanese language classes and private Japanese lessons to adults, teens and kids throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose, Campbell, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and surrounding areas.

In addition, we teach Japanese to schools, corporations and organizations throughout Silicon Valley and the Peninsula region of the Bay Area.

ABC has earned an excellent reputation in the Bay Area and was voted “Best of the Bay Area” by SF Chronicle online users. We taught Uma Thurman Japanese for her role in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill".

One factor in our success is that we ensure all our teachers have a minimum of 2 years teaching experience before we even interview them.

Our teachers make the Japanese language come alive in the classroom. Authentic conversation practice, role play, videos and picture prompts are commonly used in our classes.

You will find yourself beginning to think in Japanese as you interact with your teacher and fellow classmates.

Japanese Classes for Adults & Kids:
Beginner to advanced levels

- Group Japanese classes
- Private Japanese lessons
- Conversational Japanese
- Survival Japanese
- Family Japanese classes
- Japanese grammar
- Japanese for kids & teens (private lessons at our school or at-home tutoring for elementary/ middle/ high school students
- Corporate Japanese language training for professionals & organizations
- Online/ Skype Japanese lessons

We also teach Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Italian, German, Portuguese, Farsi & English among other languages.

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ABC Languages - Bronx, Westchester County NY & Southern CT

Courses / Programs

• Are you searching for private or semi-private Japanese lessons in the Bronx, NYC, Westchester County and surrounding areas?

• ABC Languages is an established language school and private tutoring service that offers basic beginner to advanced level Japanese classes for adults and children.

• Our private / small group tutoring classes take place according to your schedule, with tutors available 7 days a week at times that suit the learner.

• With the full attention of your experienced and professional teacher, you will have a customized learning program designed for you that takes into account your interests and your preferred learning style.

• Classes take place at your home, work office or local library in the Bronx and surrounding areas (Yonkers, Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Fordham, Concourse, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville, Eastchester, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, and others).

Private / Semi-Private Japanese Lessons:
• One-on-one / Small group Japanese tutoring for adults
• Basic Japanese for Beginners
• Intermediate-level Japanese classes
• Advanced Japanese lessons
• Individual / semi-private Japanese tutoring for kids & teens (K-12 students)
• Corporate Japanese training for business professionals & organizations
• Online Japanese classes via Zoom / Skype.

Further Second / Foreign Language Classes:
• Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Arabic, and English (ESL).

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The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo)

Courses / Programs

Are you searching for quality Japanese language classes in Los Angeles?

The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo) provides comprehensive Japanese classes for adult students in Central Los Angeles, convenient for students from Long Beach, Carson, Lakewood, Bellflower, Cerritos, and surrounding areas.

Located in the Miracle Mile area between LA and Beverly Hills, we deliver everyday, conversational Japanese courses which are based on the Japan Foundation’s "JF Standard" rather than traditional beginner to advanced levels.

Our primary goal in offering JF Nihongo courses is creating an opportunity for people to enjoy learning Japanese.

Each JF Nihongo course is designed with “Can-do” statements in mind, which describe specific themes and learning goals; what learners want to be able to do after taking a course.

Specialized Japanese Language Courses for Adults:

- Mastering Kana Course:
- Making Friends: Family Life
- Making Friends: Food & Shopping
- Making Friends: Travel in Japan
- Fun with Friends 1: Upgrade Your Introduction
- Fun with Friends 2: Health and Beauty
- Fun with Friends 3: Travel in Japan
- Business Japanese Course

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ABC Languages, Manhattan - Japanese Classes in NYC & Online via Zoom / Skype

Courses / Programs

• Learn Japanese with one of NYC's leading language schools! Established in 1997, ABC Languages is located at 146 West 29th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan West Side (between 6th and 7th Avenues, near Penn Station, NoMad, Flatiron, Koreatown and Midtown Manhattan).

• We provide group Japanese classes and private Japanese lessons to adults, kids, business professionals, and college students of all levels in NYC, NJ, Westchester County NY & Fairfield County CT.

• In addition, NYC's top companies and organizations choose us for their corporate Japanese language training and cross-cultural training.

• All of our professional and experienced Japanese teachers are native speakers, and private lessons can be held at our language school or at your home or office.

• ABC offers flexible scheduling with day, evening and weekend classes available, with a rolling admission policy for students above beginner level.

Student Review:
"Cool Place! I'm currently learning Japanese at ABC Languages. Classes there making learning a language fun and that's important for harder languages like Japanese. I love the environment and you will too if you decide to learn a language."

"This school really made my Japanese language learning experience fun and easy. Everyone there is so nice and the price isn't bad. The textbook could be better I suppose but with instructors like the ones they have at ABC, it doesn't make too much of a difference. Pros: friendly staff, flexible schedules, subway nearby"

Japanese Language Courses:
Weekday daytime, evening & Saturday weekend classes.

• Group Japanese classes for adults at Total Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced levels.
• Private Japanese lessons - can take place in your home or office
• Private / Semi-private Japanese tutoring for kids & teens (ages 4 to 16)
• School Group classes - After-school Japanese programs for elementary, middle & high school students
• Skype / Online Japanese classes
• Corporate Japanese language training

Other Foreign Languages:
Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Farsi, French, Italian, Spanish, German..

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San Francisco State University

Courses / Programs

College of Humanities Undergraduate Programs: Japanese studies at San Francisco State University offer studies in three main areas - language, literature and culture, as well as in translation, interpretation and specialized courses for business applications. The BA degree curriculum satisfies the single subject requirement in Japanese for the California teaching credential. The MA Program is divided into two areas of concentration: Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language, and Professional Applications of Japanese Language. Many students enter the Japanese program with definite career goals - teaching, translation, business, and research in diverse academic fields. There are a number of opportunities for study in Japan. Through the CSU International program, selected students may study at Waseda University in Tokyo during their junior year. Scholarships are granted by a local organization and by the Ministry of Education in Japan. Through a University Exchange program, the Japanese program selects students to study at Oita University in Kyushu under a scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education.

Minor in Japanese, Bachelor of Arts in Japanese, Master of Arts in Japanese, Extracurricular academic activities such as peer tutoring, lectures, and films as well as various social activities

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