Beginner Course Description

A Guide to Japanese Pronunciation: Sounds, Words, and Sentences.

Learning proper pronunciation is a lot of fun, and making progress is not as hard as you think! We’re going to start with fundamental practice first, then build from there. I will teach you many tips to pronounce Japanese in a way that will be more pleasant and comprehensible than even the speech of native Japanese!

• ※  This course will use hiragana and some katakana, so please make sure you are mostly comfortable reading it prior to taking this course. If there are a few you have yet to memorize, it's totally okay to print out a reference sheet to refer to during the lesson.

• Understanding that Japanese is made up of phonetic syllables is incredibly helpful when it comes to being able to properly pronounce them, as there are many differences between the sound of Japanese syllables and the English pronunciation of the romaji (A-Z alphabet) used to represent these characters.

Beginner Course Lesson Summary

Intermediate Course Description

まず、日本語の特徴を知り、発音練習に欠かせない「拍（mora）」を身につけます。
「しっかり発声、正しく発音」(clear vocalization and distinct pronunciation)することを目指して、
知識を身につけながら、リピート・オーバーラップ・シャドウイングと何度も口に出して、楽しく学びましょう。

• ※  Completing the beginner level of the Pronunciation course does not necessarily mean that the intermediate level course is within your level. Rather, this course covers many of the same principles of the beginner course, but the level of Japanese used within this course is more difficult than that of the beginner course, allowing this course to go more in depth with more specific vocabulary, grammar constructs, social situations, etc.

Intermediate Course Lesson Summary