39 Free Japanese Courses You Should Sign Up For Right Now

Big news over at eduFire. I migggghhhttt have had something to do with it (wink wink, nudge nudge, Monty Python reference), but there’s a huge number of free live Japanese courses starting in the next few days. I counted 35, total, not including the courses from me I just put up (where up to 99 of you can join a course). Here’s a list of all the courses, along with an explanation of how these courses work.

Free Japanese Courses

I’ve organized these by Japanese level, and start date (so the higher up on the list, the sooner it’s starting). There are repeats in the list, but that’s because some classes are offered for different time zones. Many of these classes are actually a series of classes (which means there are many more than the ones listed below). These should be free for another month or more, so get in early and take advantage of this deal as much as you can. Classes on eduFire are in testing right now, which means that you’re helping out by trying it out. Win-win for everyone, though I think you get more win than anyone :)

Beginner:

12/03 Beginners Japanese A02 – Where are you from?
12/03 Beginners Japanese A01 – Introductions
12/04 Beginners Japanese A04 – Tell me about your Family
12/04 Beginners Japanese A03 – What’s your job?
12/04 Basic Japanese
12/06 Basic Japanese
12/06 Introduction to Japanese Proverbs and Idioms
12/07 Beginner’s Japanese
12/07 Basic Japanese
12/08 Beginers Japanese 04: Tell Me About Your Family
12/08 Beginers Japanese A02: Where Are You From?
12/08 Beginers Japanese A03: What’s Your Job?
12/08 Beginners Japanese A01
12/08 Beginner’s Japanese
12/09 Beginner Japanese
12/09 Japanese For Beginners Jump Start ★
12/09 Japanese For Beginners Jump Start ★
12/10 Japanese Customs/Events
12/10 Japanese Customs/Events
12/10 Japanese Comprehension
12/10 Japanese Comprehension
12/12 Explore J-Pop & J-Rock
12/13 Japanese for Tourists / Travelers
12/13 Japanese for Tourists / Travelers
12/15 Useful Japanese Phrases
12/16 Master Hiragana & Katakana
12/16 Master Hiragana & Katakana
12/18 Beginner Japanese with Genki
12/18 Beginner Japanese with Genki
12/19 Explore J-Pop & J-Rock
01/06 Tofugu’s “Japanese for Complete Beginners” ★
01/06 Tofugu’s “Japanese for Complete Beginners” ★

Intermediate / Advanced:

12/04 Reading For Japanese
12/06 Intermediate Conversational Japanese
12/07 Intermediate Conversational Japanese
12/07 Reading For Japanese
12/17 Advanced Japanese Conversation
01/17 Business Japanese

Ones with ★’s are run by myself, but take a look at all of them, please!

Now, remember that a lot of these are repeating classes, or they are in a series, so in actuality there are a ton more classes than listed above. You have to poke around and find the ones that repeat every week. It just depends on the type of course. For example, my courses take place twice a week and last for a couple weeks (or a month, depending on the one you look at) These courses are taught by a bunch of different teachers, so go find the teachers you like! More are going to be added, so check out the classes page to see more (not to mention all the other non-Japanese classes going on as well).

How Courses Work

Online courses are really fun one-to-one, but I enjoy group classes even more. The culture is a lot different than from a normal classroom, and we tend to have a lot of fun (any of you been to a previous course?). It really depends on the teacher, but they can do power point presentations, have people come up on video/audio to practice, put people in groups to practice, etc., etc.

This was at the end of a course I did on the Top Ten Free Resources for learning Japanese. I did a poll at the end to see what people thought were their favorites. There’s different layouts, and I made this one custom to allow for a lot of chatting back and forth. Here’s another thing I did before class started, where five people got to play with the whiteboard feature.

There’s a lot of flexibility in this program, and although a lot of teachers are still getting the hang of it, and practicing, it’s also an opportunity for you to get some free Japanese lessons. So, if you’ve always wanted to start Japanese, now is your chance. Seriously. Best. Deal. Ever.

Have any of you participated in any of these classes? I know for a fact that some of you have…

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