Pre – Intermediate Description
This course is for those who have completed Elementary courses or reached N5 level. Pre-Intermediate brings together the fundamentals of Japanese. You will increase your vocabulary, and begin to really start speaking!
– There are 3 levels in Pre-Intermediate and it takes 8 weeks to complete each level. If you are not sure of your level, take a quick level check or get in touch.
| Duration | 8 weeks ( 2 hours / session ) | 
| Class Size | 2-6 people | 
| Textbook | Minna no Nihongo shokyu 2 | 
What you will learn
| Pre – Intermediate 1 | Various uses of んです (あめ ふっているんですか | 
| Potential verb (さしみが 食べられます) | |
| Talking about someone doing two actions at the same time(テレビをみながら、ばんごはんを 食べます) | |
| Describe two or more merits and reasons (あのレストランは おいしいし、やすいです) | |
| Intransitive verb (ドアが しまります) | |
| Pre – Intermediate 2 | Describe resulting state (えが かざってあります) | 
| Volitional form (えいがを みよう!) | |
| Giving advice (くすりを 飲んだほうがいいです) | |
| Predicting the weather (あしたは はれるでしょう) | |
| Imperative form/ Prohibitive form (とまれ/はいるな) | |
| Pre – Intermediate 3 | Tell someone to do it as the same way (わたしがいったとおりに、いってください) | 
| Conditional form(はるになれば、さくらが さきます) | |
| Giving the purpose of actions (日本語がはなせるように、べんきょうします) | |
| Passive verb(わたしは せんせいに ほめられました) | 
