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Course language: English/Japanese
✓ Never more than 8 students
✓ No Need to Own the Book
✓ Anki Deck and Vocabulary List Included
✓ Read a Real Japanese Novel with Guidance
| Lesson | Date | UTC+2 (Amsterdam) |
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UTC-7 (Los Angeles) |
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| 1 | Saturday, July 6 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 2 | Tuesday, July 9 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 3 | Saturday, July 13 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 4 | Tuesday, July 16 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 5 | Saturday, July 20 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 6 | Tuesday, July 23 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 7 | Saturday, July 27 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 8 | Tuesday, July 30 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 9 | Saturday, August 3 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 10 | Tuesday, August 6 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 11 | Saturday, August 10 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 12 | Tuesday, August 13 | 20:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
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Run by a team of Japanese teachers and tutors. Gain real skills from day one.
Small groups of max 8 students. Learn together, with room for personal focus.
Step into the world of Japanese storytelling with Reading Comprehension N4, a 12-lesson course designed to help upper-beginner to lower-intermediate learners improve their reading fluency and vocabulary through guided reading sessions.
In this course, you'll journey through the first volume of the popular Japanese children’s series, マジック・ツリーハウス 1: 恐竜の谷の大冒険 (Magic Treehouse: Dinosaurs Before Dark). Together with your teacher and fellow learners, you will:
Build real reading confidence by reading a native Japanese novel aimed at young readers
Read together in class using PDF excerpts (owning the book is optional)
Discuss grammar, structure, and cultural context to deepen your understanding
Get a comprehensive vocabulary list curated specifically for this book
Use a pre-made Anki deck to reinforce new words and kanji between lessons
Level: JLPT N4 | CEFR A2 | LearnJapanese.Academy LVL 9
Length: 12 lessons
Book: マジック・ツリーハウス 1 (Provided as in-class PDF)
Materials Included: Vocabulary list + Anki deck
Not all reading practice is equally effective. Here's how Reading Comprehension N4 compares to other common methods for improving Japanese reading skills:
| 📖 This Course | 🔎 Graded Readers | 📺 Anime with Subtitles | 📝 Textbooks Only | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authentic Japanese content | ✅ Real Japanese novel | ⚠️ Simplified stories | ⚠️ Visual + audio, less reading | ❌ Artificial textbook sentences |
| Guided vocabulary support | ✅ Custom vocab list + Anki deck | ❌ No focused support | ❌ Passive exposure only | ❌ General vocab, not story-based |
| Live teacher guidance | ✅ Teacher-led discussion & support | ❌ Self-study only | ❌ No teacher interaction | ❌ Minimal or no guidance |
| Cultural & grammar insights | ✅ Discussed in class | ⚠️ Not always explained | ⚠️ Hard to catch in subtitles | ⚠️ Focused on rules, not usage |
| Builds true reading confidence | ✅ Practice with full sentences + pages | ⚠️ Slow exposure | ❌ Mostly listening, not reading | ❌ Limited to examples & drills |
Purchasing a course is an easy process. Here is how it works:
1. You purchase the course you want to attend. Make sure you checked the schedule before buying.
2. After purchasing the course, you will receive an emal with access to the online platform. You receive this email within 24 hours. If you have not received it, please send us an email to info@learnjapanese.academy and we will help you out.
3. After clicking the email OR logging in to your LearnJapanese.Academy account (make sure that your account has the same email as the one you used to purchase the course), you can access the online platform. This online platform has all the information you need, such as: the detailed schedule and a link to the online meeting room.
If you have questions at ANY POINT, just reach out to us at info@learnjapanese.academy. We're always happy to help :-).
