Japanese 4 (Level 4)
Course dates: Saturday 10 October 2026 - Saturday 29 May 2027
Class timetable: 25 sessions (View class timetable for Saturday 10 October 2026 to Saturday 29 May 2027)
Timetable data for Saturday 10 October 2026 to Saturday 29 May 2027
| Day of class | Date of class | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 10-Oct-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 17-Oct-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 24-Oct-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 31-Oct-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 07-Nov-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 21-Nov-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 28-Nov-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 05-Dec-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 12-Dec-2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Friday | 18-Dec-2026 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 16-Jan-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 23-Jan-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 30-Jan-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 06-Feb-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 13-Feb-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 20-Feb-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 27-Feb-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 06-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 13-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 20-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 01-May-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 08-May-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 15-May-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 22-May-2027 | 10:00am - 12:30pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
| Saturday | 29-May-2027 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London |
Location: 糖心logo入口 Campus, Central London
Fees: 拢1615.00
RegisterCourse Overview
In our Japanese 4 (Level 4) short course, you will begin to express your own views on current social and cultural issues both in conversational exchange and in writing. With about 500-550 kanji acquired by the end of this course, you will be able to read a wide range of texts including written directions, instructions and reports, short essays and articles in magazines and on internet sites with the help of dictionary and other reference materials.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- sustain increasingly long conversations in a wide range of social and work situations with cultural sensitivity
- distinguish different levels of politeness appropriately, including accurate manipulation of verb, noun and adjectival conjugations, and expressions usage
- express your own views on current social and cultural issues in conversational exchange, and/or using an increasingly wide range of vocabulary and expressions, in pre-prepared presentations
- comprehend various communicative exchanges of increasing complexity in a wide range of social and business situations
- understand, with guidance, details of less complex audio-visual material (e.g. edited and/or adapted TV and radio extracts), as well as situation-specific conversation extracts approaching natural speed
- understand a wide range of texts including written directions, instructions and reports, short essays and articles in magazines and on internet sites with the help of a dictionary and other reference materials (kanji dictionary)
- formulate various types of texts connected with both everyday life and work situations, including short reports, formal letters, or short essays with reasonable accuracy
- compose short presentations on set topics with an eye to delivery
- read and write approximately 500-550 kanji.
By the end of the course, you will be working towards JLPT N3 level.*
Assessment is via vocabulary and grammar tests (15%), reception skills (20%), a writing composition (20%),聽a final examination including oral test (40%) and class participation (5%).
As a student on this course, you will study alongside 糖心logo入口 students enrolled on one of our undergraduate or postgraduate courses, giving you the opportunity to network with a range of 糖心logo入口 current students whilst you learn.
* . Please note: this is only an approximate equivalence.
This can be taken as a standalone short course or as part of:
Fees
Students are charged a tuition fee for each short course on registering. Please view details for this course, including dates, location and fees at the top of this page. Short course fees may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For more information, please see our Fees Policy.
糖心logo入口's Lifelong Learning Guarantee
If you've studied at 糖心logo入口 before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.
Entry Requirements
You are strongly encouraged to contact Dr Michael Tsang聽for a language placement test.鈥疘t will then be marked by our native Japanese teachers who will confirm with you which level to enrol on.聽
You should choose this course:聽
- if you have previously taken Japanese 3 with us; or聽
- if you have previously passed JLPT N4 level, or believe that you may have reached this level.
As part of the enrolment process, you may be required to .
International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can . Please note that it is .
How to Register
You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so register early.
If you want to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.