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Err...weird. I got some email notifications of PMs from vox, asking me all sorts of things about the Nihongo lessons for Japinoy.com. I apologize for the delay as I don't check this blog nor my inbox regularly.
I am really sorry, but I do not have much time to reply in detail to each person so I will post here as much info as I can.
How many lessons are included? This batch of lessons will run until 12 lessons. First 2 weeks will be Hiragana and Katakana writing. There will be a meet-up on November 24th for those who would like us to correct their handwriting. We might also introduce the greetings and common expressions during this meet-up. Venue is still undecided.
What happens after lesson 12? After the 12 lessons, there will be a break of a few weeks so the registered members can rest from studying and practice their Nihongo online (via Japinoy.com)
How much is this? Lessons are free -- but limited to active Japinoy.com members only.
Why is it limited? The reason the lessons are exclusive for active members is to benefit the site in general with regard to increase in activity AND gain membership loyalty.
We had bad experiences from people who sign up to take advantage of what Japinoy has (that other sites don't) -- like those asking about Visa and Legal matters. They take advantage by asking all sorts of things and then never coming back after they got what they wanted. Worse, some a$$es ask questions, and post the answers in other forums, pretending they came up with the answers by themselves! You know who you are, idiots. Instant karma's going to get you.
What are other plans for the lessons? I am sure there are plans for more Nihongo lessons, but we don't know when this will happen. There will be another set of basic lessons (similar to the current lessons) but the schedule is not yet decided. Also for active members only, sorry.
It's almost November and like I mentioned, we'll be having our first Japinoy.com free Nihongo lessons.
Those who are interested, please take note of the following changes:
We won't have be having the physical classroom lessons for the reason that Maneki Neko-san has been offered to teach a class in her school. Some of you know that Neko-chan has been having her teacher training course under a scholarship by a large Japanese company through her school (lucky Neko-chan). Although the training is not officially finished, she was asked to teach at her school this November (her first real teaching experience!). We did not expect this to happen. We thought that she'll begin teaching next year. Therefore, the Saturday classes for our free lessons will not push thru.
But that doesn't mean we won't be having the Japinoy.com free Nihongo lessons.
We are going to utilize the power of the Internet. What we'll have is teaching through our site--Japinoy.com. We'll use the forums and seatworks, assignments and worksheets will be downloadable. You can then Email them to us so we can check them.
We'll teach you 10 lessons of Nihongo but before this you'll have to learn kana first--Hiragana and Katakana which will be taught in Japinoy.com too.
Timeline for this will be from November 2007 to January 2008. We'll accept the next batch of students in January 2008. From 15 maximum students, we'll accept 20 this time since we won't have classrooms anymore. So, for the first batch, we are now going to accept registrants! Registration will be until November 2 only.
Like I mentioned, 300 points are required for the registration. Starting Nov 2, students are required to have a minimum of 80pts a week until Jan 2008. Points will be checked every week on Fridays.
Point counts will not be counted on the following threads:
-Nihongo
-Dojo
Again, copied news articles or content from other sites are not counted.
Those who are interested, please post in this thread that you want to be counted in.
Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
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