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Language is the  to another world!
The North Coast Japanese Language Academy (NCJLA) is a community language school teaching modern standard Japanese language and culture to school-aged children and adults (including HSC prep) in Far North Coast, NSW. We pride ourselves in quality of teaching and learning environment. We emphasize maximum use of the target language during the learning experience, thus maximizing acquisition through exposure. We respect all students and their diverse backgrounds, needs, interests, and achievements. We strive to fulfill our students' needs and prepare them to be global citizens in this competitive, modern world and achieve their personal goals in their future lives and careers.
Why learn Japanese?
Japan is Australia's No. 2 trading partner — becoming bilingual with Japanese as a second language ensures a future with the greatest business, academic collaboration, and job opportunities. Invest today, reap the rewards tomorrow! Japanese is spoken by over one tenth of the world’s population, and Japan has one of world’s most ancient histories and magnificent civilizations and cultures. It is famous for Kabuki theatre, haiku poetry, the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and much more! The Japanese language is the key to this fascinating world. Japanese characters are pictographic, a highly natural representation for the human brain to absorb and learn to read. Japanese calligraphy is highly regarded as a form of art as well as communication.
Our teacher
Growing up in northeast China, Ping is a native Chinese (Mandarin) speaker. She passed the highest-level Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) hosted by Japan, received the highest accreditation of Level One in 1997, studied logistics in Japan in 1999, and worked as a professional Chinese-Japanese interpreter and translator in international business settings in both China and Japan for eight years. She migrated to Australia in 2002 and was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Languages (LOTE) Teaching from University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in 2007. She is a qualified and registered teacher of Chinese and Japanese languages in NSW, and has been teaching the subjects of Chinese, Japanese, and Maths in public, private, boys', girls', and co-ed schools in NSW since 2008. Ping holds a current NAPLAN "Writing Marking" accreditation and "Working With Children Check" certificate.
Curriculum
We follow the current curriculum approved by NSW Department of Education as well as the Japan Foundation standard for Japanese-language Education published in 2010.
We emphasize the four key components of language learning — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — as well as provide context through cultural awareness and study. Our lessons introduce students to the Japanese language using school-based teaching materials created around various engaging topics, teaching students the three basic script systems kanji, hiragana and katakana, the alphabetic symbol system Romaji, and grammar. We help our students develop their language skills through interactive activities, songs, poems, arts-and-crafts, games, and other tools that make learning lots of fun!
Enrol
No terms currently scheduled – NSW-area service permanently ended, sorry.
Last term:
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2016 Term 3
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23 July – 24 September
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Course
JB301A
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Japanese Beginner Ages 13-18 / HSC Prep Step 1
Saturdays 11:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Ballina Public School
48 Crane Street, Ballina
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Course
JB401A
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Japanese Beginner Ages 19+ Step 1
Saturdays 2:30 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Ballina Public School
48 Crane Street, Ballina
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Course
JB403A
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Japanese Beginner Ages 19+ Step 3
Saturdays 10:30 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Ballina Public School
48 Crane Street, Ballina
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Class Size
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Minimum 5, maximum 20
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Course Fee
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$265 ($25 per class
x 1 class per week
x 9 weeks per term
pro-rated for late start,
$20 materials,
$20 administration)
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Books Fee
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$190 once per every 8 Steps
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To apply for our Japanese course, download the application (101 kB Microsoft Word document file), complete one copy per student electronically, and email the completed file(s) to [n/a] . Placement is first-come, first-served.
If you do not receive a response within 3 business days, then please email or call.
If no placement is available, then you will receive email notification that your request was queued for next available placement; for other arrangements, please email or call.
If placement is available, then you will receive an email containing an invoice, enrolment form, and remaining instructions. Per those instructions, please ensure that we receive the signed enrolment form and payment by or on the due date stated on the invoice, otherwise the placement may be withdrawn.
Once we receive payment, you will receive email confirmation — your enrolment is successful!
Enquire
Please do not hesitate to reach out by any of the means presented below.
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