TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT (NYSE:NTT), announced today it will launch, effective immediately, VLJ Online Japanese Conversation, a Japanese conversation learning service via video call, as a new product of Visual Learning .Japanese (VLJ), its cloud-based Japanese-study service with learning website and smartphone applications.
VLJ Online Japanese Conversation class image
Advantages:
Based on Japanese grammar knowledge taught by VLJ Basic
e-learning course as a premise, VLJ Online Japanese Conversation adopts
a "blended
learning" style of study combining grammar knowledge study and
online conversation lessons via practical role-playing. This service
offers face-to-face lessons via video call, putting a certificated
teacher of a noted Japanese language school collaborating with VLJ
mainly the Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute (SNG). VLJ uses the Ezoe
Method, an innovative teaching method that enables newcomers to the
Japanese language to quickly understand difficult characteristics of the
language. The Ezoe Method was designed by SNG Principal Takahide Ezoe.
| (1) | High-quality lessons even overseas, equivalent to language schools in Japan | |
| Offering NTT Com’s high quality web conference service Arcstar Web Conferencing as a platform, the service connects remotely located students and native Japanese teachers in Japan. Students can improve their communication skills needed in business situations using lessons focused on practical speaking, equivalent to those held at SNG. | ||
| (2) | Deployment of a 45-minute lesson at low cost, from 1,250 JPY | |
| One course for the standard plan is designed to be completed when students take two 45-minute lessons (90 minutes in total) once a week for 6 months (24 times in total), so even busy businesspersons can learn Japanese at ease. The time and numbers of lessons can be adjusted according to each customer’s needs. In case of a class for six students overseas, the service offers a 45-minute lesson for 1,250 JPY, or approximately 11 USD, for each person. | ||
| (3) | Regular lessons held to prevent student from giving up | |
| Learning achievement of self-learning education materials including e-learning heavily depends on the motivation of students themselves, so the said completion rate tending to be low has been an issue by persons in charge of education. VLJ online Japanese conversation lesson is periodically held as a training which participants gather on a scheduled time, so learning completion rate will be higher through teacher’s appropriate follow-ups and collaborative efforts with colleagues. | ||
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Overview of VLJ Online Japanese Conversation |
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| Content |
Conversation training via 96 classes based on VLJ Basic series and
practical role-playing * Currently equivalent to the level of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N5 only |
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| Standard structure | Two 45-minute lesson parts (90 minutes in total) once a week | |
| Standard learning period | Six months (24 times) | |
| Participants | 4 to 6 persons per class | |
| Education materials | VLJ self-learning education materials (textbook, learning website, smartphone apps) | |
| Class style | Blended learning | |
| Fee |
For one course (48 lessons in total, for 1 person) |
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Along with expansion of the self-learning education materials including the beginner course, Japanese letter learning by tracing, upper courses equivalent to the level of JLPT N4 and N3, NTT Com will expand the range of lessons in VLJ Online Japanese Conversations. Also, NTT Com will expand the numbers of Japanese teachers along with the increase in the number of online conversation students. Leveraging the advantage that teachers also can participate in a lesson from various locations, NTT Com will also contribute to realize diversified working style including housewives and persons of advanced age as teachers of VLJ Online Japanese Conversation.
Background
NTT Com has been offering VLJ Basic, which enables
non-Japanese businesspersons to effectively self-learn Japanese online,
from July 2015. The service has been highly evaluated as a Japanese
training program for non-Japanese employees of globally-expanded
Japanese companies and institutions. NTT Com has also launched an
optional schooling service to dispatch Japanese teachers and offer
training for practical conversation. Many customers have requested the
service to be available from remote or multiple locations. VLJ Online
Japanese Conversation enables non-Japanese employees overseas or
multiple remote offices to take lessons by native Japanese teachers in
Japan, meeting further diversified needs in developing Japanese
workforces.
Related webpage:
Visual Learning .Japanese: http://www.ntt.com/vlj_e/
Arcstar
Web Conferencing: http://www.ntt.com/a_webc_e/
NTT Com’s press release published on July 21, 2015: NTT Communications Adds Self-learning Program to "Visual Learning .Japanese" Cloud-based Japanese Study Service: http://www.ntt.com/aboutus_e/news/data/20150721.html
NTT Com’s press release published on October 31, 2013: NTT Communications Launches Cloud Service For Japanese Language Education: http://www.ntt.com/aboutus_e/news/data/20131031.html
*The prices in this release are calculated at the rate of 113 JPY to the US dollar.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and
cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology
(ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the
company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1
IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196
countries/regions, and 130 secure data centers worldwide. NTT
Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group
companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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