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Learn Japanese for travel, personal interests and professional relationships. Connect listening, conversation and writing systems with communication suited to real situations. Your trainer adapts the balance of spoken and written work to your goals. The CEFR A1–C2 framework provides reference points for describing and assessing your communication skills.
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YOUR NEXT LANGUAGE LEVEL
Your starting point and goals follow the official CEFR framework of the Council of Europe.
OSAM’s indicative pathway, with an initial and final assessment. Your pace depends on your starting point and regular practice.
YOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
For individuals & organisationsWe agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.
A pathway towards the next CEFR level, for example A1 to A2. The level reached is assessed at the end.
Synchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.
From an eduQua-certified institution.
An individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.
Learn with a native-speaking trainer who holds a relevant qualification and has teaching experience. Your trainer is matched to your profile and goals.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY
For adults and professionals seeking a structured introduction to Japanese or practical development of their existing language skills.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.
An initial assessment identifies your current skills against the CEFR A1–C2 reference levels. Agree your next target and the situations you want to handle confidently. OSAM uses around six months per additional level as a planning guide; pace is adapted to your starting point, learning intensity and practice. The modules below are weighted to your needs.
Explore the sound system, rhythm and the importance of long vowels and doubled consonants. Connect hiragana and katakana with frequent words. Short listening activities strengthen the relationship between sound and script. Work in manageable steps so that reading and spoken interaction develop together rather than becoming disconnected learning tasks.
Practise particles, essential verb forms and useful patterns for introductions, questions and descriptions. Learn to organise information in context and recognise what may be left unstated. Apply new structures in brief dialogues. As your level develops, expand your ability to express experiences, wishes, explanations and plans.
Rehearse greetings, orders, appointments and straightforward professional encounters. Distinguish forms and registers according to the relationship and situation. Practise politeness as a language choice you can understand and explain. Learn to mention uncertainty and ask for repetition instead of signalling understanding when the message is still unclear.
Begin or extend work with selected kanji and the contexts in which they occur. Read short notices, labels and suitable everyday texts. Digital input and simple messages complement the practice. The number and selection of new characters depend on your starting point and the agreed balance between reading and speaking.
Apply the language you have practised in a connected task from your everyday life or work. Your trainer assesses listening, speaking, reading and writing against the agreed CEFR goals and gives focused feedback. Compare your starting and final assessment, identify progress and plan how to maintain or develop your skills further.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS
Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Managing Director
Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.
EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE
Japanese language trainer
Jennifer Bähler brings the programme’s subject expertise into focus. The educational approach connects a structured foundation with practical situations, relevant exercises and feedback aligned with your professional objectives.
ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY
Head of Adult Learning
Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education
Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.
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Developing the skills of their employees with OSAM.
An experience centred on the people who learn with us.
Personal career goals. Shared organisational priorities.
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LEARNERS’ VOICES
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GOOD TO KNOW
For adults and professionals seeking a structured introduction to Japanese or practical development of their existing language skills. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.
OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.
OSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.
You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:
Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.
For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.
The language pathway is designed to work towards one additional level in approximately six months, for example A1 to A2 or B1 to B2. We use the official CEFR scale: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. An initial assessment sets the starting point; a final assessment verifies the skills achieved. Progress depends on your starting level, participation and practice between lessons. The certificate records the assessed learning outcomes.
A native-speaking, qualified and experienced trainer teaches you in person or by live video. Both formats always include access to the OSAM platform and course materials. Your timetable and practical exercises are adapted to your context.
An examination goal can be discussed during the consultation. Content, prerequisites and scope must be agreed explicitly. Attending a course does not automatically register you for an exam or guarantee a particular result.
OSAM structures language goals around the Council of Europe’s CEFR reference levels: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. We plan approximately six months to work towards one additional level, for example A1 to A2. This is an OSAM planning guide, not a duration prescribed by the CEFR. Progress depends on your starting point, attendance and practice; the final assessment establishes the skills achieved. Contact us for a quotation. CEFR learning goals do not imply automatic equivalence to JLPT examination levels.
The format can be agreed as live online, face-to-face or blended learning. Individual lessons and team training can also be discussed. Content, location and scheduling are confirmed in the quotation.
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Tell us where you want to go. Together, we will define the learning journey that gets you there.
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