GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5
Guided Japanese Course
A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.
HOW THIS COURSE WORKS
Follow the path. Advance by mastery.
The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.
FULL TARGET CURRICULUM
Tracks 0–10
TRACK 10 · 10-10
Final Capstone: Professional Starter Simulation
Demonstrate integrated beginner Japanese across introduction, meeting, status, troubleshooting, collaboration, decision, readiness, and reading/writing tasks.
- All Guided Japanese Tracks 0–9 and Track 10 lessons 10-1 through 10-9.
Completion should mean you can use the course material together—not merely that every lesson counter reached 100%.
1. The final assessment is a portfolio, not a trivia quiz
Produce several connected artifacts. Use kana/kanji you know, furigana tools when needed, and course grammar deliberately.
2. Portfolio A — Introduction + meeting
Write a 10-line introduction/meeting dialogue.
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2. Portfolio A — Introduction + meeting
Include identity/role, current activity, purpose for learning/using Japanese, one ability, two questions, one clarification, one permission request, one suggestion, and one confirmation.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
2. Portfolio A — Introduction + meeting
Include identity/role, current activity, purpose for learning/using Japanese, one ability, two questions, one clarification, one permission request, one suggestion, and one confirmation.
3. Portfolio B — Status + troubleshooting
Write a 14-line status/incident report.
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3. Portfolio B — Status + troubleshooting
Include past fact, ongoing state, not-yet status, noun-qualified item, ～とき, ～たり, ～し, two hypotheses with ～かもしれない, one purpose, two ～たら branches, and one recommendation.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
3. Portfolio B — Status + troubleshooting
Include past fact, ongoing state, not-yet status, noun-qualified item, ～とき, ～たり, ～し, two hypotheses with ～かもしれない, one purpose, two ～たら branches, and one recommendation.
4. Portfolio C — Collaboration + decision + readiness
Create a 14-line planning brief.
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4. Portfolio C — Collaboration + decision + readiness
Include one から/まで window, one までに deadline, 3 counters, potential CAN/CANNOT, start/finish action, one ～てしまう scenario, ～てくれる and ～てもらう, 3 reasons with ～し, 2 comparisons, and a recommendation.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
4. Portfolio C — Collaboration + decision + readiness
Include one から/まで window, one までに deadline, 3 counters, potential CAN/CANNOT, start/finish action, one ～てしまう scenario, ～てくれる and ～てもらう, 3 reasons with ～し, 2 comparisons, and a recommendation.
5. Portfolio D — Reading annotation
Analyze a short Japanese passage from a Manabi Kōbō reading tool.
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5. Portfolio D — Reading annotation
Copy 5–8 sentences. Mark endings, particles, embedded clauses, head nouns, time/condition/purpose structures, then write natural translations. Record any literal/structural reading that helped you understand the Japanese.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
5. Portfolio D — Reading annotation
Copy 5–8 sentences. Mark endings, particles, embedded clauses, head nouns, time/condition/purpose structures, then write natural translations. Record any literal/structural reading that helped you understand the Japanese.
6. Score function, not perfection
Use this rubric to decide what to review before declaring the course complete.
7. Use the site as a learning toolchain—not an answer generator
Use the linked Manabi Kōbō tools to transfer the lesson into active production.
Language IDE
Why here: Use it after first production to inspect structure.
How to use it for this lesson: Debug only sentences you could not confidently repair yourself.
Debug final portfolio →Tsundoku Reading Nook
Why here: Connected reading validates whether grammar knowledge transfers.
How to use it for this lesson: Complete Portfolio D with a suitable short reading.
Choose capstone reading →Side by Side Reader
Why here: Use natural/literal comparison only after your own structural analysis.
How to use it for this lesson: Compare your interpretation after annotating the Japanese.
Check reading interpretation →Japanese Adaptive Recall
Why here: The final result should produce a targeted review queue.
How to use it for this lesson: Add only recurring misses from the portfolio.
Build post-course review queue →8. Course completion gate
Mark the Guided Japanese course complete when you can produce all four portfolio pieces, explain your own major grammar choices, and identify specific weak points for continued study. This is a strong beginner foundation—not a claim of professional fluency or completion of Japanese.
Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory and repair any weak structure before moving on.
