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Move Past the Parts That Keep Slowing You Down
You may understand a grammar explanation but miss it in a longer passage. You might follow a conversation until the reply comes faster than you expected. Intermediate learning often means bringing uneven skills closer together.
Mike works with you on more complex grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening, and spoken expression. Private instruction lets the lesson focus on what is actually holding you back.
Your Previous Study Counts
You do not need to have completed Simple Gaijin's beginner curriculum to begin intermediate instruction. If you have studied Japanese elsewhere, Mike can review your previous experience and recommend an appropriate starting point in the Japanese curriculum.
Tell him which materials you have studied and what you can comfortably do. If you are returning after time away, include that too. The aim is to choose useful work for your present ability.
Intermediate Study Within the Curriculum
Within Simple Gaijin's twelve-stage curriculum, Intermediate Japanese is covered in Stages 6–8, using Genki II Chapters 13–23. You do not necessarily need to begin at Stage 6; Mike can recommend an appropriate starting point based on what you have studied and what you can currently do.
After Genki II, the curriculum continues with Advanced Japanese I–III in Stages 9–11, using An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese, followed by the Stage 12 Advanced Japanese Capstone using Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese. Explore the full curriculum for the complete sequence.
Give Grammar More Than a Recognition Test
Intermediate grammar becomes more useful when you can understand it in context and choose it for your own meaning. Lessons can connect more complex structures with reading, listening, and expression rather than treating each rule as an isolated fact.
You have space to compare examples, ask about nuances, and revisit language that feels familiar but remains difficult to use.
Bring Reading and Listening Into the Same Picture
Stronger comprehension involves more than knowing individual words. You also need to follow how ideas connect and notice information as a sentence develops.
Mike can adjust the balance of reading, listening, vocabulary, and speaking to your needs. Working with one teacher means those priorities can carry forward instead of disappearing at the end of each lesson.
Add Focus Where It Matters Most
If speaking is your main concern, explore Japanese conversation lessons. If you are preparing for JLPT N5, N4, or N3, JLPT preparation offers a more targeted direction.
You can discuss those goals while maintaining the broader foundation that supports them. There is no need to label every skill at the same level before you ask for help.
