Pre-Summer Explorers Japanese Language Tasters!

We will be running six twenty minute language tasters for beginners, inspired by the Pre-Summer Explorers film screening event. These language tasters will run throughout the afternoon on 11 August. We will teach people how to introduce themselves as if they were a Japanese film or anime character!

You don’t need to book and these sessions are completely free and are open to all, especially people who speak no Japanese! Whether you just feel like learning some Japanese, or you want to pop in before or after one of the film screenings, everyone is welcome.

Have you ever watched a Japanese film or cartoon and caught yourself wondering why all the characters sound so different? In Japanese films, anime (cartoons) and manga (comic books), characters all use a different style of Japanese based on their age, their gender, their job and more!

This is a rare opportunity to learn about a more unusual part of the Japanese language, unlike the standard Japanese that is usually taught in the classroom. The topic of the short tasters will be simple self-introductions. Whether you want to introduce yourself like one of Akira Kurosawa’s tough samurai characters or you want to know how your favourite anime characters speak, this event is a great opportunity to learn about a really interesting aspect of the Japanese language.

Taster Timings:

• Taster One: 3:30pm to 3:50pm
• Taster Two: 4:00pm to 4:20pm
• Taster Three: 4:30pm to 4:50pm
• Taster Four: 5:05pm to 5:25pm
• Taster Five: 5:35pm to 5:55pm
• Taster Six: 6:10pm to 6:30pm