How to Speak Japanese Cross-culturally (All Levels)

Learn how to speak to Japanese hearts - how to sound reliable - how to become their indispensable partner (all levels)

4.50 (79 reviews)
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What you will learn

Select phrases to spark a real connection with Japanese business partners

Culturally meaningful expressions to promote empathy and build trust

How to sound more reliable even with only basic fluency

Japan-specific intercultural communication skills

Description

Let me ask you an important question.

Are you perhaps feeling distant from your Japanese acquaintances?

Are you unsure whether your Japanese counterparts are speaking their true minds to you?

Have you ever had the impression that your business abilities might not be coming across in the best light due to your limited knowledge of Japanese?

If this sounds familiar, you are in the right hands!

If you can’t afford to spend months learning the language, but want to strike an emotional connection with Japanese colleagues or customers, this course will be a unique chance for you to reach your objectives.

It is always better to be on the polite side in crosscultural interactions. However, this does not mean that you can’t be authentic or that you have to resign to being unable to show your true value.

This course is not going to teach you another set of situational phrases you find in most courses. It teaches you "what's missing" there: how to communicate at a deeper level, pushing levers that are normally out of reach for foreigners and whose effect is to allow Japanese interlocutors to feel at ease with you.

You will get glimpses into an elusive dimension that language courses cannot show you: evoking this deeper cultural level will be key in persuading your counterparts to trust you and give you the chance to become even an indispensable colleague or partner to them. All this with simple "connecting" phrases that anyone, whatever their language proficiency, can use every day, both in face-to-face interactions and in written correspondence.

Wondering how you are supposed to do this while being a beginner?

Secret 1: The idea for this course and the language I am going to share have been inspired by real fieldwork. I facilitated crosscultural training programmes for a total of 20,000 Japanese management executives and their foreign counterparts over 30 years, collaborating with Japanese firms in 20 countries.

Secret 2: The course puts particular care in getting across what the right context for using the phrases is, in order to have the right kind of impact. But in the end it doesn’t matter if you don’t get the context exactly right. The sentences are such, that those hearing them will be anyway impressed by your efforts to familiarise yourself with the local work styles.

Secret 3: Here and there in the course, you will find a number of key phrases paired with graphics, illustrating important philosophical concepts behind Japanese business behaviours. You will therefore not only be able to appreciate the meanings of the phrases, but also understand which cultural levers are being pushed in the Japanese mind when you use them. This knowledge is an exclusive takeaway from this course which will become an invaluable asset in your crosscultural toolkit.


So, by the end of the course, you will be able to:

1. Understand the Five Golden Rules for connecting with the Japanese

2. Learn select connecting phrases and the right context for them

3. Acquire Japanese communication skills and crosscultural knowledge

4. Know how to become an indispensable partner of Japanese people

The Japanese, in their hearts, are eager for you to step forward and help them drop their polite mask to connect. I want to help you become such a person --- by Speaking Japanese Cross-culturally!

One last thing:  If you have been "studying" Japanese with books and language schools, you might find my phrases unfamiliar or different from what you learned. If you feel so, that means you are learning the real business Japanese for the first time!  Just memorise and use them in real interaction. Then you will see the smiling faces of your Japanese partners.^^

See you inside the video!

N.B. This is a new course, so I would very much appreciate your comments in the reviews. Thank you in advance ^^.

Content

How Can This Course Help You Connect with Japanese?

Course overview
Why this course will help you connect with Japanese people
What will you learn from this course?
Five Golden Rules of Speaking Japanese Cross-culturalaly

Golden Rule One: Thank and Apologise

The philosophy behind ”Arigatou"
Thank all the people around you
Say "Okagesamade" to forge stronger bonds
One apology is better than ten excuses!
Key phrases of expressing gratitude and apology

Golden Rule Two: Connect Past, Present and Future

Leap frog vs. step by step
Talk about the past
Talk about the present
Talk about the future
Key phrases of connecting past, present and future

Golden Rule Three: Be Indispensable

Show curiousity 360°
Offer help to colleagues and bosses
Show your grit and perseverance
Key phrases of becoming indispensable

Golden Rule Four: Be Open about Your Weaknesses

Reveal your weaknesses to gain credibility
Ask how you can improve next time
Consult colleagues, bosses and customers
Key phrases of being open about your weaknesses

Golden Rule Five: Be Professional

Behaviours that Japanese managers frown upon and treasure
The Language of Timing
The Language of No Ego
The Language of Commitment
Key phrases of being professional

Farewell and Move Forward to Collaboration!

Summary of the course
Winning together with Japanese people
Bonus Lecture

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Reviews

Weidan
September 19, 2021
I thought it would actually teach me about the japanese language but what it taught me was everything I already knew.
Edward
August 26, 2021
The pace is good, the meanings are clear and the delivery is succinct. I feel the presenter is not just delivering a speech, but actually wanting to convey a message which I will retain. I wouldn't say this is All Levels though as the words are quite advanced and not something as readily memorable as he makes it seem
Cynthia
August 24, 2021
Speaking as a teacher myself, this is a very well-designed course. It helped me better understand some conflicts with Japanese business partners in the past, and I hope it will help me avoid such conflicts in the future!
Meryl
August 8, 2021
Really enjoyed the course! It was interesting to see how Japanese business philosophy differs from European business philosophy. As an intermediate learning the only thing I would have liked is if the presentations had Kanji and furigana readings since romaji isn't to my liking but I could see that this was done to help beginner Japanese learners more than intermediate learners.
Jian
August 6, 2021
I was expecting a more "High School Language" course. Love the cultural relevance which is brought out.
Parul
July 22, 2021
Kawatani Sensei’s style of teaching has always been very unique and interesting. This course is highly innovative and one of a kind as it focuses on the cross-cultural aspects of learning a language - which is most needed for understanding the Japanese mindset and behaviour patterns. This is an excellent program!!
Maria
July 10, 2021
Provides excellent guidance to interacting with colleagues, clients and superiors in a Japanese work setting. Thanks to accessible explanations and engaging visuals, it helps you to see the cultural bases for the expressions it recommends. You also get to try out the new language immediately, thanks to guided practice activities in context. Concise and practical, yet also rewarding at a deeper level. In short: recommended!
Aneesh
July 10, 2021
This course was really insightful for understanding different phrases and concepts used in Japanese Business conversations and the idea behind them. I think the 5 Golden rules are really helpful to navigate in Japanese corporate culture. I really hope that you will make more Udemy courses on related subject, Kawatani-san.
Thomas
July 7, 2021
This is really an awesome course by a great teacher. If you take this course you are rewarded with lots of deep insights but also with very useful practical knowledge. I really enjoyed this course. And I can highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about Japanese culture. Arigatou-gozaimashita Kawatani-san.

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