Everything in 1 Place
The Japanese in 12 course is my highly-rated masterpiece. It's made up of 12 weeks of perfectly curated pieces of content. Inside each week, there are 5 x 15 minute modules. Each module tackles one grammar point, one sentence structure, or one whole topic in simple, no-fluff explanations. Each module includes a video/audio practice, and between 5-10 printable pages of practice. You'll be matched with the level that's right for you :)
Leaderboard & Prizes
As part of the challenge, you'll earn points for completing course tasks on time. Things like watching videos, submitting your practice sheets, and completing quizzes will earn you points. You get to tally up your points and we'll display them on a team leaderboard. There's 5 overall winners PLUS 2nd and 3rd place prizes (for each level!) PLUS prizes for the community heroes and most improved!
Weekly Challenges
On top of your 15 minutes, 5 times a week, there will also be weekly challenges with the cohort. Get involved in the community and use your new Japanese language skills in new and creative ways. You'll also join our private community for a live conversation practice sessions and quiz challenges.
My ultimate Travel Japan 3-pack Vocabulary bundle plus the Immersion Resource list, free! I've bundled my three most popular vocab packs and included them as an extra bonus. Learn Japanese words to help you talk about and travel in Japan with fun activities to help you memorise! You'll be immersed in so much Japanese!
Bonus Bundled Resources
Real, Useful Feedback by Me
An actual interpreter. Not a cheesy AI bot. You'll receive helpful feedback, support and help on your work at touch points throughout the course. We also have an incredible community platform, where every time you have a question, complete a quiz, or finish one of the 100's of practice sheets, you have a dedicated place to post where you'll receive personalised feedback.
Practice Speaking & Listening
At least once a week, we'll host a live conversation session over Zoom. These are designed to boost your conversation skills and put what you're learning into practice, so you can practice with me, or with other students. You'll always be grouped with people of your own level so it's a safe and fun place to practice your Japanese with others.
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Valued at $150
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OVER $15,000 to be won!!
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Help and support worth over $500
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What's Included in the J12 Challenge?
PLUS, you receive LIFETIME ACCESS to the live Conversation Sessions.
So you can continue to study with your new friends long after the 12 week challenge is over. They’re such a fun, supportive way to boost your speaking and listening skills with others at your level.
5 levels, from Beginner to Advanced!
Loads of BONUS resources to help you stack fluency
Along with your J12 course level, you'll receive free resources that will help you surround yourself with so much Japanese and really help with your improvements.
The Challenge Leaderboard
Competitive? Watch the progress of you and others and keep track of every single task!
Okay enough about the inclusions,
let's talk PRIZES!
Valued at $1500 each, you'll win a voucher to take you to Japan so you can use your new Japanese skills to order mochi, drink matcha, visit Akihabara or whatever your heart desires!
FLIGHTS TO JAPAN!!
1st Place (5 winners)
That's over $15,000USD worth of prizes to be won!
A prize box &
Your next J12 level for free
2nd Place (5 winners)
Your next J12 level for free
3rd Place (5 winners)
Your next J12 level for free
4th Place (5 winners)
Over 50 prize boxes
to be won
Most Improved & Community Heroes
We don’t just have one winner per prize... we have FIVE winners for each category! 🎉
You'll earn points for...
Each week you'll have an in-app quiz to submit. Submitting these quizzes each week gets you a bunch of points.
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Participating in our weekly challenges and games earns you points too.
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Simply complete your 5 modules a week and collect points just for finishing!
Completing Modules
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Sunith, Adrianna, Yena and Ash won 1st place winning flights to Japan.
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Got questions?
GREAT! BECAUSE I HAVE ANSWERS.
your questions answered
Yes, absolutely! The course is fully online and has no physical limitations. It can be done from anywhere in the world.
IS THIS COURSE AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE?
No problem! Upon enrolment, you will complete an in-depth quiz, that will give me all the info I need to assign you to the best course for your prior experience.
WHAT IF I HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH JAPANESE?
Nope! There are 5 courses, ranging from beginner to advanced. These courses are in-line with the JLPT (the proficiency exam for the Japanese language). This means that no matter where you're up to, I'll be able to match you with your correct level.
IS JAPANESE IN 12 JUST A BEGINNERS COURSE?
Well, there are SO MANY PRIZES. Even if you don't come first, there are over 60 prizes to be won across all of the levels. Plus, you'll be learning an entire level of Japanese! And isn't that the real prize? ;)
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON'T WIN THE CHALLENGE?
The course content requires 15 mins a day, 5 times a week to watch the lesson videos and complete the worksheets. Weekly challenges take an extra 30mins. That's about 3 hours a week in total!
DOES THE CHALLENGE REQUIRE A LOT OF MY TIME?
Yes, definitely! As a past student, please email me directly to discuss the best level for you to to compete in during the Challenge.
I'VE STUDIED WITH YOU BEFORE, CAN I STILL JOIN?
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Although I live between Australia and Japan, Japanese in 12 is a worldwide course and priced in USD, as it’s the most globally recognised currency.
WHY IS THE COURSE IN USD CURRENCY?
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There are many conversation sessions throughout the 12 week Challenge. These are offered as an optional bonus to help practice your speaking and listening skills. You do not need to attend every session. Sessions are offered at different times to cater for different timezones.
WHEN ARE THE CONVERSATION SESSIONS?
Apps that feel rewarding at first, but leave you struggling to remember more than 30 words
Trying to piece together confusing grammar, sentence structures & the chaos of kanji into a semblance of something logical
Heavy textbooks that were written 20 years ago, with dry explanations that you have to re-read 8 times
You’ve studied a little Japanese, you know a few words, but you still can’t hold a fluent, confident conversation.
IT'S TIME TO DITCH THE...
Award-winning interpreter and creator of Japanese in 12. I've been studying Japanese since I was 14, and interpreting, translating and teaching since I was 20 years old. Japanese is the love of my life and my greatest passion.
When I started learning Japanese, it was dry, difficult and textbooky (not a word, but a very real thing).
Fast forward 10 years and now it’s a confusing mess of apps and free resources that don’t encourage actual results. Hands up everyone who tried to learn Japanese, downloaded Duolingo and had a very intense week-long fling, never to open the app again?
For years, I thought... why is it so hard? Why is there no in between and why is there a total lack of resources for people that actually want to learn? You can do a course about KNITTING from your phone, with beautiful videos and instructional resources. So why the heck does this not exist for Japanese? This drove me mad enough to spend a year and a half building it myself.
The Japanese in 12 challenge is my annual event to celebrate YOU. It's the ultimate excuse to finally level up your Japanese with a community that is just as obsessed as you are.
5 - 10 printable worksheets. These worksheets can be submitted for hand marking
1 x zero fluff video explanation. Each video covers one whole topic
There are 5 x 15 minute modules per week
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Each module contains
You'll also receive my most popular vocabulary packs all about travel in Japan and more. You'll have this for life so you can brush up on your vocab before you hit the streets of Tokyo and revise whenever you need.
You'll receive our brand new immersion resources doc. A crafted list of every interpreter-recommended way to truly immerse yourself into native resouces.
There are several bonus activities throughout the 12 weeks
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Here are a couple examples
Ask questions, receive help from other students, and join in the practice times to improve your Japanese as you go.
From day one, you'll be added to a challenge community of amazing people around the world who are practicing their Japanese.
The Japanese in 12 Community
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If language learning is all about communicating with people… why shouldn’t your course allow you to actually… communicate with people?
I’m also insanely passionate about access to professional help, so during the course of Japanese in 12, you can receive detailed, personalised feedback on your work.
I am here throughout the course to help, guide and teach you Japanese. All of your questions will be answered in the Feedback Hub.
Ever had a question while studying...
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And wished you had a teacher on standby to help you?
There will be 1st place challenge winners for each J12 level (5) who will receive FLIGHTS TO JAPAN valued at $1500USD! You'll get to take your new skills and use them IN JAPAN! OMG!
The Prizes!
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2nd place: There'll be 5 places up for grabs here, runner-ups will win an Exclusive J12 partnered prize box filled with amazing Japanese goodies! PLUS, you will receive your next level of J12 for free! 3rd place and 4th place (10) will also receive their next level for free!
Most improved & Community Heroes - It’s all about learning right? So maybe you’re not at the top of the leaderboard but you have made an amazing effort and come so far! Or even been a stand out student in the community. Either way, there's prizes up for grabs for you!
How do I know if the challenge is for me?
You want to do J12 anyway but you get a whole bunch of free stuff as well?! Plus a chance to win prizes?!
You're ready to get off the Duolingo cycle of doom
You want to learn real Japanese, in real contexts, in a way that doesn't feel 'textbook-y' and boring
You want to meet real people who share your interests
You're looking for a detailed action plan with everything you need to learn Japanese
You want to finally achieve your Japanese goals quickly, while feeling challenged (but not overwhelmed)
You want the ultimate support and access to an experienced, qualified, real-world teacher
Especially the challenge. I did beginner level for the standard course and then intermediate for the challenge. The best thing about the challenge is definitely the community. Being surrounded by people who all have the same passion for learning Japanese that you do and everyone supporting and pushing each other every single day. Aimee gives feedback to everyone every single week (I honestly don’t know how she does it), she is truly the kindest most heart warming person. You can just tell how much she loves this language it seriously comes across in every single video and document. If you are on the fence about doing this course I’m telling you to take the leap and do it. My understanding of Japanese has made leaps and bounds over the last 2 years and I’m so happy I found her in such an enormous over saturated language learning community.
Japanese with Aimee is truly the best decision I’ve ever made...
Elke, Beginner and Intermediate levels
If you join this Japanese in 12 challenge, in just 3 months your Japanese will look and feel totally different to now. By the end of November, you'll look back and be amazed at all the progress you've made.
You might be right at the starting line now, but over the 12 weeks time you'll be a totally different person – kicking goals and seeing results.
After the 12 weeks, you'll be thanking yourself for joining today.