Learning Catchball
Language exchange lesson
Let's learn Japanese regularly from our Japanese member!!
- We help you to find a good language partner(Japanese member) who help you to learn Japanese conversation, basic Japanese, Japanese culture, etc.
First you can have trial language exchange lessons!!
- If you like to try language exchange lesson with our Japanese members, please submit the application form at the bottom of this page.
- After we receive your application form,
①We'll match you with our Japanese member who fits your needs.
②And we'll send you a list of new Japanese member's profile. If there are any members you like to have trial language exchange lessons with, we'll arrange the members for you.
When do you like to start?
- You can select when you like to start the language exchange on the application form.
1)as soon as possible
2)1 week later
3)2 weeks later
4)3 weeks later
5)1 month later
6)not sure now
Learning Catchball Japanese members
- Our Japanese members are happy to help you to learn Japanese for free, in return please help our Japanese members to learn English conversation for free.
- Learn Japanese:
Our Japanese members are all native Japanese speakers and keen to learn and teach language. They like to have language exchange lessons regularly, so you can have a lot of opportunities to learn and speak Japanese. Please tell us what you like to learn on the application form. They will be happy to help you to learn Japanese.
- Help our Japanese members to learn English :
Our Japanese members have basic English grammar skills, but they are not good at speaking English because they have few opportunities to practice conversation. So please have conversation with them in English and help them to improve their English speaking skills.
Sample Japanese member's profile
- If you click the following profile, you can zoom in.
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Japanese member 2 |
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Japanese member 3 |
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Japanese member 4 |
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Japanese member 5 |
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Message from the Learning Catchball
Let's enjoy language exchange!!
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I am Taro Koyanagi, I was a Japanese teacher at Japanese school in Tokyo and started up this service in 2009 to help people to learn Japanese. We hope you have language exchange lessons regularly with our Japanese members and enjoy learning Japanese! |
How to start
StepⅠ:Introduction
- After we receive your application, we'll ask you some questions and try to introduce you our Japanese members(language partner's candidate) who fit your needs.
- After you check the member's profile,
if you like to have trial language exchange lessons with the member, we will exchange your email address with the member's email address.
if you don't accept the Japanese member, we will try to arrange other Japanese members for you.
some questions to ask |
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Do you have any requirements for our Japanese members(language partners)? |
How many times a week/month do you like to have language exchange lessons? |
What day of the week/what time are you available for language exchange lessons? |
- If it is difficult to fix your availability, we try to introduce you our Japanese members who can be flexible with the timing, then you can talk with the Japanese member about the schedule and decide.
Step Ⅱ:Trial language exchange
Trial language exchange lesson | 0 yen |
Trial language exchange for 1 month
- You can have trial language exchange lessons several times within 1 month after we forward our Japanese member's email address to you.
- Let's talk with the Japanese member about how to do the language exchange lessons each other and check if language exchange lessons with the Japanese member are good or not during the trial period.
- After trial language exchange lessons,
If you decide to continue the language exchange with the Japanese members, please go to Step Ⅲ and pay the introduction(matching) fee
If you decide not to continue, you don't need to pay the introduction(matching) fee. We will try to introduce you other members if you like.
Step Ⅲ:Payment
Lesson fee | 0 yen |
Introduction(matching) fee | 5000 yen |
- Only in case you and our Japanese member agree on continuing the language exchange, we will charge you the introduction(matching) fee.
- Paypal : We would like you to make this payment with paypal if you are outside Japan.
Learning materials(optional)
Learning Japanese materials | 0 yen |
- If you like, please select 『Yes, I like』on the application form. Then we will send you some of the learning Japanese materials. If you like to learn more, feel free to ask us. You can expect to learn the basics of Japanese with these learning materials. When you have any questions, let's ask your language partners (Japanese members)
Hiragana/Basic Japanese vocabulary |
How to make basic Japanese sentences |
Japanese conversation sentences/phrase |
- Sample Hiragana/basic Japanese vocabulary
- Sample Japanese conversation sentences/phrase
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Application form
- Your personal information is not open to the public.
- Please note that depending on your conditions/requests, it takes time to arrange our Japanese members or we can not arrange for you. If we judge you are less motivated to learn Japanese language, we can not provide you with our language exchange lesson service.
- ※Important notice
We do not check each member's ID.
We do not take any responsibility for any troubles between you and our Japanese members.
Terms of Use
- We(Learning Catchball) do not check each entry person's ID and take any responsibility for any troubles between you and our Japanese members.
- We(Learning Catchball) can not be responsible for the truth of each entry information and the quality of each entry person's character(personality).
- We can not accept applicants under the age of 18.
- We(Learning Catchball) revise these Terms of Use whenever we need.
- ※Introduction(matching) fee 5000yen : Please select "I agree". You need pay the introduction fee after you decide to continue the language exchange with our Japanese members. If you select "I don't agree", then we can't introduce you our Japanese members.
- ※After you fill in the blank,please click the Confirm above.
- ※After you click the Confirm and check your information,please click the Send .
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