Japanese Course

The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is a branch of the US government that has been proving language training for diplomatic staff for around three-quarters of a century. The core of FSI’s teaching is the Basic course, intensive programs of around six months that were intended to leave students with a high level of competence in their target language in a relatively short amount of time.

The Headstart language courses were originally created by the US Defence Language Institute for military personnel who were stationed abroad and needed to learn the basics of the local language for everyday communication. This means the courses focus on the kind of skills you need for common interactions like shopping or asking for directions. The emphasis is on learning the expressions you need to function in such situations rather than trying to understand the grammatical rules behind what you are saying.