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If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with our trial lesson, tell our
support staff, and
we are happy to offer you another trial lesson for free or we will issue you a 100% refund.
We are that confident of our service, in our school, there are many Japanese learners
who has improved so much by taking our lessons. To read J-OS students'
comments, click here. |
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| PROCEDURE |
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Procedure before the start of lessons
To start your lessons without any worry,
take a trial lesson. |
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Check if you have a headset, web-cam, and MSN Messenger( or SKYPE) installed
and ready to go.
*What should be prepared? Pleaes refer "NECESSARY EQUIPMENT"
*How to use
MSN Messenger
*How to use SKYPE |
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Check our terms of use and apply for a trial lesson from here.
*J-OS will contact you by email within 3 business days after receiving your
application.
* If you have any questions, we are happy to have a connection test and
counseling session with you, then please consult with our support staff
about whatever you would like to know. |
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Purchase Trial ticket.
New members can take a trial lesson one time at a discounted price.
It is a 50mins lesson with a qualified Japanese teacher.
Please purchase the trial ticket for the type of tickets you will apply
for your regular lessons. You can purchase very quickly via PayPal [Buy
Now] buttons listed below.
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*If you prefer bank transfer, please apply from here.
*Check the price and comparison of each service content from here
The optional extras of J-02(standard plan) or J-03(advanced plan) mentioned below will be available after your official registration.
-[Personal Blogspace], [Assessment and certificate], [Lesson plan sheet],
[Welcome gift on registration] |
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We will issue you with Messenger address(or SKYPE account) and a password for your lesson.
J-OS will contact you by email asap (usually, within 2 business days after
receiving your payment). |
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| >> Take a trial lesson<< |
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Make a reservation with your prefered teacher.
Prepare your PC just before your lesson is scheduled to start and wait
for the teacher to message you. The lesson starts from when you receive
the message from your teacher.
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>> Official registration << |
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If you would like to start to take our regular lessons, please purchase
our lesson tickets (and entrance fee where necessary).
*Check the price and comparison of each service content from here
If you are PayPal user, you can buy quickly from the pages below;
j-01(Basic Plan) // j-02(Standard Plan) // j-03(Advanced Plan)
*If you prefer bank transfer, please apply from here. |
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| NECESSARY EQUIPMENT |
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PC and Internet |
You need a computer with Windows Visat or Windows XP or Windows Me or Windows
2000 or Windows98.
Mac, Windows95 and WindowsNT are not available with video chat so far.
Now SKYPE video chat can be used with Mac. For further information, please
refer to SKYPE website.
Please confirm whether you can use broad-band Internet.
If you are using dial-up or ISDN, there is the possibility that you may
not be able to get a good picture/sound quality on video chat therefore
we recommend that you use broad-band, such as an optical fiber or ADSL
connection.
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| Headset and Web-cam |
In a lesson, a web-cam and a headset are required.
(If you are an advanced learner, audio-only lessons without a web-cam are
also possible.)
You can buy both a web-cam and a headset
quite cheaply.
Reference market price (in Japan) is as
follows;
Headset : About
1,000 yen~
Web-cam : About 3,000 yen~
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| If you are in Japan, you may find them at Amazon Japan. |
If you are in US, try Amazon.com. |
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Input "webcam" or "headset"
in the keywords section below
and click "Go"
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| *If you are neither in Japan nor in US, any local PC shop, or online shop,
etc will sell them. |
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| MSN Messenger / SKYPE |
Both MSN Messenger and SKYPE can be used at no charge.
How to use MSN Messenger
How to use SKYPE
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