ACE has native English and bilingual teachers with experience in foreign language acquisition, pronunciation correction, business English, and more. We will listen to the various needs of the students and create a curriculum for each student that meets those needs. We can handle a wide range of activities from preschoolers, examinees to business people. Set a goal first, and let’s step up together toward that goal!
Piano Step
Level 1
Touching and Getting Used to the Piano
Aiming to play a short piece with both hands, starting from touching the piano for the first time and getting used to music.
Focus Points：– Learning correct posture while sitting at the piano.
– Learning proper finger technique and building strength in the hands.
– Learning how the keyboard is arranged.
– Beginning to learn solfege, which develops a sense of pitch and rhythm, as well as listening and singing skills, and the ability to read music.
– If you start solfege as a child, you are more likely to develop perfect pitch, and even as an adult, you can acquire a strong relative pitch.
– We will create an environment where you can discover how to enjoy music at a pace and teaching method that suits each individual student.
Level 2
Improvement of Basic Ability
Improve the basic abilities of your hands and ears by practicing the basics of piano technique, such as scales. Eventually you will be able to play and read music that include all 12 tones.
Focus Points：– By playing scales and chords as a duet with the teacher, you can improve quickly and always feel a sense of accomplishment.
Gradually, you will be able to play these techniques solo.
– Practice aiming for an independent movement of both hands.
– During this, you will acquire reading ability and listening ability.
Lecel 3
Improving Musical Sensibility
Various musical playing styles are introduced with the main purpose of “playing the piano beautifully.”
Focus Points：– You will learn various playing methods such as legato, staccato, dynamics, and other fingertip touches.
– You will learn to be more expressive in your playing with techniques such as pedalling, trills and tremelo.
– Based on classical music in general, we will develop other music genres (jazz, pop, etc.) according to the wishes of the student.
Level 4
Understanding Music Theory and Improving Techniques
Learning music theory will help you understand music at its core, and at the same time, improve your technique and expressiveness.
Focus Points：– Learning music theory will give you a fundamental knowledge of how music works, develop a sense of harmony, and improve your expression at the piano.
– We aim to learn more advanced playing techniques and improve reading ability in order to learn many new pieces at a fast pace.
– In addition, improvisation and composition lessons can be introduced at the request of the students.
Lecel 5
Acquisition of Skills to Play Various Songs Freely
Understand, learn and play famous songs with your new capabilities at the piano.
Focus Points：– Using the “ability to understand songs” and your “sensitivity and expression skills,” continue to use these skills to analyze, understand, express and perform songs with your own capabilities.
– At the same time, you will acquire a higher level of improvisational skill and be able to play jazz and other improvisational music.
– You can play the music you want to play with more comfort, feel the piano as a part of your body, and acquire various abilities necessary for advanced players.
Level 6
Competitions and Concerts
You will be able to freely express yourself towards the audience at concerts and competitions.
Focus Points：– One of the purposes of playing the piano is for making people happy through the enjoyment of music.
– We will accumulate the skills and experience to take the initiative in participating in such performances.
– The ultimate goal is to add color to our lives and enrich our feelings with the piano.
English Conversation Step
Level 1
Touch and Get Used to
At first, get used to with English while studying greetings, self-introduction and hobbies. The first goal is to relieve tension.
Focus Points： Here it is compulsory to speak English. To make learning English as easy as possible, students will be encouraged to do so with fun items such as picture books and cards. Once they are used to English step-by-step, the first goal is to be able to communicate with people you meet for the first time, such as greetings and self-introductions.
Target audience: Those who used to study English but still can’t speak English well. Those who remember a few English words, but can’t make a cohesive sentence or speak it. Those who have recently become interested in English and want to be able to speak English. For example: students, retirees, those who have made foreign friends, and those who are interested in English.
Level 2
Feel the Flow of Conversation
You will be able to have simple conversations while solidifying the basics of language.
Focus Points： Enjoy learning and using simple basic words and spoken words through role-playing in English conversation and games. Gradually learn typical English grammar such as “5W1H” and use them repeatedly in question-style conversations. Learn the “flow of English” and imagine situations in which you use English.
Target audience: Those who can say greetings and introduce themselves in English. Those who know English to some extent, but cannot speak grammatically correct English. Those who want to thoroughly review basic English by eliminating tense mistakes, sentences with missing articles, and singular and plural mistakes. For example: students, retirees, and those who are interested in English.
Level 3
Master Everyday Conversation
You will be able to have automatic daily conversations.
Focus Points： We will repeatedly use and memorize the words and grammar that are indispensable to our daily lives. By repeating role-plays that assume various situations that can occur in daily life, you will be able to have automatic conversations without thinking in your head. The goal is to have “words come out quickly” and “answer without thinking”. You will be able to have English conversation skills that will not be a problem when traveling, and you will be able to interact with friends in English conversation.
Target audience: It is intended for those who have already acquired basic English and basic English grammar and want to improve further. It is also for those who want to be able to speak English fluently with friends and overseas tourists. For example: students, those who are thinking of changing jobs, those who are interested in English, those who have made foreign friends, those who have recently needed English for work, etc.
Level 4
Pronounced Vocabulary
You will be able to increase your vocabulary and speak with the correct pronunciation.
Focus Points： We will step up from the English we use in our daily lives and increase the vocabulary of words and idioms that can be used in special situations. By having a choice of expressions, you can use different words and improve your vocabulary. In addition, we will strengthen the “pronunciation” that is said to be weak for Japanese people. Even if there is a lot of vocabulary, if the pronunciation is not correct, it will not be communicated to the other party. This level is for those who need to use English for study abroad, certification, business, etc. In addition, we will intensively practice words that are particularly difficult for Japanese people to pronounce. For example, practice pronunciation with “r” and “l” words like: “walk” and “work”, “fast” and “first”, “ball” and “bowl”, “squirrel” and “skewer”, etc. Also, practice the pronunciation of foreign words spoken by native speakers, which are difficult for Japanese people to pronounce (genre, hors d’oeuvres, McDonald’s, unbelievable, etc.).
Target audience: For those who are not satisfied with their English proficiency and want to improve their English expressions and idioms. For example, students who are taking an exam, or those who are aiming to acquire qualifications./p>
Level 5
Develop English Proficiency in Specialized Fields Such as Work
You will be able to speak the specialized English used at work fluently and have discussions in a wide range of fields.
Focus Points： Using specialized words and advanced grammar, we will accumulate role-plays and case studies so that we can respond using English in various scenes and a wide range of fields. You will be able to communicate in your specialized field, and be able to reliably convey what you want to convey to the other party without hesitation. You can speak English smarter at meetings and presentations, which is a great for business people.
Target audience: It is intended for those who are required to have advanced level English proficiency in their work and daily life. For example: those who are in charge of overseas sales at their company, those who are working in industry-academia-government collaboration. Or for those who are working in such related fields: patent, education, medical, tourism, transportation, mechanism, etc.
Level 6
No More Problems With English
English conversation expert.
Focus Points： To have no problems with English in everyday life or work, and reach an expert level to speak English as if it were the mother tongue.
The ultimate goal is to make English a second mother tongue.
Target audience: Those who want to maintain their English proficiency. This is for people who are worried that their English has become dull because they have stopped using English after returning to Japan. For example: those who have studied abroad, expatriates, returnees, and those who have lived abroad for many years.
Kids Solfege Lesson
The “Kids Solfege Lesson” is perfect for children aged 2 to 3. For those wondering, it is never too early to begin learning piano.
Through music, we will improve various abilities centered around listening.
Of course, the lessons incorporate piano, so students can naturally come into contact with it.
According to our original ACE curriculum arranged into 10 steps, we have fun lessons using various items (flashcards, games, toys, etc.), so even small children can take lessons with confidence.
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