Engineering · Public university
Forty-eight engineering students cleared JLPT N4 in nine months — flat.
Anna University's mechanical and electronics departments wanted to open up Japan-bound placements but had no in-house Japanese capability. Existing weekend coaching produced a sub-30% pass rate on JLPT N5 and zero N4 candidates.
01 · Outcomes
2023 cohort
- 94%
- JLPT N4 first-attempt pass rate
- 48
- Students placed into the cohort
- 9 mo
- From kana to N4 certified
- 12
- Job offers from Japanese firms
02 · How we did it
Approach
- 01
Diagnostic placement test for the full 48-student cohort, splitting into two parallel batches
- 02
Twice-weekly on-campus sessions with Triqora faculty + a third weekly online drill
- 03
Custom textbook adapted from Minna no Nihongo with engineering vocabulary inserts
- 04
Mock JLPT every six weeks with item-level analytics shared back to the department
03 · Curriculum modules
As delivered
- 03.01
Hiragana / Katakana intensive (week 1–2)
- 03.02
Core grammar through Minna no Nihongo I–II
- 03.03
Engineering vocabulary modules (drawings, materials, processes)
- 03.04
JLPT N5 sit (month 4)
- 03.05
JLPT N4 prep & sit (month 9)
04 · In their words
On the record
Anna University
Dr. P. Sundararajan
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering
We had tried weekend coaching with three vendors before Triqora. Their cohort model — clear milestones, real assessments, and an instructor who'd actually taught at a language school in Osaka — was the difference between a hobby and a programme.
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