I decided to learn Japanese because it was a combination of opportunity and interest. I actually
got an ad from Go! Go! Nihon and I saw that they helped students come to Japan and that kind
of sparked my interest. The opportunity also gave way and here I am now.
I chose the school because from the videos that they had on the website
I feel like this was the option that I wanted to choose. I felt like it gave me a very clear picture
class, I feel like the pace is really good. My goal is to go into University I feel like the
way that it's being done through the intensive class is great.
The lessons are in a really systemized way and it's really easy for us to remember especially in the beginning they
use hand gestures to have you memorize the tenses of the grammar which is really helpful to me.
The special thing about our school is the Ezoe method using these cards.
In Ezoe method, we teach Japanese in a visual way - for example, the yellow cards stand for noun and
the green cards are the verb. And I think this is the best feature of our school.
During class, we start with a review of the grammar and vocabulary we studied the day before,
and then go into the main learning theme of the day.
After we introduce the main theme, we practice it.
At the end of the lesson, I check the conversation between students using the new grammar etc to finish the class.
In terms of homework since I'm in the intensive class it's about one to two hours and I'm getting
okay grades at that rate so, I know some people can do more but for me that's the sweet spot I find.
Well every day we pretty much spend like an hour or so for our homework normally we
don't have that much homework but for studies for example like for memorizing our kanji tests
and for the grammars it will take a bit more time which is like an hour or two. I'm studying in the
'Shingaku class' here in SNG which is a class that helps us prepare for further education the main
purpose here in Japan is to go to a grad school and get into it to get my Master's Degree
and I think it would be really helpful if I can learn Japanese and prepare for it at the same time.
Our 'Shingaku class' helps us prepare our portfolios and our interviews for further education.
We offer career counseling in our counseling room.
There are various types of students - students who want to go on to higher education or get a job
when a student comes for counseling, we provide them advice,
including checking their resumes and practicing job interview.
The area around the school, I feel like it's a great place, with Waseda University nearby, to you know strike up a conversation
with locals and make friends as well as good food there's a nice burger place I like right around
the corner from school and so there's a lot of great options with food and socializing as well.
Takadanobaba, where our school is located, is a student district
where there are many universities and Japanese language schools.
Thanks to that, we have many cafes, restaurants and shops nearby, which makes very convenient town for students.
Try to go out of your comfort zone and use the language as much as you can try to read
everything you can, look up everything you can and you'll see that slowly you'll understand
a lot more of the language than when you first get here. I would definitely recommend
this school, I feel like well for me it's been a great place I mean I've been here
seven months and I feel like I've learned a lot. Definitely come and study at this school, it's a
great place to be great at great atmosphere and Japan is a dream so please come.