My Japanese has improved incredibly while attending school at Kai. I can now do
everyday things such as going to the bank conbini (convenience stores) supa (supermarket) I even got my driver's license
because of coming here to Kai, so it's been great.
The class structure is divided into 8 levels from 1 level to 8 levels.
The beginner class is usually in the afternoon, the intermediate class is either in the morning or afternoon,
and the advanced class is usually in the morning.
My school timetable personally starts at 9 o'clock it's every day Monday to
Friday so I get here at 9 o'clock and we do probably about 10 to 15 minutes of
warm-up or free talk or we do shadowing where we read a script and listen to the audio
as it plays and then we repeat that in real-time so and that helps with your speaking abilities.
After that our regular classes start so it's usually kanji for two blocks which is
about 2 hours and then bunpo (grammar) and reading and listening for the next 2 hours.
It's very interesting and my day ends at 12:50. Students are from everywhere in the world.
Right now we have a student from Sweden, Austria, America, another person from Canada,
Italy, Spain, Hong Kong, so everywhere in the world, that's what makes Kai great.
We have been using our original material for a long time
and we had the idea of using it on an iPad. In the beginning, we just converted the paper materials into digital format
but we started adding audio, game etc. Now, most of the classes can be done with an iPad.
Of course, we still use paper materials depending on the levels but the iPad is our main tool.
The strong points of the school are the staff, they're very willing to help you out.
They're very adaptable, especially during these times, at the start of the Corona
pandemic they pushed through and allowed us to study Japanese instead of waiting
but since we had original digital teaching materials compared to other schools, I think we were able to switch to online smoothly.
So we were able to continue to offer lessons online without having to stop the lessons.
Now the students learning online and at school attend the same class at the same time.
Then, the big digital board over there is very useful for that.
It is like a big iPad, we use Zoom, and the faces of the online students are shown on there,
and the teaching materials are also shown there.
The advantage of using the board is the interaction of sound.
Students learning online can hear our voices, and we can also hear their voices well.
We have these big screens here now where we could actually interact with people that are
at home or in different countries while we're in the classroom at the same time and it works
very seamlessly. so if we do group sessions I could have a group session with the people in Canada, in
America, in Italy and people here at home while I'm at school and they could have the same experience.
We are flexible with students' needs.
We help you if you wish to find a job in Japan, or if you wish to study, we also provide support.
We can provide lots of support, so come study at Kai!