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Studying at Kobe Toyo has been a fantastic experience for me. In 18 months I’ve gone from having no Japanese language at all, to being able to secure a place in a masters course at a Japanese university (completely through Japanese language).
Some of the strong points of Toyo are the small class sizes, individual attention and support and the flexible curriculum.
As a complete beginner one of the most useful things for me was the advice and support provided by head-teacher Ms.Miyake. Ms.Miyake is of course a native Japanese speaker but she is also fluent in both English and Korean. I was able to benefit from Ms.Miyake’s experience and insight into the learning process. She was always able to give me the advice I needed to succeed in my study.
In addition the college was extremely flexible in helping me study specifically for my major and in helping me with many university related issues. The students are a wonderful mix of people from all over the world.
All of these things come together to make Toyo an exciting and stimulating environment. I’ve not only learned Japanese language but I’ve learned about Japanese culture, made friends from all over the world and had a fantastic time. I whole-heartedly recommend Kobe Toyo Japanese College to any aspiring Japanese learner, but especially to English speakers that want to study in Japan. Good luck with your language learning!
If you would like ask me any questions you can get in touch with me through my website www.davidmcdermott.org
Good luck with your language learning!
http://www.davidmcdermott.org/
It is seriously worth all the trouble you might have. I would know, I had a lot of them.
But once you are sitting at the local cafe or Starbucks) and sipping your morning coffee, surrounded by people all looking at you like you were from Mars, it is worth it!
(What even more fun is to see their faces when you speak to them in Japanese.)
My friend, no reason is too small, study Japanese in Japan!
If you choose Kobe as your destination I would say you won’t regret it. It is a beautiful city that is very peaceful as well as fun and very much alive. I don’t know how they make that work, but they do...
It is very close to Osaka too, if you for some reason can’t find the right bar for you here in Kobe.
As far as this school goes I think it is great, they actually care about there students and their progress. And if you ever have troubles the school helps you out, it is fantabulous.
The teaching system is really nice too; you have a different teacher for every day of the week so if you get stuck on ones way of explaining something (and you will), you just ask the next one until you understand. And they don’t get sick of you! Great huh!
I really recommend this school. (And no, I did not get paid for saying that... :)
Take a chance! You won’t regret it.