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 Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:36 am
I'm currently doing the IB in Copenhagen and thought about studying Japanese next year.
My Questions are:
Is anyone else in here planning to study Japanese or do you or did you study it? >.o
How was it / is it? Any Tips?
Also... I'm not sure where to study it.
I might move to either Canada or America next year...
What are some good universities to study Japanese and where are they?
Thanks in advance for any help... :}
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:06 pm
i am still in high school and i cant wait also to start learning japanese
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:05 pm
I just graduated college/uni where I had majored in Japanese. I went to the University of Pittsburgh, which I believe has a very good Japanese program (it's ranked quite well nationally also, from what I understand). It focuses on speaking, listening and grammar in particular for the first three years, which gives students not only great speaking skills (something that is lacking at many schools), but also a great foundation in the language (it's very unlikely you will become fluent within the typical four-year span of university).
In any case, good luck!
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:11 am
I am currently in high school, and since they don't offer it at my school, I self-study. I use Japanese textbooks, sometimes they can be expensive, but they are worth it, well some are. I use the Genki I textbook/workbook and Japanese for busy people(which I do and do not recommend). I recommend that you search around for a while and take your time when looking for a high quality Japanese textbook. I also recommend you learning hiragana and katakana early in your Japanese studies, don't put it off. Some people might even recommend you learning hiragana and katakana before you even get a textbook, so that you can have more time to practice reading and writing and such things. I also recommend that you don't learn Japanese for anime(informal verb tenses are something you shouldn't worry about so soon). Also, when you get your textbook(s), try to think in Japanese. Like whenever there's a moment where you know how to reply to someone in Japanese, think about it, I dont know how to explain it haha. One last thing, studying throught the day is good and all, but studying before you go to bed is best, then reviewing in the morning.
(these are all of the suggestions I could think of at the moment. The thing about thinking in Japanese is sorta hard to explain but you might understand it ^_^)
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:39 am
HarajukuxBoy I am currently in high school, and since they don't offer it at my school, I self-study. I use Japanese textbooks, sometimes they can be expensive, but they are worth it, well some are. I use the Genki I textbook/workbook and Japanese for busy people(which I do and do not recommend). I recommend that you search around for a while and take your time when looking for a high quality Japanese textbook. I also recommend you learning hiragana and katakana early in your Japanese studies, don't put it off. Some people might even recommend you learning hiragana and katakana before you even get a textbook, so that you can have more time to practice reading and writing and such things. I also recommend that you don't learn Japanese for anime(informal verb tenses are something you shouldn't worry about so soon). Also, when you get your textbook(s), try to think in Japanese. Like whenever there's a moment where you know how to reply to someone in Japanese, think about it, I dont know how to explain it haha. One last thing, studying throught the day is good and all, but studying before you go to bed is best, then reviewing in the morning. (these are all of the suggestions I could think of at the moment. The thing about thinking in Japanese is sorta hard to explain but you might understand it ^_^) Really? Because cramming it all in at night usually tires the crap outta me, and I heard your mind is wet cement in the morning... hmn. The rest of thats good advice though. I'm studying informally. I can speak alright but learning to read/write sounds like a daunting task.
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:41 pm
Skullchan HarajukuxBoy I am currently in high school, and since they don't offer it at my school, I self-study. I use Japanese textbooks, sometimes they can be expensive, but they are worth it, well some are. I use the Genki I textbook/workbook and Japanese for busy people(which I do and do not recommend). I recommend that you search around for a while and take your time when looking for a high quality Japanese textbook. I also recommend you learning hiragana and katakana early in your Japanese studies, don't put it off. Some people might even recommend you learning hiragana and katakana before you even get a textbook, so that you can have more time to practice reading and writing and such things. I also recommend that you don't learn Japanese for anime(informal verb tenses are something you shouldn't worry about so soon). Also, when you get your textbook(s), try to think in Japanese. Like whenever there's a moment where you know how to reply to someone in Japanese, think about it, I dont know how to explain it haha. One last thing, studying throught the day is good and all, but studying before you go to bed is best, then reviewing in the morning. (these are all of the suggestions I could think of at the moment. The thing about thinking in Japanese is sorta hard to explain but you might understand it ^_^) Really? Because cramming it all in at night usually tires the crap outta me, and I heard your mind is wet cement in the morning... hmn. The rest of thats good advice though. I'm studying informally. I can speak alright but learning to read/write sounds like a daunting task. Of course, I WOULD NOT, advise you to just cram guring the night. But, to study regularly, but the things that you study before you go to bed and review in the morning, will stick easier. I personally study new stuff on Fridays and review all the stuff and try to use the stuff all week (mostly because my schedual is a bit tight). I should JUST study at night, because it will be easy to become tired, and evetually, doze off haha. I was just stating what scientist have found to be true, and what seems to work for most people.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:17 pm
I'm in High school too so its a little hard but I'm teaching myself to speak Japanese.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:08 pm
I'm in college right now, but the Japanese class is popular and I don't have time (with my major) to really take any classes, so I've been teaching myself...which is probably why I'm not getting very far because I don't have much time to study... sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:56 pm
I'm minoring in Japanese at the University of Washington. The Japanese program here is pretty good- I don't think it's world-renowned or anything though. It's in Seattle, so there's a TON of Japanese students itching for study-buddies, so if you don't mind teaching people a bit of English, there are tons of opprotunities to practice conversational Japanese. There's also lots of conversation clubs and the like, and the UW has a bunch of study abroad opprotunities- I just got accepted to a month-long summer study abroad with Waseda University in Tokyo.
If you want to JUST do Japanese, however, then I reccomend the University of Portland. I've never been there, but their Japanese program is really great. They are partnered with the Waseda University (through which I'm doing my study abroad), so they have some great stuff. The only problem with Portland is that there probably won't be as many Japanese people to practice with XD But their program is a little more extensive than the UW's, I think.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:07 pm
University of Queensland in Australia. UQ is one of the top 100 universities across the globe. I think it ranked about 32. I'm going to be studying Japanese there in about two weeks. But, if you really want to learn Japanese, then go to Japan. Its surprising how quickly you pick it up.
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:46 am
i use a translater for right now untill my school gets a japanese course
freedict.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:06 am
I took Japanese 101 in university and I found it really hard. I had a heavy courseload and all my other classes were intense, like anthropology, history, biology, etc. I did not do good in Japanese 101 simply because I just didn't have the time to study it.
If you plan on taking Japanese, I'd recommend you only take that. It's not a "bird course" of any kind.
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:53 pm
Sadly, my school doesnt offer Japanese...
But I hope to take it later, like in college or something...
I really do want to learn sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:43 am
im in secondary school and im going to highschool (in rotterdam, the netherlands) next year. They do have japanese classes there but i dont know if thats only for the economic studying people. At the moment im studying on my own and have some help of japanese friends. I use japanese for busy people which is an ok book to start with. Only when you buy it buy the non romanized first version, because the romanized will make it harder to understand part two and three.
Genki is not available here. So i cant say anything about that book.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:28 am
Mhm, I'd love to study Japanese on a university that offers to study abroad..
What about universities in Canada? Does anyone know if the program offered by the University of Alberta is good?
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