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 Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:46 pm
Does anyone know of a school in California (USA) that teaches subjects about Japan and has a study abroad program for Japan. I have been trying to find one on the net. Perferably Somewhere close to the city of Menifee (as in an hour or two)
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:00 am
Well...
I only know most schools provide AP Japanese course...
seriously, I think studying abroad in college is way better
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:11 am
Well I want to study abroad, but it was suggested that I
A) learn to speak japanese if not write it.
B) maybe get some culture classes for japanese.
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:30 pm
Are you talking about a high school or a college?
The majority of American colleges with Japanese programs are in California. You should be able to find them by googling it. Try collegeboard.com even. As far as high schools go, try a magnet school. That's your best bet.
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:57 pm
Yes I was speaking about colleges, I was just hoping that one would be around my area which I cant find. You see I currently do not have the finances to go to college without getting several loans and such. That is a college where I have to live anywhere else but my own house.
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:36 pm
If your college doesn't have a study abroad program in Japan, you can do study abroad via a different American university or directly with a school in Japan. I don't know anyone who did this, but my teacher would always pass out pamphlets for this summer program offered through Portland State University to study at Waseda University, here's a link http://www.wasedaoregon.org . I also had a classmate who found her own study abroad program instead of doing the program offered through my school (which is with Kansai Gaidai), I believe it was at a place called "Tokyo International University." Any study abroad program to Japan is going to be pretty costly, though, that's why I never did one. But in hindsight, I should have just taken out the loans and done it since you can't really duplicate an experience like studying abroad.
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:09 pm
Yep, that is why I am saving up, so that I can get loans but also have enough money to enjoy myself. Though spending a year there is going to be hugely expensive. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:51 pm
lol, a school in california... snif snif. I live in canada, there is nothing about japanese think. Only the minimum like 2 or 3 series on YTV, some hard book to find... The only way to learn japanese, it's to got there. Or by the web.
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:57 am
DeadNalo lol, a school in california... snif snif. I live in canada, there is nothing about japanese think. Only the minimum like 2 or 3 series on YTV, some hard book to find... The only way to learn japanese, it's to got there. Or by the web. Yeah, isn't like the major language taken in canada is French? I know alittle french, had to take two years of it for highschool in order to graduate. It was either french or spanish, while spanish would be more useful in california, I am a little prejudice since most of the spanish/mexican kids (not all but most) in my schools were extremely rude and not only that but the immigrant workers that come up from mexico that think they can drive, are barely able to manuver. So I just didnt want to take spanish cause I wouldnt be using it too often cause I really dont want to talk to them unless they are actually a good hardworking person, but by then they would know alittle english if they plan to work or live in the US. Oh well, back to japanese. I found this one nice older woman that lives in Japan that offered to tutor me in the written language. Problem is my keyboard wont be able to write all the symbols. But I'll make a seperate thread on that.
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:08 am
I wish there were places in Puerto Rico to learn japanese crying
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:02 pm
Corey Furzer Yeah, isn't like the major language taken in canada is French? I know alittle french, had to take two years of it for highschool in order to graduate. It was either french or spanish, while spanish would be more useful in california, I am a little prejudice since most of the spanish/mexican kids (not all but most) in my schools were extremely rude and not only that but the immigrant workers that come up from mexico that think they can drive, are barely able to manuver. So I just didnt want to take spanish cause I wouldnt be using it too often cause I really dont want to talk to them unless they are actually a good hardworking person, but by then they would know alittle english if they plan to work or live in the US. Oh well, back to japanese. I found this one nice older woman that lives in Japan that offered to tutor me in the written language. Problem is my keyboard wont be able to write all the symbols. But I'll make a seperate thread on that.
The french in canada is only in quebec... I live in quebec so I'm still talking french that's why my english is kind of weird...
The only question is: Why there is no japanese language as a choice in North America school.... (wihtout california school)
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:54 pm
I honestly dont know, maybe there just isnt enough demand for it so schools dont supply it (I think I sat in my economics class for too long last semester)
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:54 am
Well, it's generally accepted that Japanese is one of the most difficult languages for English speakers to learn. And schools want kids to pass their classes... I imagine schools would prefer to put their funding towards 'easier' languages.
Plus, Japan is but one small country, whereas many many countries in the world speak Spanish and French.
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:37 am
I don't have a lot of difficulty to speak the "Basic" japanese.... Maybe it's because I'm a french speaker... Maybe english speaker got difficulty because english is the easiest language in the world...
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:50 am
DeadNalo I don't have a lot of difficulty to speak the "Basic" japanese.... Maybe it's because I'm a french speaker... Maybe english speaker got difficulty because english is the easiest language in the world... "Easy" and "hard" is really all relative to what you native tongue is (but there is no way English is the easiest language in the world, just the spelling alone is baffling) People who speak European languages will have an easier time learning other European languages than they will learning Asian Languages. Japanese people probably have just as much trouble with English as English speakers have with Japanese. Also Japanese on it's basic level is actually pretty regular, there's only a handful of irregular verbs, there's no masculine or feminine, there's no "the" or "a" or plural. It's when you start learning all the little idiosyncracies and all the colloquialism that it really starts to kick your a**.
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