Reviews

I enjoyed the day we went to the Udon shop and had lunch. That was a very simple thing, but I learned a lot.

The lecture we had on Japanese Psychology was definitely my favorite because it helped me better understand how and why Japanese people think the way they do.

In my class, with so many students whose native language I don’t understand, class trips were fun opportunities to chat with fellow students in Japanese and get to know them better.

It was fun the interact with the upperclassmen and teachers outside of a school environment.

Just sign up for it. The earlier the better. This was the best decision I made in my learning of Japanese.

I loved that in class, everyone was required to try and speak Japanese. It can be nerve racking speaking a new language in front of people you hardly know. So it enables you to find courage so that you may be able to speak it in any situation.

Just taking classes isn’t enough. You have to be proactive about using your Japanese.

Students are from all over the world and we can only communicate in Japanese to understand each other.

The culture class helped me think about the differences in Japanese culture from American culture.

Every now and again, you have to switch to your mother tongue — it’s inevitable. However, if it wasn’t for studying in that kind of intensive setting that forces you to think in the language, I probably wouldn’t have advanced as far as I did in Japanese.