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Trident
Joined: 30 Oct 2011
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Location: Japan
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| Also, one question on a side note: a friend of mine told me that there are cultural centers where you can learn Japanese for free (I don't know if they're sponsored by the government or not), but have you heard of these? If so, how available are they? Would this come under a cultural visa that I could work part time with? |
I go to one of these at my local ward office. There's usually a choice of weekly sessions (in my case Wednesday evenings or Friday mornings) which last for 90 minutes. There's a one-off fee of 500Yen which covers photocopying/admin charges and occasional drinks and/or snacks. They're run by volunteers so standards vary but for 500Yen you can't complain! As regards the visa, I think anyone can attend irrespective of status, since it's not a formal course. Hope that helps! |
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Tsian
Joined: 10 Jan 2012
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| Actually, with regard to schools, as long as you have a valid visa (work or study, etc) I believe you are able to engage in "study" as it does not qualify as an activity for which you receive compensation. (but, I'm honestly not 100% sure on that!) |
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womblingfree
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| kona wrote: |
| a friend of mine told me that there are cultural centers where you can learn Japanese for free (I don't know if they're sponsored by the government or not), but have you heard of these? If so, how available are they? Would this come under a cultural visa that I could work part time with? |
These are sometimes run at a local ward office. I went to classes in Idabashi years ago run by volunteers. About 500 yen for the year, plus they gave you a text book!!
These are basically the Japanese equivalent of community ESOL projects, JSOL if you like.
One word of advice, and that would be to at least begin to learn Katakana and Hiragana before you start these classes. Whilst they're sometimes split into Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced classes, even the beginner classes assume you'll be able to read simple words fairly quickly. Even the most basic text book was all in Japanese.
My beginner class had Korean and Chinese who picked it up very quickly, and a few Americans with basic Katakana/Hiragana skills. |
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