Short Course (3 months)

Shinwa Foreign Language Academy

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Kursinhalte

Hören, Sprechen, Aussprache, Lesen, Schreiben, Wortschatz, Grammatik und Aktivitäten

Stundenplan

Kursdauer
10-20 Wochen
Starttermin
10 Apr 2024, 04 Jul 2024, 10 Okt 2024 und 13 Jan 2025
Unterrichtseinheiten pro Woche
20 lessons per week (jede Kurseinheit entspricht 45 Minuten)
Unterrichtstage
Montag - Freitag
Schulferien
29 Apr 2024, 29 Apr 2024, 03 Mai 2024, 04 Mai 2024, 05 Mai 2024, 20 Mai 2024, 23 Sep 2024, 03 Nov 2024

Shinwa Academy bietet keine Sprachreisen während der oben genannten Ferienzeit an, bitte wählen Sie einen anderen Starttermin aus.

Unterrichtszeiten

You can choose from the following class times:

Vormittagsunterricht
09:00 - 12:25
Nachmittagsunterricht
13:00 - 16:25

Der Stundenplan kann sich aufgrund der aktuellen Verfügbarkeit und Saison ändern.

Kursbeschreibung

Shinwa has short courses available for people who are already in Japan or are coming to Japan and accommodation. These courses are designed to help people brush up their Japanese or begin their studies. This is ideal for people who are working part time, evenings or visiting Japan as they can attend morning classes before their work begins.

Classes cover all aspects of Japanese learning. Speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and culture. We also have a variety of activities for you to engage in as well as interested sightseeing spots for you to enjoy during your stay.

NOTE: We can only accept students from America, Australia, Canada, Europe and New Zealand.
NOTE: If a VISA is needed, we cannot supply supporting documents for an application for a short course.

Niveau des Sprachkurses

Alle Sprachniveaus, Anfänger bis Fortgeschrittene
Sie werden am ersten Tag einen Einstufungstest in der Schule machen. Sie können diesen Test auch vor Ihrer Ankunft in Tokio machen.

Klassengröße

Durchschnitt 15 Studenten
Maximum 20 Studenten

Alter der Sprachschüler

Altersdurchschnitt 18 Jahre und älter
Durchschnitt 23 Jahre alt
(19 im Sommer)

Zertifikat

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Bewertungen

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"Great teachers, very tough class"

Evan Poladian, Sprachschüler aus USA

I really enjoyed this class. The course went over chapters 1-24 in the minna no nihongo textbooks with tests every week and a final on the last week. This also includes intensive hiragana and katakana workbooks as well as a kanji book we started on the 3rd week. I did not pass the class because I did not study enough. However, I highly recommend this class for new Japanese learners because through this class I made significant progress in understanding the language. Far more than I was managing with self study.
The one major issue I experienced is that this school seems more geared for Chinese students so I did not have many English speaking classmates. Which means that if you don’t understand something there’s not going to be someone you can rely on to quickly explain it in English if you’re completely lost. I was in a class of 12 people and I was the only American. There were 8 Chinese students, 2 Vietnamese students and 1 French student. From the looks of it that was common throughout the whole school. Personally, I was okay with this because it forced me to interact using the class content and I couldn’t realistically communicate ideas by falling back on my native tongue. If you take this class I highly, highly, recommend going to the English counselor for assistance if there’s anything you don’t understand.

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Meine Bewertung für diese Sprachschule

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Sprachkursdauer
9 Wochen
Kursbeginn
16 Oct 2023 - 22 Dec 2023
Würden Sie die Sprachschule weiter empfehlen?
Ja
Dies ist eine bestätigte Bewertung. Der Sprachschüler, der die Bewertung verfasst hat, hat diese Sprachreise bei Language International gebucht.

"Very organized & structured method of learning"

EDWARD HONG, Sprachschüler aus Taiwan

I liked how organized the content was taught, for instance, each chapter would progressively built on the past lessons. I've also noticed that the teachers would change the grammatical structure of their sentences in order to demonstrate how the new chapter's content could be used. The location was nice and easy to access, I've been able to travel to my classroom via Tram, Subway, JR and all of them were very convenient.

I did not get to participate any activities nor use any provided houses so no comment.

I did find it troublesome with the pacing of the course, I took the 10-week session with Shinwa found it somewhat difficult to catch up if I fail to understand the current chapter's content. I also found that there is a lack of discipline in some classes. There was a day when the instructor didn't come and my class was split and merged with another class that was loud and disrespectful. It was not a good environment to learn in, as my peers would chatter in Mandarin and the instructor was not able to control the class.

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Meine Bewertung für diese Sprachschule

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Sprachkursdauer
10 Wochen
Kursbeginn
10 Apr 2023 - 23 Jun 2023
Würden Sie die Sprachschule weiter empfehlen?
Ja
Dies ist eine bestätigte Bewertung. Der Sprachschüler, der die Bewertung verfasst hat, hat diese Sprachreise bei Language International gebucht.
Ben Merritt, Office Director at Shinwa Foreign Language Academy responded to this review.
17 July 2023

I am both glad and sorry about your experience.
Generally higher level classes are much more disciplined and students are more focused. But we often find that those studying their first 3 months take time to become accustomed to the Japanese educational system, and as a result they often chat with each other about unrelated matters to the classes.
I will bring this up with the principal.

"Fantastic environment and lovely teachers."

Michael Laetsch, Sprachschüler aus Australien

Had a great time. Teachers were passionate and accommodating. Loved my time there.

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9 Wochen
Kursbeginn
11 Jan 2023 - 21 Mar 2023
Würden Sie die Sprachschule weiter empfehlen?
Ja
Dies ist eine bestätigte Bewertung. Der Sprachschüler, der die Bewertung verfasst hat, hat diese Sprachreise bei Language International gebucht.
Ben Merritt, Office Director at Shinwa Foreign Language Academy responded to this review.
17 July 2023

Thank you very much for your kind words, we are very pleased you had a good experience.

"Really nice school"

Kevin Sandri, Sprachschüler aus Italien

It has been nice. Teachers were friendly and overall everyhthing was ok.
Maybe just the teaching method was hard for europeans, due to different
method of learning

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3 Wochen
Kursbeginn
6 Jan 2020 - 31 Jan 2020
Würden Sie die Sprachschule weiter empfehlen?
Ja
Dies ist eine bestätigte Bewertung. Der Sprachschüler, der die Bewertung verfasst hat, hat diese Sprachreise bei Language International gebucht.
Mika Hatakeyama, Student Manager & Interpreter at Shinwa Foreign Language Academy responded to this review.
06 July 2020

Thank you for your feedback.
The educational culture shock is always surprising for some people as it is very different in Japan compared to Europe and America.

It was a pleasure to have you here though.

"Supportive native speaking staff and enthusiastic teachers"

Katie Lambert

I was picked up at the airport and guided by a Ben from the office who took me to me accommodation by train, then registered me at city hall, got my insurance, hanko, bank account and mobile phone. He was really helpful.

Classes began a few days later and were hard at first as they do not use English at all so it’s fully immersive and intensive. But I soon caught up and adapted to the study culture of Japan.

Teachers helped me a lot and were really supportive and enthusiastic. They helped me to apply for college and I got in too.

Ben helped me a lot in his free time too, taking me to hospitals, dentists and even to sort out my first bills at my apartment.

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Sprachkursdauer
74 Wochen
Kursbeginn
15 Oct 2018 - 20 Mar 2020
Würden Sie die Sprachschule weiter empfehlen?
Ja
Ben Merritt, Office Director at Shinwa Foreign Language Academy responded to this review.
20 August 2019

Thank you very much. I will look forward to seeing you graduate in March.

"Energetic, fast paced and great support"

James Stevens

I studied for an 18-month course and graduated last year. The course was fast pace and hard to keep up for the first 2 weeks. But teachers organizes man to man classes after in English to help me catch up. After a week of these, I was back on track.

Japanese schools teach in Japanese only which was daunting at first but once you pick up the language and self-study you can learn very easily.

I went from beginner to N3/2 level in my time.

After I graduated I returned to the states and now work in a company that needed a Japanese speaker so I often visit Japan now.

It’s a good school and the English speaking staff, Ben was super supportive and helpful. He taught me basic grammar in his free time when I was stuck and helped me with registering at city hall and stuff.

Can’t recommend this school enough.

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Qualität des Unterrichts
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Sprachkursdauer
75 Wochen
Kursbeginn
5 Oct 2015 - 17 Mar 2017
Würden Sie die Sprachschule weiter empfehlen?
Ja
Ben Merritt, Office Director at Shinwa Foreign Language Academy responded to this review.
01 February 2018

Thank you very much for your review!

I hope your studies are going well and that you are able to use Japanese as often as you can with your chosen career!

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Visum

Leider können wir für Sie kein Visum beantragen. Falls Sie ein Visum benötigen, kann Ihnen die Schule alle nötigen Unterlagen einschließlich der Annahmebestätigung und Quittung über die Zahlung der Gebühren zuschicken.

Ihre Buchungsbestätigung wird kostenfrei per Post an Ihre Heimatadresse geschickt. Wenn Sie Ihre Unterlagen per Express-Versand erhalten möchten, werden Ihnen ¥ 4,000 bei der Anmeldung in Rechnung gestellt.

Flüge und Flughafentransfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Tokio based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Reiseversicherung

Sorglos im Ausland studieren mit einer Kranken- und Reiseversicherung von Language International. Wenn Sie einen Kurs bei uns buchen, können Sie auch eine international gültige Versicherung buchen, die nicht nur Ihre Kosten im Krankheitsfall deckt, sondern auch den Verlust Ihres Gepäcks. Sie müssen Ihre Versicherung im voraus bei Ihrer Anmeldung buchen.

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