| There are many significant benefits of learning | | | | the various dialects of this island nation. There is |
| Japanese in Japan as opposed to learning in your | | | | little point in learning how to speak Japanese for |
| own country. One major block to learning | | | | your employer, and then being unable to |
| Japanese quickly in the USA or the UK for | | | | understand the distinctive Osaka accent. By living |
| example, is a lack of others wanting to learn as | | | | with Japanese people and talking them 24/7 you |
| you do. French and German classes are generally | | | | will gain an understanding of the language not |
| well attended, as are Italian and Spanish, but not | | | | possible in your own country. |
| generally Japanese unless you live in an area with | | | | Children learn by listening to their parents and |
| a high enough population to get a good class | | | | siblings speak, and by being surrounded by |
| together. | | | | Japanese speakers during your stay in Japan you |
| Another problem with learning Japanese is that it | | | | will learn in a more permanent way than if you |
| is a category III language, which means that it is | | | | learned in college. You would not be learning |
| difficult for people with English as their native | | | | massive lists of vocabulary, but by hearing the |
| language to learn. It differs from English in many | | | | sounds day in day out and understanding their |
| ways, such as the verb in a sentence appearing | | | | meaning so that you can easily learn them. |
| at the very end, so that the meaning of the | | | | Visit Japanese restaurants and order your own |
| passage is difficult understand until it has been | | | | food in Japanese. Shop in Japanese stores and |
| completed. The language can be written in three | | | | order your own items, purchase and read |
| different ways, each of which has to be learned. | | | | Japanese newspapers and magazines and |
| Particles (not, to, do) follow nouns. | | | | immerse yourself in the language and the culture |
| All of these deviations from the English language | | | | of the country. You will be taught functional |
| render learning Japanese difficult, which is a major | | | | Japanese, and be able to live in the country |
| reason for choosing to learn it in Japan. Not only | | | | yourself, independently of anyone to help you |
| that, but Japanese take about twice the number | | | | with the language. |
| of words to say something as English does, so | | | | Japanese is one of the world's major languages, |
| you have to speak more of it to pass the same | | | | right up there with Mandarin, English Spanish and |
| message. If you take all of these reasons | | | | French. It is becoming increasingly important for |
| together then, more than any other, Japanese is | | | | importing and exporting businesses to employ |
| best learned in its country of origin. | | | | Japanese speakers, and the Japanese respect |
| Most people learning the language are not doing so | | | | Westerners that have taken the time to learn |
| as a hobby, but for business or professional | | | | their language - particularly if they have learned it |
| reasons. It is therefore to the benefit of their | | | | properly. Learning Japanese in Japan is therefore |
| employer to enable them to learn in the best and | | | | the best and quickest way to learn the language, |
| fastest possible way by learning to speak | | | | and you will learn how to speak Japanese just as |
| Japanese in Tokyo, Sapporo or Kyoto. To | | | | the Japanese speak it. Understanding a language |
| reinforce this point, it takes a good student | | | | and the culture that gave rise to it is a very |
| around 80 - 90 weeks of tuition to learn to speak | | | | important part of learning to speak it and write it. |
| and write the language to an advanced standard. | | | | In fact, it is a very difficult language to learn how |
| The advantages of learning Japanese in Japan | | | | to write, and by doing so in Japan you will give |
| should now be evident. | | | | yourself a much better chance of doing it |
| When you learn a language in its own country you | | | | properly than if you went to some day or night |
| learn not just the mechanics of that language, but | | | | class back home. |
| its passion and the little things that make it what | | | | Don't sell yourself short, and don't sell your |
| it is. In Japan, you will also learn the culture of the | | | | employees short, because this is one difficult |
| country, its art, history and geography, and also | | | | language to learn under the best of |
| about regional dialects. This is an extremely | | | | circumstances, and learning Japanese in Japan will |
| important aspect of understanding a language as | | | | give you or your employees a marvelous |
| opposed to just simply being able to translate it | | | | opportunity to learn to speak like a resident of |
| or read it. | | | | Japan - which, after all, is what you would be for |
| You will learn how to speak fluent Japanese using | | | | a while. |
| a Japanese accent, and receive an introduction to | | | | |