What makes QLS Japanese class unique?

 

 1. Maximum 8 students in each class
The relationship between our instructors and students will be more like the one between a doctor and a patient in QLS Japanese Language GYM. That’s why our Japanese class is provided only in a small group setting (maximum 8 students, average 4 to 6). Our teacher pays attention constantly to all students’ progress and make sure that students are addressing their areas which need improvement in an effective manner.

2. No 'direct method'
We strongly believe if the majority of the class shares a common language, naturally, the common language should be employed as needed in order to make their learning process more efficient. Therefore, our class is taught in Japanese and English. Students can understand more clearly each grammar explanation than 'only Japanese class.' This also helps students understand more clearly certain conceptual differences of vocabulary between Japanese and English that are often quite difficult to grasp, and ones that Japanese-English dictionaries don’t cover (e.g. Japanese 'kuru' and 'iku' is not the same as 'come and go'). All our instructors have strong command of English.

3. Student-centered class
One of our policies is to give every student as many opportunities as possible to practice speaking Japanese. Our communicative approach provides students with a learning environment where our instructors become facilitators to give every student in our class as many opportunities as possible to practice speaking Japanese. This is totally different from one-way lecture style in a big class. Our objective is to bring all students to a certain level where students can speak confidently. At this stage, the class is almost ‘Japanese only.’

4. Various course options
Our students have different reasons and different objectives for learning Japanese. Therefore, we offer various class options depending on students’ needs. Some students want to improve only oral skills for the upcoming trip to Japan; others want to pass Japanese language Proficiency Test to get more opportunity to work in Japan. Our school accommodates those different needs as much as possible. We will continue to design new courses in accordance with the students’ demand. We are happy to create tailor-made class per students’ request.

Here are our students' voices