[KeepItSecret]

I was wondering if anyone knew what the Japanese Studies teaching was like at Sheffield? I am thinking about changing my course to Japanese Studies, but I don't know what the department is like as I wasn't thinking about this when I visited.
Does anyone know anything generally about the department or could tell me how much they/anyone they know enjoyed the course or department?

EDIT: Don't really understand what the neg was for..

[Narutofan88]

Hi, im a student of Japanese Studies at Sheffield and from what i gathered in my first year there, the department if friendly and helpful and the teaching is very good, u might find the lessons a bit tedious in some of the speaking lessons but in general the teachers are really nice and will help as long as you're not afraid to ask, I've enjoyed the course a lot and you should defo change if you are interested in Japan at all especially the language, though the course is quite intensive, so if you love to learn Japanese and are focused you should by all means go for it

[Kendo_Artist]

(Original post by KeepItSecret)
I was wondering if anyone knew what the Japanese Studies teaching was like at Sheffield? I am thinking about changing my course to Japanese Studies, but I don't know what the department is like as I wasn't thinking about this when I visited.
Does anyone know anything generally about the department or could tell me how much they/anyone they know enjoyed the course or department?

EDIT: Don't really understand what the neg was for..

As a final year East Asian Studies student who just failed 2nd year Japanese by what must've been a measly percent. I'm gonna be as honest and impartial about this as possible.

1 year seemed intense for a 1st year of a degree I thought....then I went to 2nd year. The jump is about the same as the distance of the Korean DMZ. It does make your Japanese very good very quickly, in 2 years there's a lot I can do with the language, inc understanding newspapers to an extent. and it is enjoyable, but it's also a commitment.

If you stick to it. You'll be fine. Play about too much, and you fall behind very quickly and it's hard to recover from it. Nagai sensei is a pleasure to learn from, speaking classes are as the above post said tedious, but in 2nd year they're much better and help you more in daily situations.

Another thing, if you do join, (i think they're changing this), but there are people who start the course who seem stupidly fluent at Japanese from the get go. Don't be intimidated by this, it's something that the department needs to look at imo, and depending on their level, most of them are asking questions and having to work by the end of 1st year/2nd year.

If you're passionate about Japan and really want to do the language, I hope I've not put you off, it's extremely rewarding and satisfying. But if you're not willing to give up time for it/are easily stressed/easily overwhelmed....I would not recommend doing it as a degree and look into doing the Non specialist Japanese modules as a side of what you'll otherwise do if you can Hope this helps.

[karenyuen1994]

Hello
i will be studying management and economics, but i will like to take a japanese course as the unrestricted module. Unfortunately, i couldn't find the course "EAS145 Japanese language IA" in that list of modules of study for unrestricted module, but there is another one "Japanese for Non-specialists I". I would like to know what is the difference between those two courses? My first impression of "Japanese for Non-specialists I" focuses more on speaking, am i right?