Chinese/Korean/Japanese 2015 entry?

Yeah same for me, its definitely my second choice!

Ahh haha what a coincidence! Yeah me too, I'm looking forward to it! Do you reckon there are gonna be quite a few people at the taster at the Oriental Institute?
I want to look at Pembroke, and maybe Hetford and another one I can't remember the name of! Yeah me too, never been to see the any of the colleges before so pretty excited.

I was actually thinking that a few days ago. When I came to the Oriental Institute open day at the end of April, there were about 30 people in the room for Japanese, and the Chinese room had about the same. I'm hoping the taster courses won't be overly crowded, but still, it will be nice to meet other people interested in the same subject. Japanese (and Chinese) are quite niche subjects that not many people study/want to study, so I never really have the opportunity to talk to others about it!

Yeah, I hope it won't be! But I guess its Oxford, so every subject has a lot of people wanting to study it… But it should still be good, I'm sure
Yeah I haven't met any other people who want to study it. Why do you want to study Japanese out of interest?

I've been asked that question so many times but I still find it really hard to answer! I guess there are a number of reasons I want to study it. I find the language itself really interesting (e.g social hierarchy plays a major role in the grammar of the language; there are 3 different 'alphabets' (though I hate using that word as they aren't alphabets)). I also find japanese literature and history fascinating, and the culture of japan is pretty amazing too. What about you? How comes you're interested in Chinese

So you want to move away from London and see somewhere else?
& Is it the languages and cultures taster day? I'm going too and I think someone on the SOAS 2015 Applicants said they were... I got a reminder email but have you had anything about signing up for different languages yet?

I got the email a few minutes ago about selecting languages There are 3 tasters. I've selected Chinese for the 1st, Korean for the 2nd and Arabic for the 3rd. I was thinking of doing the Japanese taster, but realised that most of the people there will probably be beginners, and considering I'm doing the Japanese A level it would be a bit pointless tbh.

I got it too xD I replied asap to try and get my choices~ I chose Japanese for first and Chinese for the second, and then Arabic >< same with you and Japanese but I didn't choose Korean because I thought it would be a very simple introduction. I wish Japanese GCSE/A Level had been offered near me though Did you put down Chinese culture for the cultural workshop part?

Ah haha. We're doing Chinese in the opposite sessions . And yes, I did put the Chinese cultural workshop. I'm not really that interested in the midde east so wasn't really considering doing that lecture.

Hey, I'm hoping to study Chinese for 2015 entry!
What I also really liked was for both places, if you've studied the language before, you don't need to start from Ni Hao etc. You take a test in your first week which assesses your language skill and whether you can progress slightly further.

Hi

I'm looking at studying Japanese (or Japanese + Chinese). I'm looking at Oxford, Edinburgh, Durham, SOAS and Leeds.

What would you say is the best Oxford college for Japanese? I've heard it's Hertford but I'm not sure.

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what do you define as "best"? Hertford lets in the most for Japanese (4 per year) and is one of the few colleges with a fellow in Japanese, but i didn't really like the college though. it was too small and because it doesn't have that much money, its facilities aren't as good as some of the other colleges. Anyway, you've still got over a year until you need to apply. A lot can change in that time, so I wouldn't worry about it for the time being

I liked the look of St John's. Which college are you applying to, if you are applying at all?

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I'm applying to Wadham. They let in quite a few for Oriental Studies (~8) and I really liked the college!

Oh, cool! Wadham does seems nice! Good luck! How do you find out how many they let for Oriental Studies in each college?

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みなさん、こんにちは!

I'm doing computing at the university of Worcester but I am planning to take a Japanese module which counts towards my degree ^__^

I've taught myself Japanese before but I would feel more confident learning it in a proper environment xD

I'm going to be in a similar position, I'm off to university to do Computer Science while also studying Japanese as a module which also counts toward my degree.

わああ~

that's so cool! Where will you be studying? :3

Hull University