University of Sheffield
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Prospective Chinese, Korean, Japanese or East Asian Studies Students.
Hey, has anyone received any offers yet regarding Sheffield's Japanese studies? I received my offer this morning, was wondering if anyone else had yet. 
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
Hey, just thought id say hi, I started my Japanese degree this year at Sheffield and just wanted to put myself forward for any questions you may have regarding the course or dept. needless to say its fanastic
Original post by wallop2
Hey, I'm going to send my UCAS application by the end of this week!
How long did it take for everyone here to receive an offer?
Do you have any advice for applying in terms of your personal statement r anything else would be great help!
How long did it take for everyone here to receive an offer?
Do you have any advice for applying in terms of your personal statement r anything else would be great help!
hey, What Djevy said is good advice, aslong as you convey the interest you have in the language and the culture, also it is alot of work so mention something that lets them know that you are prepared for the challenge ( not gonna lie in terms of work we get more than other courses but thats due mostly to kanji and constant new vocab )
Original post by Gaijin2013
Hey, just thought id say hi, I started my Japanese degree this year at Sheffield and just wanted to put myself forward for any questions you may have regarding the course or dept. needless to say its fanastic
Hi Gajin I'm really hoping to get into Sheffield ad study Japanese. Can I ask what have you started to learn so far? so if im very fortunate to get in that I wouldn't have to start from scratch.
Original post by wallop2
Hi Gajin I'm really hoping to get into Sheffield ad study Japanese. Can I ask what have you started to learn so far? so if im very fortunate to get in that I wouldn't have to start from scratch.
well so far we have gone through such alot in a short space and would take too long to say what we have done, we have 8 contact hours plus one "optional" kanji class a week, every grammar class (three a week) we learn a new grammar point and the other classes are speaking and listening practice and then there is alot of studying outside of class, you have the option to take a placement test and if you have prior knowledge they will have you in another group to begin with, but honestly they prefer ab initio learners and everything is taught from scratch so i would not worry too much about learning prior ( just aslong as you know the hirigana and katakana you will be fine)
Just tidied this thread up a little. Lets all keep it on topic now
If you feel someone is derailing the thread or someone is being offensive it is better to not engage with them and just report it instead. 
Arigatō!
(I hope that means thank you haha,
)Original post by BethaneyJ
Just tidied this thread up a little. Lets all keep it on topic now If you feel someone is derailing the thread or someone is being offensive it is better to not engage with them and just report it instead.
Arigatō!
(I hope that means thank you haha,)
Just tidied this thread up a little. Lets all keep it on topic now
If you feel someone is derailing the thread or someone is being offensive it is better to not engage with them and just report it instead. Arigatō!
(I hope that means thank you haha,
)Thanks it did get a bit off topic there and yes that is thank you
.Hey I have just read this http://yeonhwajapan.tumblr.com/post/4609117345/sheffield-unis-year-abroad-process article and was if anyone knew what was meant by needing £10,000 in your bank account to get a student visa ? 
thanks.
thanks.Hi I'm trying to find out some important things about the year abroad for Japanese Studies (at university of Sheffield). Does anyone know how much you pay that year, because I've heard it's a reduced fee. When you are over there, do you get help with living costs etc ?. I just can't find much information on this. Any help would be really appreciated.
Hello all,
I've firmed Sheffield for Linguistics and Japanese Studies a few days ago!
I've firmed Sheffield for Linguistics and Japanese Studies a few days ago!
Original post by djevy
Hey I have just read this http://yeonhwajapan.tumblr.com/post/4609117345/sheffield-unis-year-abroad-process article and was if anyone knew what was meant by needing £10,000 in your bank account to get a student visa ? thanks.
thanks.Hey,
Have just had my first year abroad meeting a few days ago , we were told that you do not have to physically have the money in your account, however you do need to have proof of access to the funds, this is through SFE, perhaps family, Savings etc...
また九月でしょう。シェフイ―ルドがすごいですよ。。。
Hiya there,
I have accepted my offer to do Japanese at Sheffield, however I placed it as my insurance choice and not my first choice! I want to change that, my first choice is currently SOAS but i haven't heard great things about that place. My main concern with Sheffield is that I know it seems to be a 'typical student' place as in everyone is always partying and I'm not really into all of that. I will also be 21 when I start is there many other people who are 'older' that are on the course?
Hope this is seen! Thank you
I have accepted my offer to do Japanese at Sheffield, however I placed it as my insurance choice and not my first choice! I want to change that, my first choice is currently SOAS but i haven't heard great things about that place. My main concern with Sheffield is that I know it seems to be a 'typical student' place as in everyone is always partying and I'm not really into all of that. I will also be 21 when I start is there many other people who are 'older' that are on the course?
Hope this is seen! Thank you
Original post by Tishtosh1593
Hiya there,
I have accepted my offer to do Japanese at Sheffield, however I placed it as my insurance choice and not my first choice! I want to change that, my first choice is currently SOAS but i haven't heard great things about that place. My main concern with Sheffield is that I know it seems to be a 'typical student' place as in everyone is always partying and I'm not really into all of that. I will also be 21 when I start is there many other people who are 'older' that are on the course?
Hope this is seen! Thank you
I have accepted my offer to do Japanese at Sheffield, however I placed it as my insurance choice and not my first choice! I want to change that, my first choice is currently SOAS but i haven't heard great things about that place. My main concern with Sheffield is that I know it seems to be a 'typical student' place as in everyone is always partying and I'm not really into all of that. I will also be 21 when I start is there many other people who are 'older' that are on the course?
Hope this is seen! Thank you
Just a note to say that "everyone" isn't always partying there are plenty of people who prefer a quieter life. If you apply to live somewhere like Ranmoor you have a higher chance of living with people more like yourself that way
I've applied to do Korean Studies this September but I've heard of someone switching to Japanese because the lessons were not like that the Japanese department offers? Can any Korean student in 3rd or 4th year perhaps give some insight please? 
Obviously fluency comes through hard work you do outside the classroom too but don't the classes help significantly or is this just some big headed person I've read about on here?
Obviously fluency comes through hard work you do outside the classroom too but don't the classes help significantly or is this just some big headed person I've read about on here?
Well, the teachers over at Japanese and Korean are different so of course the lessons will be different as well? I'm not sure what you're going for here.
I will be in 4th year Korean with Japanese starting this September. The Korean department has taught 20 credit Korean language modules with 5 hours per week so far, with specialists and non-specialists all in the same class, but they're thinking of separating them since the amount of students has gone up so much. Maybe the switch happened because that person didn't like studying together with non-specialists? Switching happens every year anyway, when people figure out they don't like the subject anymore and whatnot.
5 hours may not seem like much, but considering normal lecture-type courses usually run 1 or 2 hours per week it actually is quite a bit of time, along with lots of vocabulary and grammar learnt every week. If you don't care about acing the material Korean is not intensive, but if you want to do well you're going to have to put in the hours as well, at which point it does get intensive. Most of the learning is done during your year abroad in Korea anyway in veeeeery intensive courses (after which going back to the 5 hours/week seems like child's play but it's mainly meant for keeping up your level of Korean anyway instead of raising the bar by leaps).
Learning a language in a classroom setting does help with structuring your learning, and the teachers have connections so you'll be able to practice the language outside of class as well. But in university most of the learning needs to be done outside of class, whatever the subject.
I will be in 4th year Korean with Japanese starting this September. The Korean department has taught 20 credit Korean language modules with 5 hours per week so far, with specialists and non-specialists all in the same class, but they're thinking of separating them since the amount of students has gone up so much. Maybe the switch happened because that person didn't like studying together with non-specialists? Switching happens every year anyway, when people figure out they don't like the subject anymore and whatnot.
5 hours may not seem like much, but considering normal lecture-type courses usually run 1 or 2 hours per week it actually is quite a bit of time, along with lots of vocabulary and grammar learnt every week. If you don't care about acing the material Korean is not intensive, but if you want to do well you're going to have to put in the hours as well, at which point it does get intensive. Most of the learning is done during your year abroad in Korea anyway in veeeeery intensive courses (after which going back to the 5 hours/week seems like child's play but it's mainly meant for keeping up your level of Korean anyway instead of raising the bar by leaps).
Learning a language in a classroom setting does help with structuring your learning, and the teachers have connections so you'll be able to practice the language outside of class as well. But in university most of the learning needs to be done outside of class, whatever the subject.
Original post by Tishtosh1593
Hiya there,
I have accepted my offer to do Japanese at Sheffield, however I placed it as my insurance choice and not my first choice! I want to change that, my first choice is currently SOAS but i haven't heard great things about that place. My main concern with Sheffield is that I know it seems to be a 'typical student' place as in everyone is always partying and I'm not really into all of that. I will also be 21 when I start is there many other people who are 'older' that are on the course?
Hope this is seen! Thank you
I have accepted my offer to do Japanese at Sheffield, however I placed it as my insurance choice and not my first choice! I want to change that, my first choice is currently SOAS but i haven't heard great things about that place. My main concern with Sheffield is that I know it seems to be a 'typical student' place as in everyone is always partying and I'm not really into all of that. I will also be 21 when I start is there many other people who are 'older' that are on the course?
Hope this is seen! Thank you
Hi Tishtosh! I am starting Korean Studies at SEAS in September at the age of 23, so do not worry, you are not alone!
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