Japanese studies

What learning utensils will we be required to bring- e.g. will we need to bring laptops into lessons, specific textbooks we need to buy etc?

Hey, just finished my first year doing Japanese at Sheff.
You’ll need:

-2B pencils*
We only use pencil in our lessons, we are told a 2B helps you to write Kana + Kanji better. I would recommend a mechanical pencil with some 2B refills so you don’t need to sharpen all the time, super cheap on amazon!
During intro week, Sensei*** will sell you a 2B pencil for 50p if you wish.

-Some sort of A4 paper holder like a poly pocket or a plastic folder/ hard folder.* **
ALL of our work, and I mean ALL of it, is given to us in paper. Every lesson is at least 2-4 sheets, so you’ll be carrying them around all day everyday. All the writing we do is on the sheets given, and we don’t use laptops in class because we’re not allowed to use internet for help (like EVER) and you’ll barely use a note book either.

- Basic Kanji Book Volume 1 & 2 (New Edition)
These books are ESSENTIAL. We learn from them and have a weekly Kanji test based on these books. However, these can only be brought from a website Sensei gives, along with a code for a discount since they are a bit pricey. I wouldn’t buy them anywhere else.

-Gridded Kanji Notebook*
(Or any form of gridded notebook) to use for practicing Kanji. They’re VERY important as the first few weeks of Kanji classes, sensei grinds your guts about them being perfect.
Sensei also sells proper Kanji notebooks in class, if you want some, on a first come, first served basis.

Quick note:
*These apply to Grammar, Practice and Kanji lessons only.

**Some of these things may change due to online/ distant learning because of Covid

***and yes, we must call them (insert last name) Sensei

Hope this helped! Any other questions, feel free to ask!

Thank-you so much for the reply. Have you ever had to submit papers online for the course? Or were a majority of your assessments paper based ?