Same here! I still haven't gotten news from my country's embassy about the placement results. I know it can get depressing, the more time passes, the more I worry that I'll fail even after passing the second screening! Stay strong, there are still lots of other people awaiting their results too.Hi everyone, is there any news about the second batch final results ??? I am still waiting mine, and there is no information from the Embassy personel in My country or the Universities that had 3 LOA from. This is so depresssssing ........... any advice or notes on this subject .......... I would be grateful and is there still a possibility to get rejected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your encouragement and support. I have contacted my first University choice and they told me that since I am going for April intake it is taking more time to process my application, and they advised me to be patient since the final result will due shortly. All the best to all good people waiting that are still waiting their results, and thank you all for your kindness and supportSame here! I still haven't gotten news from my country's embassy about the placement results. I know it can get depressing, the more time passes, the more I worry that I'll fail even after passing the second screening! Stay strong, there are still lots of other people awaiting their results too.
Results came here tooCrossing my fingers everyone gets them soon!
Anyone have any idea when can we apply for extension of the research scholarship to a Master's?
With an arrival date of April 2016 (and language preparatory courses until October 2016) you can take the entrance exam at around October 2017, right? I want to enroll in a Master's afterwards, but feel kinda scared that the university might expect me to jump on a Master's as early as April 2017, lol. That would be too fast.
You're right, I dug around, so I found Osaka Uni/Graduate school of Economics has this:
"The rough outline of schedules:
In other words, it's bi-annually. so it'll work out. (If I understood correctly, that is). No way I'll do my research between October '16 (end of language courses) and winter '17.
- The Entrance Examination in Summer
Date of Application: the mid July
Date of Examination: the late August and the early September- The Entrance Examination in Spring
Date of Application: the early December
Date of Examination: the late January"
Kinda offtopic, but I'm pretty sure I've seen you around on another discussion platform and we talked about Kyushu and whatnot
Hello there fellow komšinkaHi! I am planing to send aplication for 2017 year..
There are a lot of people who made it so I would like to know some extra informations and your experiencies.
Hmm...let's just say that for the Japanese Language Intensive Course (at Tokodai), they take the word "intensive" very seriously!! I literally just graduated from the course yesterday, so let me share my experience (for your benefit).Looking forward to it too!
Would you mind sharing some information about the Japanese language course at Titech? From your previous posts I believe you're currently doing it.
Hmm...let's just say that for the Japanese Language Intensive Course (at Tokodai), they take the word "intensive" very seriously!! I literally just graduated from the course yesterday, so let me share my experience (for your benefit).
Since I arrived for the October term, we started the language course on October 13 -- this is nice, since it gave me about two weeks to settle in, familiarize myself with my advisor and labmates, etc. Not to mention, there's a crazy amount of paperwork and orientations to take care of when you arrive.
Overview
At Tokodai, the language course is separated into A and B levels. A Level starts from zero...learning hiragana/katana, eventually some basic kanji; grammar follows Minna no Nihongo (MnoN) v1 and most of v2. After completing the A Level course, students should be able to take the J3 level ("regular") language course, which means they can (usually) pass JLPT N4.
B Level races through all of MnoN-v1 in about 10 days, then starts v2 and covers the entire book in about 8 weeks (roughly 1 lesson every 2 days); next, grammar covers another book call "Lets go to Intermediate!"; also, a kanji workbook is used to cover about 300 kanji over the entire course. After completing the B Level course, students should be able to take the J4 level course, which means they can pass JLPT N3, but they say some students can pass N2 with more studying.
Also, both A and B classes do some extracurricular activities together, such as a day-trip to Kamakura and Enoshima (bus ticket is provided), and some interesting special lessons like calligraphy and tea ceremony.
B-Level
I barely learned anything before coming to Japan -- I could read/write hiragana and katana almost fluently, and studied maybe 200-250 kanji. But my grammar was terrible (could barely even make te-form verbs, or construct compound sentences). So, to start, the course coordinator (Hirakawa-sensei, awesome guy) interviews everyone and determines their level. He told me to try B Level and see if I felt comfortable. It was really tough starting out, since we went so quickly through A-Level stuff and I hadn't really learned much of it, but I stuck with B-Level.
The midterm exam (written grammar exam with listening comprehension, a separate kanji exam, and a separate oral exam) is the turning point: the instructors will give you feedback and advise whether to stay in B or move to A. I passed and stayed in B (whew).
Once we passed the midterm, everything relaxed a little as we started the new book. We also had several other quizzes and exams periodically. There was homework every single day (toooons of homework). I probably spent about 2 hrs per day on homework (on top of 3 hrs of lecture and another 1-2 hrs of studying/memorization). I call them "lectures" but really it's a conversation-based class, with grammar instruction, self-study vocab, and conversation exercises. However, I highly recommend using as much Japanese with labmates and natives as possible (class isn't enough).
Additional assignments included a "field trip" interview with Japanese people around Tokyo, and a short speech about the Kamakura/Enoshima trip, and a poster presentation about our home country on the last day of class. These were all interesting and really forced us to apply what we learned.
The course ended with a closing ceremony and a small party with food and drinks (they were nice enough to provide all-halal meat, considering the Muslims in the class).
TL;DR
I took the B-Level course. There was tons and tons of homework. Several exams and quizzes. All classes are conversation-based, covering grammar, vocab, and kanji. It's a lot of work, but there are fun activities and it's easy to make friends.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
One thing that got my attention is the fact that you didn't mention the N1 JLPT level, this makes me wonder about my case, I have already passed JLPT N2 but still don't feel 100% confident to take on those academic books in Japanese, prepare some technical presentations in Japanese and all that. Do you know if there's a higher level Japanese course for those who are going for the JLPT N1? I guess it would depend on the university, right?
Thanks a lot for the detailed write-up! It's nice to know what to expect.Hmm...let's just say that for the Japanese Language Intensive Course (at Tokodai), they take the word "intensive" very seriously!! I literally just graduated from the course yesterday, so let me share my experience (for your benefit).
Since I arrived for the October term, we started the language course on October 13 -- this is nice, since it gave me about two weeks to settle in, familiarize myself with my advisor and labmates, etc. Not to mention, there's a crazy amount of paperwork and orientations to take care of when you arrive.
Overview
At Tokodai, the language course is separated into A and B levels. A Level starts from zero...learning hiragana/katana, eventually some basic kanji; grammar follows Minna no Nihongo (MnoN) v1 and most of v2. After completing the A Level course, students should be able to take the J3 level ("regular") language course, which means they can (usually) pass JLPT N4.
B Level races through all of MnoN-v1 in about 10 days, then starts v2 and covers the entire book in about 8 weeks (roughly 1 lesson every 2 days); next, grammar covers another book call "Lets go to Intermediate!"; also, a kanji workbook is used to cover about 300 kanji over the entire course. After completing the B Level course, students should be able to take the J4 level course, which means they can pass JLPT N3, but they say some students can pass N2 with more studying.
Also, both A and B classes do some extracurricular activities together, such as a day-trip to Kamakura and Enoshima (bus ticket is provided), and some interesting special lessons like calligraphy and tea ceremony.
B-Level
I barely learned anything before coming to Japan -- I could read/write hiragana and katana almost fluently, and studied maybe 200-250 kanji. But my grammar was terrible (could barely even make te-form verbs, or construct compound sentences). So, to start, the course coordinator (Hirakawa-sensei, awesome guy) interviews everyone and determines their level. He told me to try B Level and see if I felt comfortable. It was really tough starting out, since we went so quickly through A-Level stuff and I hadn't really learned much of it, but I stuck with B-Level.
The midterm exam (written grammar exam with listening comprehension, a separate kanji exam, and a separate oral exam) is the turning point: the instructors will give you feedback and advise whether to stay in B or move to A. I passed and stayed in B (whew).
Once we passed the midterm, everything relaxed a little as we started the new book. We also had several other quizzes and exams periodically. There was homework every single day (toooons of homework). I probably spent about 2 hrs per day on homework (on top of 3 hrs of lecture and another 1-2 hrs of studying/memorization). I call them "lectures" but really it's a conversation-based class, with grammar instruction, self-study vocab, and conversation exercises. However, I highly recommend using as much Japanese with labmates and natives as possible (class isn't enough).
Additional assignments included a "field trip" interview with Japanese people around Tokyo, and a short speech about the Kamakura/Enoshima trip, and a poster presentation about our home country on the last day of class. These were all interesting and really forced us to apply what we learned.
The course ended with a closing ceremony and a small party with food and drinks (they were nice enough to provide all-halal meat, considering the Muslims in the class).
TL;DR
I took the B-Level course. There was tons and tons of homework. Several exams and quizzes. All classes are conversation-based, covering grammar, vocab, and kanji. It's a lot of work, but there are fun activities and it's easy to make friends.
has someone heard about the second batch results from his/her country's embassy ???
Thanks Nikosil did you hear that from the Embassy of Japan in Greece or this is your own speculations ????As a Greek applicant i am still waiting for the second batch results... hopefully they will be released next week or early February.
In December the embassy of Japan had notified me that i will receive my final placement results sometime in January.. so it either be that, or early February. What about you? are you still waiting as well?Thanks Nikosil did you hear that from the Embassy of Japan in Greece or this is your own speculations ????
Ya I am still waiting but the Embassy of Japan in my country told me to wait and they dont know about the final results or the second batch date of due !!!!!! I hope the second batch results will be announced soon. Dont you find this frostrating on may ways? and have any of your mates in greece got any Results or were in the first batch ?In December the embassy of Japan had notified me that i will receive my final placement results sometime in January.. so it either be that, or early February. What about you? are you still waiting as well?
Here in the Philippines, the embassy also doesn't know when they will receive the results. I think it's because they're just waiting on MEXT to send the results to them. But the embassy said it will likely be at the end of January, so it should be any day now or next week.Ya I am still waiting but the Embassy of Japan in my country told me to wait and they dont know about the final results or the second batch date of due !!!!!! I hope the second batch results will be announced soon. Dont you find this frostrating on may ways? and have any of your mates in greece got any Results or were in the first batch ?
Today I got the good news from the Embassy of Japan in My country Jordan, I have been accepted into Hokkaido University my 1st choice. I thank god and the great people in this forum that supported me and hope you all get accepted and get the good news soonHere in the Philippines, the embassy also doesn't know when they will receive the results. I think it's because they're just waiting on MEXT to send the results to them. But the embassy said it will likely be at the end of January, so it should be any day now or next week.
Today I got the good news from the Embassy of Japan in My country Jordan, I have been accepted into Hokkaido University my 1st choice. I thank god and the great people in this forum that supported me and hope you all get accepted and get the good news soonbecause you all are very kind and good at heart.
Congratulations!! Enjoy the wonderful scenery in Hokkaido! Hope those of us still waiting get our results real soon too!Today I got the good news from the Embassy of Japan in My country Jordan, I have been accepted into Hokkaido University my 1st choice. I thank god and the great people in this forum that supported me and hope you all get accepted and get the good news soonbecause you all are very kind and good at heart.