I'm from Canada and I'm fifteen years old in grade 10. I want to go to high school in Tokyo, Japan to learn a new language, Japanese. Basically, I don't know any Japanese.Only English... Is an international school recommended? Which schools in more specific are best suited for me? Thank you very much in advance!
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You could become an exchange student for I would guess 6 months to a year at most. At an international school you will still be taught in English. Japanese is not a language you will be able to pick up with casual study. I would personally recommend you stay in high school in Canada so you don't fall behind due to differences in school year/curriculum. You can start learning Japanese on your own, without any need to live in Japan. Then you can see if you are motivated to study on your own, it isn't easy. Japanese cannot be learned casually, and you will need to work hard every day at it for years to become fluent. Here is an exchange program I found in google, I didn't read much of it as you can do your own research. http://www.twoworldsunited.cc/japan.html Another thing I would recommend is that you get a degree, then move here and teach English as a JET after. Japan will always be here. Here are some links and books to get you started learning Japanese. First learn hiragana and katakana from http://smart.fm/home Then start working on kanji with this (download the first 100 pages of the book for free. http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/miscPublications/Remembering_the_Kanji_1.htm use a program called ANKI with this book. http://ichi2.net/anki/ and this webpage also: http://kanji.koohii.com/ This is a good page for grammar: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/frames.html Dictionary: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C Good Japanese language blog: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/ Lots of worksheets on general Japanese here: http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm Some good text books are the: Genki series "An integrated course in elementary japanese" or "japanese for busy people". I've also heard Japanese in mangaland is good, but I've never looked at it. I personally don't like rosetta stone and feel it is over priced. So my overall advice is to finish high school in Canada, and use these resources to start learning on your own to see how serious you are about learning Japanese. It isn't easy, but it isn't impossible, it just takes lots of time, every day. Good luck!
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