Hokkaido Japanese Language School

JaLSウィンターコース2016に参加したアンドレさんが、素敵なムービーを作って送ってくれました！沢山素敵な写真を撮っていたアンドレさんですが、ムービーも撮っていたんですね！ありがとう、また会えることを楽しみにしています(^^♪
さて、すでに来年のウィンターコスの受け付けも始まっていますよ！
皆さんもぜひ美しい冬の北海道で日本語の勉強をしてみませんか！？
http://www.hokkaido-jals.com/winter-course-in-japan/

https://vimeo.com/171281815

“I think one of the things I like most is the close relationship between students and teachers. The classes are small, so it’s much easier to tell when students think material is difficult or are having a hard time. Because classes are small, we’re so much closer, and I can teach and help students more. But in big classes - my classes in China were much larger, around 20 people - I was physically further from my students in a bigger room, and it was a bit lonely… To those who want to study Japanese: it’s ok if you make mistakes, just please talk a lot. Sometimes, you might think that your Japanese isn’t very good, so you shouldn’t speak. There are a lot of people like that, but that thinking is bad. You have to talk a lot and make mistakes in order to get better. So for those who come to JaLS: please talk a lot!”

“The teachers are really nice, and the classes are small, so it’s easy to learn a lot. It’s easy to ask the teacher questions whenever we’re confused, while in a group of thirty, say, that would be much harder… I also really like it in my host family - I think they’re great people, and the food is always great and plentiful. We went to Hokkaido Kaitaku no Mura, which is this historic village in Hokkaido. There were a lot of replicas of old buildings, and insights into the lifestyles of the old people of Hokkaido. It was fun to walk around, though Japanese history is too complex for me. My favorite part about living with a host family is the food, and the casual Japanese I get to practice.”

今日は浴衣を着て北海道神宮祭に行ってきました！

少し雨が降っていましたが、札幌の夏の初まりを告げるお祭りに参加できました。
金魚すくいや型抜きやおばけ屋敷など、お祭りならではのお店もたくさんあってとても楽しめましたね＾＾

サマーコースはまだまだ始まったばかり！
これからももっともっと楽しみましょ～う！

さて、サマーコースが元気に始まりました！！

昨日は北海道大学に言っていきましたよ！
北海道大学の現役学生さんに案内してもらい、
普段は入れないところにも入ることができました。

食堂でおいしいご飯を食べ、とてもいいお天気の中の散策で最高でしたね＾＾
皆さんも将来は北海道大学に！？

“My dad actually found the school’s website, not me. I wanted to try doing a study abroad in Japan, and when he found this school, I thought, ‘Oh, it’s just a language school.’ I thought that I wanted to go to a university, so I was looking at Nanzan University, and universities where I would be an exchange student for a year, or something. But then I looked at the application forms for those, and it was just a disaster - you have to do all these things and get all these letters of recommendation and all this other stuff. So I figured I would just go to this Hokkaido school, since it didn’t seem like I would be able to make the others in time. It turned out to be the best turn of events ever, because I really liked it here. I think, from a foreigner’s perspective, everyone wants to go to Tokyo or Kyoto, so at first I didn’t really want to come up here, but I love it up here so much…
“I was only here for six weeks the first time I came out here, but I almost passed out of a full semester of college Japanese. I took the final on the first day - they told me two hours in advance that I would take it, and I was in class at the time - so I just walked in and took the final. If I’d just had, like, thirty minutes to study, if I could have studied just five kanji, I would have passed. I failed by, like, two points. But because of that, every semester since then has been easy.”

“I was a Japanese teacher, and I taught Japanese is many different places to many different students - to students who loved Japan. But these people who loved Japan and studied Japanese came to Japan and did not enjoy everyday life here. So they began to hate Japan, and that made me sad. I wanted students who studied abroad in Japan to love their time here, and that’s the purpose behind JaLS… Our first two students were here for two weeks, but both were so happy. One was from America, the other from Taiwan. When those first two students came, we were so, incredibly happy, because that was the start of JaLS. Those two went to so many different places together and had such an amazing time, and they both came back to JaLS again… I’m a Japanese teacher, but I’m also a student. In this school, there is so much that I’m still learning, and this experience is so rewarding to me. Things like that make me really love JaLS.”

“I like these people and what they’re doing. They’re always so passionate. I’m actually not very experienced, so sometimes I feel like I’m not skilled enough, but they always teach me and I can really learn from them. They’re super good teachers for me, too… Everyone are super close friends, or like a family. Everyone wants to know if you are worried about something. None of the teachers feel like they “have to” do anything - it’s always because they want to. It’s not just one or two people, either - all of the teachers feel this way.”

“I initially came to JaLS pretty much by accident - I was just looking for something to fill the summer after my first year or college, and I had always wanted to study in Japan, and JaLS was the only place that would take me with no previous experience. After two months, I learned a whole year’s worth of Japanese and was able to skip a year of language studies in college. We also did a bunch of field trips and activities, and this one time I remember going up Moiwa Mountain - this mountain near Sapporo that is supposed to have one of the most beautiful views of the city - but it was so cloudy that we couldn’t see more than a few meters. After such a long ropeway trip, this should have been pretty infuriating, but we wound taking more pictures and just laughing about how absolutely miserable the view was. It’s memories like those that made me miss JaLS and decide to come back this summer as a student and intern.”

We are ready and waiting for you all! This is set to be the best summer yet!!
(June and July courses are now completely fully booked. Some final seats are available from 15th August, contact us for more information!)

さて、もうすぐサマーコースが始まりますね！
皆さん準備はいいですか？

今日は先生とスタッフみんなで、サマーコースに向けてミーティングがありました！

今年の夏は、140人を超える生徒が30以上の国から北海道JaLSに来ます。
皆さんと会えることを待っていますね(*^-^*)
沢山勉強して最高の夏にしましょう！

http://www.hokkaido-jals.com/ja/host-family/

We'd love to see YOU in Hokkaido next!

今日はミッコさんを紹介します！

今まで日本語の勉強をしたことがなかったミッコさんでしたが、今日4週間のコースを修了しました。わかる単語も多くなり、話せる文もたくさん増えました。とても良い日本語学習のスタートをきれましたね！
これからも頑張って勉強を続けてくださいね、ミッコさん！

アットホームでリラックスできるJaLSで、次は「あなた」のご参加を待っています＾＾

Please watch, be inspired and share! Let's keep having the best year ever!

Japanese subtitle : https://youtu.be/Gbsmb2zfhJI
Chinese subtitle : https://youtu.be/U6uhYHyh7gg
Thai subtitle : https://youtu.be/59Jg8CAmE7A
Korean subtitle : https://youtu.be/nswCktR2XnU

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札幌の冬はいつの間にかいなくなり、ここにはすでに暖かい春がやってきました。でも、雪がすっかり溶けきってしまうその前に、私たちはこの冬の思い出を一つのムービーに閉じ込めました。

これを見るたびにこの冬に出会った皆さんにまた会いたいと思いますし、今までJaLSに来てくれた皆さんの顔が思い浮かび、とても懐かしくなります。同時に、またこれからもたくさんの学生と素敵な想い出をシェアしたいと思います。

みなさん、ぜひ北海道JaLSのロマンチックで温かい思い出をご覧ください！

日本語 : https://youtu.be/Gbsmb2zfhJI
中国語 : https://youtu.be/U6uhYHyh7gg
タイ語 : https://youtu.be/59Jg8CAmE7A
韓国語 : https://youtu.be/nswCktR2XnU

撮影に協力をしてくれた皆さん、撮影と監督、編集をしてくれたメングさん、アライブさん、本当にありがとうございました！！

http://thesmartlocal.com/read/visit-sapporo-hokkaido

北海道JaLSでの勉強を考え中のみなさん！
今日はそんな皆さんの背中を押す、北海道の魅力がたくさん詰まった記事を紹介します。

「人生で少なくとも1回は北海道を訪れるべき35の理由」という記事です。
http://thesmartlocal.com/read/visit-sapporo-hokkaido

この美しい北海道で最高の経験を、また、私たちJaLSで最高の日本留学をしましょう！

満席になってしまう前にお問い合わせをお待ちしてます！

北海道ジャパニーズランゲージスクールが世界の語学学校の中でNo.1に選ばれましたーーー！！日本の学校の中でNo.1じゃありませんよ。なんと世界の学校の中でNo.1ですよ！

みなさん、ありがとうございます！これからも、学生に楽しんでもらえる学校を作るため、スタッフ皆でがんばります＾＾

ぜひ以下の記事も読んでくださいね！
http://www.goabroad.com/…/announcing-goabroad-s-top-rated-o…

We have an exciting new Beginner Course starting on March 7th!
Why not come and join us at Hokkaido JaLS?
We combine interactive learning, small class sizes of less than 6 students and cultural activities with a whole lot of fun!
Here you can study, enjoy Japanese culture, meet people from all over the world, and make the most of our city-centre location and state-of-the-art facilities.
We have a whole lot of fun, and we love our city of Sapporo.
Why not apply today or find out more at http://www.hokkaido-jals.com