I’m studying Japanese at School of language &
culture ,Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan). The
reason I’m studying is I’m interested in Japanese culture.
I
dream that I’ll be able to go to Japan and stay there for long term. Every time
I study Japanese , I feel very happy. It’s hard but very fun.
This
article I’d like to tell everyone about studying Japanese in Thailand.
In
Thailand, Japanese is filled in the curriculum of Thai high school but not
every high school’s student must study.
In
Thai high school, student must choose their own major such as Science-Math , English-Math
,English-French ,English-German or English-Japanese.
Many
students are interested in major of English-Japanese especially girls.
I’m interested too
but unlucky. There is no major of English-Japanese at my old school.
Moreover,
Japanese is filled in curriculum of faculty of Arts.
Lots
of Art’s students try to get Japanese as their major. And certainly It’s so
high competitive because not every student can choose Japanese as their major.
When
they are freshman, every student who want to be Japanese major’s student can
study basic Japanese at university.
If they
get good grade, they will get opportunity to be Japanese major’s student.
For
me , I didn’t study at faculty of Arts. But it’s not my problem because there
are lots of schools of language that teach Japanese in Thailand.
I’ve
been taking Japanese course for 1 year. I think my school is great because the
course fee is cheap and the teacher teaches very well. It has got some course
for teaching Thai to Japanese as well.
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| Minna no nihongo |
The Japanese
course books we’re studying are ‘Minna No Nihongo’ or English name is ‘Our
Japanese’.
We need to study 4 books
for understanding basic Japanese
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| The book for practicing Japanese alphabet writing. |
First,
We study Japanese alphabet writing ,Hiragana and Katagana for to be able to
read ‘Minna No Nihongo’.
Actually
there is other one alphabet that Japanese use is ‘KanJi’ but it has a lot. I
think more than 1,000.
We
need to study ‘Kanji’ gradually.
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| The book for practicing Kanji writing |
I think ‘Kanji’ is hard for me. It’s hard for remembering. And it
makes me confused a lot.
Kanji looks same Chinese alphabet because Japan got any Chinese
culture at ancient times.
So for Chinese, Kanji is easy for them.
At my school, the first beginner course has lots of students. Many
courses are full.
But, after that course the students are getting less because the
next Japanese course is getting harder.
Many students fee discourage and give it up.
That’s why some courses can’t be opened because student is less
and It’s not enough to open course.
For me I still feel happy with it and want to continue to study
Japanese in Japan if I have a chance.
