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Originally Posted by MMM
You can become the dictionary definition of fluent in three years in a full-immersion program, but "Masters degree college class fluent" would require more than three years, even with full immersion. Of course if those classes were in English...
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unless Japanese universities in masters degrees are severely harder than Australian ones, i think in 3 years you'll easily be able to cope with a Masters degree. I, as a volunteer, do conversation groups for students learning english to go into university. these students can't understand a lot of terms i use when talking but they can pass the international standardised testing required to enter university.
from my own experience studying with Japanese, their classes are hardly the type of classes where students participate highly. having talked to professors at that Japanese university they also said just as much. in fact i would say student participation is generally as low as it can get. Like the international students i know doing a master here they aren't finding it easy but they are capable and i never did say it would be a walk in the park, studying a master in your native tongue shouldn't be either.
so yes, with a dictionary definition of fluency you can take part in a masters degree in english, so i can't see it being too different in Japanese.