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06-19-2011, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
I get it. I used a word incorrectly.

I am more interested in knowing if you think someone can know no Japanese, study for 18 months, and get into a Japanese university.
Well I'm not really sure about your opinion on going the other direction, from Japanese to English, but my school offers a program that's basically a college level ESL program that teaches students anywhere from no English to Academic level, and I think it can be done (assuming the student starts in the most beginner course) in something like 2 years, maybe even a bit less. Even my Japanese program says on paper that I should be entering advanced Japanese courses by the end of two years, and while there's a lot of difference between school language and real life language, that's really on you to learn the language more practically.


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