Study abroad
07-30-2004, 01:50 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 1,065
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Study abroad
Has anyone been to a different country for a semester to go to school there? I was thinking about doing this but would like to know how it went for everyone else first. If I do, I will more than likely go to a country in which I know basically nothing of the language (Japan is my first choice), which is my major concern. How would this affect my stay? Are there many English speaking people in Japan? I am very serious about doing this, and the college I am going to has a wonderful plan (pay only for plane tickets).
07-30-2004, 02:07 PM
#3
MR, ftw
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Broomfield, CO
Posts: 4,755
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I took a semester in France in college. I thought I knew French pretty well but it's quite different when you're there. I was the only native English speaker in my school, although most of the teachers spoke English and several students. None of the classes were taught in English which made them very difficult and you can forget about any lecture classes. If you go to a state school and don't pay much for tuition then it's worth it just for the cultural experience.
07-30-2004, 02:59 PM
#4
snitches get stitches
If you get a chance to do it, don't pass it up. The study abroad program at my school is really interesting. You go somewhere for a term and it fulfills your entire option in international business. Very inticing.
07-30-2004, 04:45 PM
#5
driver
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 7,600
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mt. Haruna :awais:
I know a kid who decided to study Japanese and got to Japan, he said that spending 3 months there after learning Japanese for a year in college made him almost fluent. He like it so much that he is going back for a year and a half. He told me only good things.
I know a kid who decided to study Japanese and got to Japan, he said that spending 3 months there after learning Japanese for a year in college made him almost fluent. He like it so much that he is going back for a year and a half. He told me only good things.
07-30-2004, 05:42 PM
#6
MR, ftw
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Broomfield, CO
Posts: 4,755
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by ED9man
Mt. Haruna :awais:
I know a kid who decided to study Japanese and got to Japan, he said that spending 3 months there after learning Japanese for a year in college made him almost fluent. He like it so much that he is going back for a year and a half. He told me only good things.
I know a kid who decided to study Japanese and got to Japan, he said that spending 3 months there after learning Japanese for a year in college made him almost fluent. He like it so much that he is going back for a year and a half. He told me only good things.
07-30-2004, 06:25 PM
#8
driver
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 7,600
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by g2tegls
Fluent in 3 months. ok.
07-30-2004, 07:10 PM
#9
MR, ftw
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Broomfield, CO
Posts: 4,755
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
That I can believe. I have a lot of respect for people who are truly fluent in a foreign language and I think a lot of people say they are fluent when they are really only "really good" or "good enough." I would say my French is "good enough." 
07-30-2004, 09:37 PM
#10
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 1,065
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, I know absolutely no Japanese, but after doing some research I have learned that all the classes there will be taught in English, and someone has told me that many Japanese people speak English as a second language. I would have a hard time getting around, but I don't think it would be necessary to speak the language for me to survive there for 3 months. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up the basics also.