For those who are planning to start studying at the Accelerated Learning Class of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School from January or April 2020, we have some information about recommended preparation.
The Accelerated Learning Class is our exclusive education course, which allows students to acquire the elementary and intermediate levels of Japanese quickly and effectively in order to achieve their goals such as entering a school or finding a job in a short period of time.

By studying at the Accelerated Learning Class, students at the N4 level of JLPT can reach the N2 level in six months, and the N1 level a year later. Students can learn Japanese in an efficient and effective way, so we are receiving many applicants for this class and there is a lot of competition. We remind you about what you need to prepare before coming to Japan in order to enter the Accelerated Learning Class.

Accelerated Learning Class starting in January 2020
In order to enter the class starting in January, you must be at the N5 level of JLPT. However, you do not need to qualify the JLPT N5 exam in advance. Your ability will be tested by our original level test conducted on the day before the entrance ceremony of Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School.
To pass this test, you must be able to read and write hiragana and katakana characters, and about 100 basic kanji characters. In addition, you need to learn basic Japanese vocabulary, practice daily conversation in situations where you often meet in your life, and be able to make simple conversation with Japanese people.

Accelerated Learning Class starting in April 2020
The class starting in April is not held by itself; April classstudents will be joining the class that began in January. Therefore, students planning to enter the class in April must be at the same level of Japanese proficiency as those who started studying earlier in January.
The required level of Japanese will be N3 of JLPT, which is a stage where you can handle daily communication, with such abilities to understand and describeinformation that are not so complicated.
You will definitely need a larger vocabulary compared to the N5 level, and you will have to be able to read and comprehend written questions, so you need to work hard on studying Japanese words.
We recommend to our applicants to learn basic Japanese vocabulary and grammar little by little, and to work on the exercises included in the JLPT official practice workbooks to check your skills if you have the time.
Testing your ability with such exercises will motivate you to organize your knowledge and learn again to make it perfect.

In addition to these things, it will be very good to learn through “real” and “living” Japanese used in the fields of your own hobbies or areas of interest; you can enjoy studying Japanese this way. We advise you to utilize Japanese TV series, movies, manga, videos onYouTube and so on to hear or read the real words spoken by Japanese people.

(It’s almost the first day of January term 2020) Approximately three months remain until the beginning of April term 2020. We suggest you to use your time wisely before coming to Japan. We are hoping that everyone aiming to study at Tokyo Galaxy’s Accelerated Learning Class achieve their plans and make their year 2020 a fulfilling one.