#46

japanese is what i wanna learn. how’s the classes? is it $$$?

#47

Think mine were 270 ish for 10 weeks, which isn’t brilliant value, but the teacher was very very good. You get a discount if you pay for another set of 10 in advance.

In the class there’s a lot of speaking and putting you on the spot which I found very useful, and then there’s a little bit of homework plus learning hiragana in your own time. Combine it with apps, flashcards etc and you’ll really accelerate your learning.

I finished level 1 part 2 recently and will probably sign up again.

#48

Is this so you can play Final Fantasy games in their original language?

#49

25-30 p/h seems to be the going rate anyway tbh so it’s not bad value.

NO OF COURSE NOT. i want to read my weaboo japanese novels in the original language.

#50

#51

my old housemate used to do uilleann pipes lessons over skype. i imagine it’s quite awkward. i did a job interview over skype once which felt quite weird.

#52

I did one over skype a few months ago too, it helped me knowing that I could always just close the laptop to make it go away if I needed.

#53

that’s true, but i was living with my parents again at the time and it was quite offputting knowing my mum was milling around the house while i was doing it.

#54

true enough, it was much more relaxed knowing I had the place to myself

#55

Another thing to look out for on evening classes is whether they still have the numbers to hold the classes as they progress.

If you’re in London, I think it will be fine, but when I was in Newcastle, every language that my housemates and I did (Russian, Chinese, Japanese) ended up having to cancel the course part way through the second year due to dropouts and a lack of numbers.