Japanese Hagwon

[Hollowman]

Did a search and couldn't find anything. I'm looking for a Japanese hagwon to carry on studying as I'm hitting a bit of a plateau always studying alone. So, anyone willing to start or know of a study group/ hagwon in or close to Seoul?
I'm about intermediate level and I live in the Anyang area.Let me know! Cheers.

[raider576]

I know YBM in Jongno-3-ga offers japanese classes.  There's also at least one place near Hongdae.  Message me if you want the contact info for there, I don't know it but will ask a friend if you need.

[nzer-in-gyeongnam]

How long have you studied Japanese and where, Hollowman?

I speak Japanese also, and feel like I'm losing my Japanese slowly. I'm a qualified High School teacher of Japanese in my home country, but haven't spoken much Japanese in the 2 years I've been living in SK. I'd love to find people who speak Japanese also, so I can continue to use my Japanese. Sadly, I live at the other end of the country, near Busan.

[Hollowman]

Thanks, Raider, I've sent you a pm.

How long have you studied Japanese and where, Hollowman?

I speak Japanese also, and feel like I'm losing my Japanese slowly. I'm a qualified High School teacher of Japanese in my home country, but haven't spoken much Japanese in the 2 years I've been living in SK. I'd love to find people who speak Japanese also, so I can continue to use my Japanese. Sadly, I live at the other end of the country, near Busan.

Hi, Neniko. You're qualified to teach it? Nice! I've studied for about four years. A couple years of those years I studied at university. Like you, I've not used it for over two years, so I can feel it slipping away. Actually, I know it is because two years ago I was conversational and when I went to Japan earlier this year I was a mess for the first few days! Gutted.

How do you plan on brushing up on your Japanese?

[ironopolis]

Did a search and couldn't find anything. I'm looking for a Japanese hagwon to carry on studying as I'm hitting a bit of a plateau always studying alone.

How did you do your search? If you googled "Japanese hagwon in Anyang" or even just "Japanese hagwon" I'd expect you might not come up with much useful info.

Try searching with Naver or Daum maps....

http://map.naver.com/

http://local.daum.net/map/index.jsp?t__nil_bestservice=map


....and put 일본어학원 in the search box with the map covering  your area.

I just tried that for the Anyang area and it came up with 10 results. Some of them are language school chains that I'd have expected to come up, including a Sisa Language School, right next to Anyang station.

Bear in mind that Koreans tend to be very fast learners of Japanese but if you're already at a decent level yourself it'd probably be an advantage to learn with other students you can talk to in Japanese, whose level won't drag yours down.

[Hollowman]

Did a search and couldn't find anything. I'm looking for a Japanese hagwon to carry on studying as I'm hitting a bit of a plateau always studying alone.

How did you do your search? If you googled "Japanese hagwon in Anyang" or even just "Japanese hagwon" I'd expect you might not come up with much useful info.

Try searching with Naver or Daum maps....

http://map.naver.com/

http://local.daum.net/map/index.jsp?t__nil_bestservice=map


....and put 일본어학원 in the search box with the map covering  your area.

I just tried that for the Anyang area and it came up with 10 results. Some of them are language school chains that I'd have expected to come up, including a Sisa Language School, right next to Anyang station.

Bear in mind that Koreans tend to be very fast learners of Japanese but if you're already at a decent level yourself it'd probably be an advantage to learn with other students you can talk to in Japanese, whose level won't drag yours down.

Thanks for the tip, I always forget to try Naver and Daum. The only problem is that I'd prefer the class to be taught in English, or with very little Korean and a lot of Japanese. I'll get my Co-T email them to see if they offer classes in English.

[ironopolis]

. The only problem is that I'd prefer the class to be taught in English, or with very little Korean and a lot of Japanese.

I doubt you'd have much chance of finding the former, but the latter is a perfectly realistic hope and, with intermediate Japanese and perhaps your own Jap-Eng reference material to fall back on if needed, I'm sure you'd be fine. I reckon it'd only be beginners' classes that are taught in L1 anyway.