Students Staying in Japan Longer and Longer!

We hate to pat ourselves on the back too much, but there’s been a rash of students extending their stay with us recently. So much so that the average length of study for students with us right now is 3 months! This is great for us, but also great for students. We see a lot of people come for two weeks at a time, and while they may not have a choice (work commitments, etc.), it’s really just not long enough to improve your Japanese ability significantly. So we’re really happy to have so many students staying with us for the long term, as it means they’re going to end up with great Japanese!
Helping students to study for the long term is also why we started offering student visa courses with our partner school. The first intake of visa course students is with us now, and will switch to our partner school in April. We’re excited for them, and hope this leads to them staying in Japan for the long term!

Finally, two students were hired to work in Kyushu this week! We hope to have reports from both of them shortly, but both will start work soon in English-teaching-related jobs around Kyushu island. We’re always incredibly happy when people manage to fulfill their dream of staying in Japan, so to have two in the same week is wonderful news! Ganbare, Katie-san and Vicky-san!