Long term Japanese courses in Japan

Students looking to spend one year in Japan to make serious linguistic progress can really benefit from this dedicated long term programme. Offering 40 weeks of tuition (plus holiday breaks) four times a year, the course enables in-depth study. There are several holiday periods built in, perfect for travelling around Japan or returning home to see family and friends. The programme is still very communication skills orientated, in-line with the other course options shown below.

Student Visa: Eligible applications are straightforward but take time and eligibility depends purely on Japanese Immigration rulings. One year or 18 month stays only.

Working Visa: Eligible students may only study for a maximum one-year period, (and must meet specific age and nationality criteria – see PDF) and no extensions are possible.

The tuition fees include all school costs, textbook costs, visa mailing charges, health check, and all other fees required to follow this programme, except accommodation.

Course Conditions:

You or a family member must be able to show funds to pay for tuition and living expenses (minimum roughly Yen 1,900,000)
The specific documents you need to provide depend on your situation, but in general you will need:

PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION
PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT (IF WORKING).
PROOF OF BANK BALANCE AND INCOME (EITHER YOURS OR YOUR FINANCIAL SPONSOR’S)
PROOF OF GRADUATION FROM SCHOOL (JUNIOR HIGH OR HIGHER)

Once CESA received your enrolment, we will send you the student visa application form, and a list of required documents, along with detailed instructions.

In line with the 40 Week, 60 Week and the Languages for Life programmes, this Japanese language course is purely communication orientated, ideal for those who wish to study key grammar and conversation skills of the language.   Classes are made up of 2 lessons of grammar and 2 lessons of conversation per day, with the main focus on real-life skills, across all language levels. In reality the school anticipate 2 to 6 students per class and rising to 8 students per class in July/August.

If a student is the only person at his/her Japanese ability level, the Japanese school will provide reduced private classes for them.

These courses use interesting and modern materials and activities to focus on improving your Japanese speaking ability in a way that gives you the flexibility to adapt to new situations, until one day you won’t even need a teacher anymore!

Working Visa students can study for six months and then travel. There are no holiday breaks in this programme.  Students must meet specific age and nationality criteria – see PDF.

Visa Waiver students will need to discuss extending the standard 90 days visa waiver arrangement, for a 20 week course. Eligibility to do so will depend on your nationality.