My child needs to take the college entrance examination in Japanese. Can I learn it in one year?

I am a Japanese teacher who passed the college entrance examination. I have now graduated with two students. Let me tell you briefly.

Because most of the current schools do not specifically arrange foreign language subjects and teachers for other languages, we can only do the work like a cram school. The students who came to sign up for the first class started learning from scratch when they were in their second year of high school and were in their third year of high school, while the second class started in the second semester of their second year of high school. It's not too early, but I have achieved good score improvements in both the mock test and the college entrance examination. I won’t talk specifically about the highest score and average score here. In fact, it is very simple. If you have a qualified teacher to teach you, or if you are really good at self-study, you will definitely get better scores than English. Especially students whose English is usually 20-30 points, generally have an improvement of 50-60 points or more. This is already a very significant gap in the total score of the college entrance examination.

Of course, other subjects also need to be considered. It does not mean that you can go to a key university if you are perfect in Japanese. But sometimes these ten points are the difference between two B books and two A books, or two A books and one A book for many students, so it is worth considering carefully.

Speaking of time, judging from my experience, it is enough time. My usual course schedule is to have two hours of evening self-study classes three times a week, and let them go back to review the memorization by themselves during the rest of the week. Vocabulary, one unit is interspersed with one test. About three months before the college entrance examination, a large number of JTEST and JLPT examination questions, college entrance examination examination papers, special training, additional examination preparation books and the like (because of the congenital defects of Japanese, there is no way to lose one like English) Just give this book to students. Our country does not have such a complete Japanese exercise book, and many of the ones sold online are some pheasant questions. As a teacher, it is quite unpleasant to read, so I have no choice but to pass the exam. questions, it also plays a certain role), and at the same time, three classes per week become four classes per week, that is, 8 hours of class time per week, and then take the college entrance examination.

To put it another way, it is no problem to learn 90% of the Japanese language test syllabus within one year. Under normal circumstances, the teacher's teaching speed can basically reach this level. But at the same time, students are also required to concentrate and do enough work before and after class, because there is almost no time to review again, so if students are slightly disconnected in the middle, it is likely to greatly affect the subsequent learning. Since you want to take the Japanese test, you must be fully determined and not be as lax as when you were learning English.

If your child has zero basic knowledge, please be sure to find a teacher and never let him study by himself, because the efficiency is almost zero. I have seen many students who tried to learn by themselves. They memorized the syllabary for a month and couldn't memorize it. However, I was able to take nearly two units of lessons in a month. Getting started requires methods, and it is not too late for students to learn by themselves after they know the learning methods; textbooks are not perfect, and teachers need to correct and simplify some unnecessary complex wording. Although the difficulty of the Japanese College Entrance Examination has almost remained unchanged, it is difficult for students who are not familiar with the exam syllabus to grasp the objectives on their own.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are some geniuses who can take the exam through self-study. I have seen it too. But this is a one-in-a-million case after all. Unless you are really that talented, I still recommend that you make your decision as early as possible and sign up for classes as soon as possible. It's best not to sign up for any online video classes. Those are learning methods that only top students can learn. Face-to-face teaching with a teacher is the most efficient.