No doubt you guys have investigated the matter but I'd like to recommend a
couple really good books:
Teach Yourself Japanese by Ballhatchet and Kaiser
@ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071384383
Japanese for Busy People I - III by Association for Japanese-Language
Teaching (AJALT)
@ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/4770018827
Both of these have helped me to learn what I know (intermediate I suppose),
and are good at getting you up to speed relatively quickly with excellent
discussions on grammar. Granted, I do have a class wherein I can bounce
questions of the sensei, but the books helped me alot even before I started
the class. Since you guys are also in Japan, you can interact with the
populace and put things into practice.
Excuse me if you're already up to or beyond this level, no offense or
anything, just trying to be helpful. :)
Ima Nihongo no benkyoo o shimasu yo! :)
Cheers,
Brian
>
> Hi Conor,
>
> By any chance are you here on the JET Program? That's what I'm doing,
> stuck in a not-so-charming country town, feeling like I'm wasting time
> and slowly losing my techincal skills...
>
> Good stuff can be found at workinjapan.com and jobsinjapan.com.
> There's a lot of bilingual postings, but maybe that's just because it's
> harder to recruit those guys. My idea posting I will never find, but
> it would say:
>
> Well-rounded technical guy who expects to become good at Japanese in a
> year wanted.
>
> Or something like that. :)
>
> In any case, if we're in the same boat, let's keep in touch.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe in Tochigi
>
>
> On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:24 AM, Conor wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is on or off topic, please don't flame me if I am
> > off,
> > just ignore this mail.
> >
> > I'm currently living in Japan, working as an English teacher. This is
> > a job
> > I do not want to continue doing. I recently graduated from a 4 year IT
> > degree. What I really want to do is work in the IT industry,
> > specifically
> > the keitai market, in Japan. What I want to know is, what
> > qualifications do
> > employers over here usually require, and what level of Japanese is
> > expected.
> >
> > I've been here close to 6 months, and my current level of Japanese is
> > nothing to write home about, actually, it's next to zero, I can
> > understand
> > and sometimes communicate some things, but I suppose from a realistic
> > point
> > of view, it's practically non-existent.
> >
> > Actually, I suppose this is pretty much off topic, but I figure since
> > this
> > is a keitai discussion list, and some of the people on here seem to be
> > keitai professionals, someone might be able to shed some light.
> >
> > Any help/ideas are appreciated,
> >
> > Conor
> >
> >
>
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Received on Wed Mar 12 02:24:26 2003