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Japanese Language School in Tokyo
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School Principle
School Principal
Yumiko Tsutsui
Intercultural Institute of Japan has established its school principles on the basis of Cross Cultural Communications (CCC): We should live together understanding language and culture differences and respecting those of each other. We consider mutual trust between the students and the school coming from this principle to be most precious.
Policy in teaching languages
Real communication among people
The object of teaching Japanese is to make students able to communicate their true thoughts using Japanese. Students have a chance to talk about what they have experienced or about their ideas using expressions they have learned, and to listen toothers and freely respond. We believe that students come to identify themselves with other students as well as with teachers and understand mutually by having constant communication. Through communication students will be able to actively participate in Japanese life.
“Acquire it” rather than “Memorize it”
Languages are meant to convey what you want to say. For this reason, I wish students to acquire languages rather than memorize them. For this purpose, teachers perform as mediators to accelerate communication in class.
Each individual student should achieve their goal.
Every learner has their own purpose of leaning, such as career, university entrance, or for the enjoyment of Japanese culture. Our biggest wish is that students achieve their goals. For this, we give support to students through interviews and individual consultation by their homeroom teachers. Also, there are elective classes that students can choose to meet their purposes in our curriculum.
How we consider supporting students
For a safe and secure life
Teachers and staff try to take every possible care of each student for a comfortable life in Japan. We provide all necessary information for everyday life and going on to further education.
For opportunities to interact with Japanese
We wish students to meet many Japanese and have various experiences, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to live in Japan. We provide opportunities to interact with people from various organizations such as Japanese volunteers, International Interaction Circles of regional elementary schools, junior and senior high schools and colleges. The school gives support to the students through such activities to enable them to adapt themselves to the regions in which they live and live as a member of Japanese society.
For joyful school life
Studying Japanese is of course important, but that's not enough. It is equally important to learn about the present Japan in terms of its culture and customs. We'd like the students to learn by experiencing through our annual events, such as annual New Year's activities of “Kagamibiraki” (mochi decoration), Setsubun (scattering parched beans to drive out bad luck on the day before the beginning of spring) and Tanabata (the Star Festival) as well as overnight trips to hot springs resorts and off-campus activities.
