Q1. Is there any staff that can speak foreign languages?
A. A: Yes, we have staffs who can carry on Chinese, English, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Q2. Are there any orientation, life guidance, and counseling on entering the next stage of education?
A. It is yes. After the entrance ceremony, the orientation is done. Moreover, there are some people in charge of guidance of going on to school and the life guidance in this school besides the clerical officers, so it is possible to live and study at ease.
Q3. Is there a scholarship of the school?
Yes. We give award scholarship and a prize for full attendance for support many students in Meros.
◆Scholarship
Q4. Is the going to school commutation ticket applied?
Because Meros language school is corporate school, student discount can be used all of transportation facilities.
Q5. What about the correspondence at being in sickness and an accident while attending school?
A. It is safe because a personal accident insurance for pre-college students is applied just in case.
Q6. Are the dwelling place arranged and introduced? How muc h does it cost in that case?
A. Yes. There are two or more school tie-up dormitories. The rent is from 25,000 to about 35,000 yen. Besides the dormitories, when you also rent an apartment, you will need a guarantor in most cases. But you don’t have to worry about it because you can take comprehensive renters insurance for foreign students studying in Japan
◆Domitory ◆Comprehensive renters insurance for foreign students studying in Japan (Japan Educational Exchanges and Servvice Web-site)
Q7. Do you introduce the part-time job?
A. Yes, we do.
◆NPO Foreigner synthesis support association
Q8. I want to study university in Japan. Can I take advise for going to higher school ?
A. You can get advice from class teacher and consulting teacher and also prepare interview and measures for examination. At Meros, we have many events for going higher school, like fair with university, graduate school and technical college, trial class of them so on. We have many course for enter famous art university ,graduate school and examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU).Meros offers education and guidance with thought after enter school besides for enter.
◆Go to About Class?
◆Advise for going to higher school.
Q9. Is there any recommendation of a student for universities and vocational schools?
A.Yes, there are two kinds of recommendation for entrance. They are the public advertisement recommendation and the specified school recommendation. In case of the public advertisement recommendation, everyone can basically receive it if all conditions are satisfied. Especially, many special schools have it. The other is the recommendation which is given from university and vocational school particularly to MEROS.
◆Recommendations by MEROS
Q10. I just started studying Japanese so worry a little if I can do well. How is Japanese taught?
A. We teach Japanese by “the direct technique (method of teaching Japanese in Japanese)” so that you can improve your working knowledge of Japanese and study naturally. Even though there might be a little worry in the direct technique, you can do well because all of our teachers have the good qualification, abundant experiences and knowledge. Moreover the curriculum is united to develop student’s abilities and there is fully worked-out teaching method. Therefore, it is possible to study at ease even for a beginner.
◆About level and class ◆Teachers
Q11. How is the class decided?
A. First of all, there is a questionnaire and an short interview. Afterwards, the written and the oral examination are done, and we decide it by comprehensive evaluation and the student’s needs.
◆About level and class
Q12. In the school, is there any personal computer that the student can use?
A. First of all, there is a questionnaire and an short interview. Afterwards, the written and the oral examination are done, and we decide it by comprehensive evaluation and the student’s needs.
◆Facilities
Q13. Where do the students come from?
A. Since April 2014, there are more than 20 countries which have students have been studying in our school. And we have plan to continue recruiting students from other countries.
◆Voice of Students