The student body, maybe 100 students, is mostly Asian (Chinese, Korean, Thai, Malay), some European, and not even a handful of North Americans (I think there may be another American and a Canadian…maybe…). The school holds classes all day, with more advanced classes meeting in the morning and my beginner classes in the afternoons. There are about 7 teachers at the school, of which, 5 cycle through my class. It’s nice having a variety of teachers to help mix things up a it. Classes are split up into four 45 minute blocks, separated by two 5 minute and a 15 minute break. Each day, we do things to work on listening, speaking, writing, and reading. It's been good so far, and hopefully keeps getting better.
Aside from language, it's been interesting to meet the other students. Back home, most of us don't really have the desire to learn language(s) for "fun" or to live outside the States. Not really the case here (obviously, as they're in Japan learning Japanese), but it's been interesting hearing that they like and want to learn to speak different languages.
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