I'm the New Organiser!!! -- Leeds Japanese language study group meeting

Hello.

My name is Masaru Yoshioka, but you can call me Josh if you like. I've just taken over as the organiser of this group!

I'm a native Japanese speaker, and I'm hoping to meet people and help them learn Japanese.

I've never attended this group or any other one, so I’m still figuring out how to run it. I don't have teaching experience either. If any of you could help me that would be appreciated.

For the first couple of meetings, I’d like to keep things very casual. We can introduce ourselves and discuss about the agenda including the date/time and place to meet.

For now I’m keeping the same description as before (below), but it's optional. It's good if you prepare something, but you don't need to bring anything especially for your first meeting.

Everyone is welcome, from complete beginners to advanced learners.

Also please suggest any study materials. It will be helpful if you bring something like your favourite comic book written in Japanese.

To be an organiser I had to start a monthly subscription at meetup.com, which costs me £36 a month. If attendance is very low, I may need to cancel the group in the future. So it will be really nice if you come along and join us.

First meeting will be at Parkside Tavern on Merrion Street (LS2 8JE, https://www.parksidetavern.co.uk/) on Thursday, 29th of January. We'll start from 18:00 and plan for 60-90 minutes.

If you have any questions or just to show your interest, please feel free to message me on Meetup.

All the best,
Josh

[Below are the previous descriptions. These still apply but I would keep them optional.]

A meeting to practice conversation, share study tips and generally chat about learning Japanese. Absolute beginners welcome, there'll be plenty of advice to help you out!

I've made some changes to the event and hope to host these more regularly!

What to bring
Speaking
Try to prepare a short piece of writing in Japanese beforehand to read out during the session, the topic can be anything but here's some prompts to help you out

• Your plans for the weekend
• Tell us about your last holiday
• Tell us about a gift you have given/received

If you're happy to, please add to this doc after the event so others can have a read

Show and tell
Bring something to discuss with the group related to learning Japanese like an article, a book or a movie recommendation, anything you've found useful

Neither of these are required but try to bring something along if you can!

Hope to see you there!