"Elbow" <tokyoelbow@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message 
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>I was hoping that I could get any pointers for good schools.
> I'll have a look at sci.lang.japan  *thanks Paul(

Poobure is just a troll (person who wastes people's time), so please just 
ignore him. Depending on your newsreader, you can probably set it up to 
filter out his messages, which, like Sukiya, saves you time and money.

I don't have much information on Japanese language schools, but last time I 
enquired into them, most of them seemed to be mostly about preparing people 
for the Japanese language proficiency test (JLPT) for entry to Japanese 
universities.

The quality of Japanese language teaching is very variable and you may be 
able to find a good school. There are lots in Tokyo. At the moment my 
information on the sci.lang.japan FAQ is rather sketchy:

http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/language-schools.html

If other people want to contribute information, they could post it to this 
thread or email me (I'm not one of these sad people with an email phobia) 
and I'll include it later.