Even though I began studying Japanese from Primary 6, studying at PBT exposed me to a lot of new things to learn about. When I used to self-study and joined my secondary school's Japanese Club, I only learned beginner level Japanese and had a habit of speaking in more informal language. Thankfully after enrolling in PBT, that habit has been fixed. Speaking and writing in proper, formal Japanese is important when doing school work and presentations in PBT. It s also important for the application process into Japanese universities and colleges. The academic Japanese I learnt from PBT also helped during my college days as I had no problems listening and understanding my lectures. I also had fun in social studies class as I could learn more about my future place of study such as its history and geography.