I'm in what would be second semister of second year. My college does things by a semister system, so it's called fourth term Japanese. First year was much easier than what I'm doing now... but I guess it's cause I'm not really going back and covering the old topics again, thus I forget how to word some things (been breaking that habit though). I do not know anyone who doesn't like my teacher, she's a lot of fun and does a good job teaching (especially since both 3rd and 4th term are in the same class).