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The Best Online Japanese Language Program
One of the hardest things about learning a language is understanding the spoken word .
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Are you taking the JLPT this year?
Passing the JLPT is all about preparation - the right preparation. Whether you are months, weeks or even days away, the way you prepare for the test will determine how well you pass it, or how badly you fail it.
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Trial version of “Read Japanese Fast”
Learning to read Japanese is probably the most challenging aspect of learning Japanese. Most students find it far too confusing and time consuming, and as a result give up.
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The Japanese Youtube Guru.
I spent the afternoon looking at Japanese lessons on Youtube. I come across a “GURU”, Takanori Tomita, a professional Japanese translator, and operates a education company in Japan.
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Speak Japanese Fast
How many Japanese words do you know? I have stumbled across a very effective vocabulary building method which I think can help you to learn lots of vocabulary.
Japanese
Learning Japanese Case Study 1
Posted on 16 March 2010
Just before coming to Japan, I had a week of intensive tuition with others about to depart for teaching posts here, but unfortunately (from my point of view), most of the instruction concentrated on the intricacies of hiragana and katakana; personally, I felt “infantilized”, as if I was back in primary school being made to [...] Continue Reading
Food
The Adventure of Japanese Food
Posted on 16 March 2010
Think you know Japanese food? If you think Japanese food is just raw fish, noddles and rice, well you better think again. The food is as diverse as the culture. I lived in japan for 10 years and only scratched the surface as to what was available to satisfy my stomach and taste buds. All over [...] Continue Reading
Culture
Group before the Individual
Posted on 10 March 2010
Living and working in Japan is very stimulating, exciting and for the most part rewarding. Every aspect of the culture is different so you are always discovering something new or unusual. I have had many wonderful experiences in Japan. I have also had many frustrating and confusing experiences as well. Understanding Japanese takes a lot of [...] Continue Reading
JLPT
Japanese Flashcards for the JLPT
Posted on 26 May 2009
It has been a while snice I have written a post. My wife and I have been hard at work making Japanese flashcards for the JLPT. These are no ordinary flashcards. These are picture Hiragana and Kanji flashcards. We carefully picked 442 words for levels 3 and 4 and created 2 sets of fun flashcards [...] Continue Reading
Japanese
What is the Best Japanese Langauge Learning Program?
Posted on 09 April 2009
My wife and I are in the process of making a product for learning to speak Japanese. We have thought about what is most important for the student. We have come up with several factors that we believe are most important in order to learn how to speak Japanese fluently. One is that we teach [...] Continue Reading
Culture
Giri – Obligation
Posted on 01 April 2009
Giri is an important value and social custom in Japan. In short, it is the duty one has to fulfill various social obligations. These include the giving of gifts, returning favors, attending functions such as weddings and funerals, the sending of New Years cards and avoiding actions that would cause harm to any one’s livelihood or reputation. While [...] Continue Reading
Lessons
Japanese Grmmar – Particles, Part 3
Posted on 29 March 2009
We are going to continue our study on Japanese grammar in this post with our third lesson on particles. We are going to take a look at the particle も. The particle も can be used to indicate similarity as in the words ‘too’ or ‘also’. This particle replaces が or は, when used: A: 私がえいがすきです。 B: 私もえいががすきです。 A: [...] Continue Reading
Lessons
Learn Japanese Online – Video Lessons
Posted on 23 March 2009
Did you know that you can learn Japanese online with our videos at Youtube? We have posted 75 videos for learning Japanese. You can learn how to read hiragana and katakana. We have video lessons to teach you Japanese words and phrases. We have samples our our products as well. In this video lesson you will [...] Continue Reading
Lessons
Japanese Grammar – Particles, Part 2
Posted on 23 March 2009
In this post we are going to look at the particle は. Note that the particle is not pronounce as it is reads. It is pronounced wa and not ha. This particle has three main functions in Japanese. The first of these is to act as topic marker for conversations or texts. The main difference between [...] Continue Reading
Lessons
Japanese Grammar – Particles, Part 1
Posted on 23 March 2009
Studying Japanese grammar isn’t always fun, but you have to know your grammar. In the next three post we shall look at the importance of particles. When I studied for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test I spent quite a lot of time learning particles and how to correctly use them. Particles in Japanese are called [...] Continue Reading
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