Omipon
pardon my hard-on
I've been formally learning Japanese in a classroom setting for 5 semesters / two and a half years.
I spent two of those semesters (one year) in Tokyo and I self-study in my spare time.
My reading level is advanced, I guess. I'm studying for the JLPT N2.
My speaking is kinda bad in comparison, though. u_u
I graduate from college either in the fall or next spring and I'll be moving back to Japan, but until then, I wish I could find someone to practice [exclusively] speaking Japanese, but it's difficult to find someone at my level.
N2? waaah cool!
I've barley just took the N5 last year.
But I do admit my kanji is horrible! But I can speak it pretty good. My tip would be just imitating dramas or w/e sentences or talk to your self when you do stuff . Like when i do things,studying,cleaning,thinking...my family must think i'm crazy hahaha
It's not my pronunciation or accent or whatever. The words just don't escape my mouth and I can't speak as eloquently as I can write.
I can only really get the right practice when I go back to Japan, which is probably in the winter, and then spring of next year.
I have Japanese friends here, but they almost always switch to English. They're in the US to learn English so I can't really blame them, though.