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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:03 am
I'm at college doing Law and Criminology, Law takes up most of my dedication and time; as much as most people spend time trying to memorize, write and read Kanji is the time I spend on Law and I'm finding it so hard to fit in my day. Summer is coming up and you'd think I'd have more time to spend learning Japanese, but I don't as I have so many things to do.
How on earth do most people fit Japanese into their day?
At the most I spend about 4hrs a a week studying the subject on a Sunday. Instead of watching British TV I watch Japanese TV, I listen to Jpop instead of other music and sometimes I even write out my practice coursework into Japanese just to fit in some practice.
I think Japanese is something you have to dedicate to as much as anything. I wish I had studied it when I was younger, when I was in Senior School cause' younglings have all the time in the world. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not ancient, I'm only 19 years old lol
Also what i mentioned before about how I cram Japanese into my life, what about you guys, what techniques do you use?
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:16 pm
Why don't you do everything you can to make everything around you in Japanese. Such as turn your computer from English to Japanese, watch Japanese TV (if you have time for TV ^_^) use the Japanese version of google use Japanese websites. Get some Japanese pen pals that you can email and talk with when you get a chance. Use skype to find Japanese people you can chat with when you get a second in your day... I'm sure other people can think of a few other things.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:09 am
I dont know alot of japanese, just a few phrases and stuff but i'm also trying to learn more. Last summer I went to Japan and picked up some things, but i usually try to fit the speaking into what i normally do. If someone is leaving i say sayonara, in the morning i ssasy, ohiyogozimasu (or however you spell it) , and i have some manag in japanese that I look up online and find what they are in English, so i can practice writing them.
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:22 am
phyburnz Why don't you do everything you can to make everything around you in Japanese. Such as turn your computer from English to Japanese, watch Japanese TV (if you have time for TV ^_^) use the Japanese version of google use Japanese websites. Get some Japanese pen pals that you can email and talk with when you get a chance. Use skype to find Japanese people you can chat with when you get a second in your day... I'm sure other people can think of a few other things. You can talk to people in Japan on skype!?! I never heard of this useful tool before >.>'
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:24 pm
Skype lets you talk and chat to anyone through the internet for free.... well, I'm not exactly sure if it's free still now though.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:47 pm
For me, I try to speak Japanese phrases that I learned online (going to take classroom courses at my local college in a few weeks) when it's appropriate. Like if I don't know what something is, I point to it and say "kore nande desu ka?".
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:27 pm
the same thing i do with german. try to practice it in your thoughts, like just trying to think about something in another language, it's kinda cool, but then i feel like a dork if i get it wrong.....
also for my note taking i would abreviate some words by using kanji or writing in kana. people would sometimes ask me if i remembered it, and yeah i do.
lately, i haven't had much time for it though, because i am getting a grade for german, therefore, i focus my energy on that more. Es ist so schwer! Zu viel zu lernen, und zu wenige Zeit fuer alles.
yes, showing off like a dork helps too. XD
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:05 pm
I've been having a few issues myself. My schedule is all messed up, and have little free time, although i do have time to study, I've gotten into a bit of a rut.
I'm a big procrastinator, and I try to keep my mind on task, but if something happens it all falls apart.
My studies have gotten increasingly difficult, and I've been forgetting some basic stuff.
It can be quite frustrating, so in need to really push myself to get back on track. stare
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:48 am
There are some great tips in this post. I will remember to use this information.^_^
to Lelouch: I am sure you can do it. I understand how you feel...I am been somewhat lazy as well, because I was so busy before. Well, i will pick up my pace. razz
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:38 am
My university makes it so that I have contact with Japanese daily. MWF is the TA sections, where we pretty much speak Japanese and do exercises to help us remember the kanji and vocab. TTh is the grammar portion, where we learn new grammar and kanji. I've gotten advanced enough that my professors and TAs are almost exclusively using Japanese to talk to us (although they still put the slides up in English to teach us grammar, thank God).
So, I've got that, plus I study the book and do the workbook assignments. During the school year, I notice that I'll sometimes slip into thinking in Japanese, so I try to put together sentences in my head while walking to class. I'm thinking about trying to write bits of my blog in Japanese.
Other than that, I just let the random Japanese music I have come by on shuffle. I'm absolutely horrid on listening, so maybe I should be a bit more active in that department.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:43 pm
I'm still a beginner
but I was advized to think in japanese
not big long sentences...though you may work your way up to that
but simple words
like one I'm working with now
when I get up, I say in my head "okiru" which means 'to get up'
and if I want to add something to it...I 'think' the polite 'te' form
"okite kudasai" which means 'get up please'
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:55 pm
I'm in the "Intermediate Japanese" program at the University of Minnesota, which is set up so that Japanese is a daily class (50-minute increments).
MWF are discussion days, used mostly to practice kanji and newly learned grammar through roleplaying and such. And then Tuesdays and Thursdays are lecture days.
In class, the teachers speak almost strictly in Japanese (90% of the time), so it's really good practice. I feel like my comprehension has really improved. Now my speaking needs some work...
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:09 pm
It's hard when your program doesn't have the teachers speak entirely in Japanese most of the time, well my second year teacher used a lot, but my third year in college teacher did not.
But, seeing how I am in Japan now, I really don't have to try too hard to use any Japanese at all. Speaking is probably the hardest thing to do because you have to make the effort to do it (you also have to be intelligible, or understood by the other person). Listening and Reading are both passive and can come without thinking. My responses to things are already usually Japanese first now then English. I noticed this when I was talking to my friend on skype and whenever I had to go get something the first words out of my mouth always without thinking was "chotto matte" (hold on; please wait) or "modotte kuru" (I will return, or in internet speak "brb").
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:14 pm
Hey, there's plenty of ways....
I make up a bunch of study time in school and when I'm going places.
(I'm not in any japanese classes either)
I try to watch japanese shows, movies, or news.
I have some DS games...
Some videogames...
But my favorite thing to do is talk to japanese friends on the mic on Skype.
It's a good motivation when you realize how bad you are, and you also learn a lot just from the conversations normally.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:15 am
I play the Japanese version of Pokemone Platinum currently razz
Also, I have a japanese friend who I really should speak more japanese with....
Hmmm, I don't think listening to J-pop helps that much though
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