To take advantage of the Amazon Prime offer go to https://www.audible.com/lifewhereimfrom or text lifewhereimfrom to 500 500. In this episode why Japanese I consider Japanese to super super hard to learn for me. Thanks to Audible for sponsoring the video. I’m really happy to be able to recommend a service I’ve been using for years. How’s your language learning quest going? Some Learning Resources I’ve Used Japanesepod101.com Genki Tae Kim’s Grammar Guide Anki SRS NHK Web Easy News Rikaikun Pimsleur Japanese Wanikani Sources FSI’s Experience with Language Learning https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm The Interagency Language Roundtable Scale http://casemed.case.edu/registrar/pdfs/Scale_ILR.pdf Japanese project: Reach fluency in…
Posts Written OnJuly 2018
LWIF EP110: Who Am I?
Are you that commenter who wanted to know my race/ethnicity/background? Then get comfy, it’s story time.
LWIF EP109: Why My Family’s Cost of Living is Cheaper in Tokyo
Here’s the thing. I moved from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan. In Canada, I used to make more money, yet my quality of life is somehow better across the Pacific ocean. This is largely in part due to the cost of living being cheaper for my family. How could this be, in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
LWIF EP108: We Built Our Cats a Cardboard Palace
We built our cats a cardboard palace.
LWIF X EP36: Learning Japanese: From the U.S. to Japan (and then there and back again!)
Thanks to Rhomel for sharing his experience learning Japanese both in Japan and in the United States. I could totally relate to the struggles he went through. When you’re in Japan, you would think immersing yourself would be easy, but it’s not always the case.