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LWIF EP111: Why I Still Suck at Japanese After Living in Japan for 5 Years

July 28, 2018

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 3 months https://www.fluentin3months.com/japanese-mission/
First month learning Japanese https://www.fluentin3months.com/month-1-jap/
Benny’s first time speaking Japanese in person https://www.fluentin3months.com/manga-hall/
Japanese project conclusion https://www.fluentin3months.com/japanese-wrap-up/
CEFRL self-assessment https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/sites/default/files/cefr-en.pdf
Hacking the Kanji: 2,200 Kanji in 97 days https://nihongoshark.com/learn-kanji/
Honorific speech in Japanese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_speech_in_Japanese
Words Japanese people know at certain ages http://q.hatena.ne.jp/1236067987 from http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/rps/index.html
Dawn Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCtJZy7sEA
Katakana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana
Hiragana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana
Boy Studying By Lewis Hine – Lewis Hine: Boy studying, ca. 1924, based on file from the Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11160015
Newspaper generator https://newspaper.jaguarpaw.co.uk/
Ultra Marathon http://www.r-wellness.com/hakusan-shirakawago/
Fake News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4DljfhSoqE
Fake News 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-SmKj3zCKU
Hiragana chart https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/hiragana-chart/#tofugus-hiragana-chart
Katakana chart http://www.kfstudio.net/kidsmoji/aiueo_stamp_kana/
Kanji https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/3002_Kanji.svg/3573px-3002_Kanji.svg.png
Why some people find learning a language harder than others https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12108758/Why-some-people-find-learning-a-language-harder-than-others.html
LingQ
Keigo http://www.yutaaoki.com/blog/when-to-use-keigo-honorific-speech-hierarchy-in-japanese-society
U.S. Flag By Jnn13 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6221363

Music

“I Can’t Explain” – The Who
“Summertime (REDUX)” – Nicolai Heidlas Music
“Back In The Saddle Again” – Gene Autry

Comments

One response to “LWIF EP111: Why I Still Suck at Japanese After Living in Japan for 5 Years”

August 2, 2018

Doug Copp

Hi Greg,
Not mentioned, in addition to learning hiragana, katakana and kanji there is also romaji as well as the differentiation between male and female speech patterns. No wonder Japanese is considered difficult. Love your subject matter. Keep on keeping on.