Home
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com

Japan Photos

Want to see more pictures of Japan? See the way people used to live and the way they live now. You can even buy the best of our Japan photos in high resolution. Take a look here for a sample.
TheJapanChannel Photos...

Japan Videos

Check out our great selection of unique Japan videos. See the country from a new perspective and learn about Japanese art, culture and history. See this weeks latest video. Check-it-out!
TheJapanChannel Videos...
Japan Forum
Welcome, Guest
Please Login or Register.    Lost Password?
Japan Forum Japan Discussion Learning Japanese
Easier in Japan!! (184 viewing) (184) Guests
Go to bottom Post Reply Favoured: 0
TOPIC: Easier in Japan!!
#1
petina (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 946
graph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Easier in Japan!! 18 Years, 3 Months ago Karma: -583  
I studied Japanese at University in England for 3 years but I learnt more in Japan in the first 3 months I was there!!!
The text book learning was a good foundation but the day to day practice was the best for speaking naturally and, most importantly, listening practice!!
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#5
Old Dude (User)
Expert Boarder
Posts: 126
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:Easier in Japan!! 18 Years, 3 Months ago Karma: 22  
Hi Petina!
I found the same thing.
Being here and listening and speaking Japanese 24/7 sure makes one learn faster!!!!!!
It is a neccessity if we want to eat, go anywhere, do anything or even talk to anyone, isn't it!!
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#38
Hoopajoo (User)
Fresh Boarder
Posts: 15
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:Easier in Japan!! 18 Years, 2 Months ago Karma: 4  
I agree. There is no better way to learn Japanese than having it screamed at you and no better motivation to learn than being called "Gaiijin baka" (Stupid foreigner). Overwhelmingly more Japanese people are politer than that, but those few individuals tend to stand out.
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#74
eric (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 199
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:Easier in Japan!! 18 Years, 1 Month ago Karma: -5  
Nobody was rude to me the whole time I was in Japan but I agree that being there makes us improve more quickly.
It is also great to learn the language the way it is spoken naturally rather than in a classroom.
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#115
petina (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 946
graph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Easier in Japan!! 17 Years, 10 Months ago Karma: -583  
I think Japanese people wont usually tell us when we make mistakes with our Japanese vocab, grammar or pronunciation.
But if we ask our Japanese friends (onegai!!) to correct us and they see that it is doing us a favour they will help us.. and that is useful!!
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
Last Edit: 2008/08/22 04:45 By Old Dude.
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#585
Megumiloca (User)
Fresh Boarder
Posts: 2
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:Easier in Japan!! 17 Years ago Karma: 0  
Yeah. I felt the same way when I had a Japanese exchange student live with me. I didn't want to correct her because I thought I'd be rude to do so. Then she asked us to correct her English, and she got much better! Now I want to learn her language and experience her culture.
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
Go to top Post Reply
Powered by FireBoardget the latest posts directly to your desktop
 
(C) 2026 The Japan Channel
Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Japan Forum