Books for Japanese Children

After a bit of conversation in my article about my recent study methods I thought it would be good to get into more detail about the books I’ve been reading! Besides some manga, I’ve been reading books intended for Japanese children. There are a few problems I’ve found reading these compared to graded readers that are intended for beginners to the language. For instance,...

Going Gung-ho – November 2009

Where did the time go? It’s been over a month since I last posted, and I’ll tell you where I’ve been. Right here on the computer! Since the 19th of October 2009, I’ve spent 89 hours studying Japanese. Some of you may know nanowrimo – an event which takes part in November where you attempt to write 50,000 words in a month. My goal of November was something...

Reading Manga For Japanese Language Learning

One goal for many learning Japanese is to be able to enjoy manga in it’s original language. It is one of my goals as well. I have quite a few manga in Japanese, collected from many places, such as YesAsia.com, I have mostly used these as motivation tools – “look at these manga, I will read them!!” After about one year of studying Japanese, I tried. And surprised myself...

Kanji Websites

Here are some great websites to help you learn Kanji!! I’ve previously talked about Reviewing the Kanji website, but it should be mentioned again as it is my favourite place to go and… well, review the kanji. Speedanki.com is a place where you review kanji combinations based on what level of the JLPT you are up to. Great for reading in context rather than just recognising...

Remembering to Remember the Kanji

OK, so I’ve been fairly slack with updating on my Japanese progress, as well as being slack with actually learning Japanese. Don’t you just hate it how life gets in the way? But I’m just making excuses. It’s been over a month since I lasted posted any Japanese. I am hoping to posting more regularly from now on. Hopefully at least twice a week. And more lessons soon,...