Hello! Welcome to this lovely new blog of mine. The purpose of this blog is to keep track of my journey with Japanese. I took a couple years of Japanese in college, fooled around a bit with Rosetta Stone and a recent trip to Tokyo has motivated me to start learning Japanese again.
I have two motivations for learning Japanese. One is so I can play Final Fantasy Explorers, which is a 3DS game I picked up (along with a Japanese 3DS, the system is region locked so can only play games in it's region. I can not play Japanese games on my American 3DS). The second motivation is so I have the option to one day move to Tokyo!
I am using a couple tools to learn Japanese. The first is a subscription to Rosetta Stone Totale. Totale is the online subscription to a Rosetta Stone language, I highly recommend it. Beyond the basic language learning tools, you also get access to live tutoring sessions and a slew of games. Check it out here: http://www.rosettastone.com/
The second tool is the book Remembering the Kanji by James Heisig and using a computer-based flashcard system called Anki. So far I've learned over 500 kanji in a month. Not bad!
I've been meeting once a week with one of my Japanese American friends and we speak only Japanese for 15 minutes. It doesn't sound like much, but when you're a total newb like me 15 minutes is really hard!
My last Japanese learning tool is my Japanese 3DS. I've been playing Youkai Watch on it, which is a children's game about catching ghosts! I highly recommend it.
If you are trying to learn Japanese yourself, I hope to help give you some hints from what I've learned. It's a long road, but with a bit of dedication and perseverance we can do it!
Japanese Learning Tracker
Rosetta Stone: Level 2, Unit 7, Lesson 4
Kanji Tracker: 526 Kanji Learned
Game Progress: Youkai Watch 5 hours 15 minutes
I leave you with this lovely image of a temple in Kyoto in the snow.
I have two motivations for learning Japanese. One is so I can play Final Fantasy Explorers, which is a 3DS game I picked up (along with a Japanese 3DS, the system is region locked so can only play games in it's region. I can not play Japanese games on my American 3DS). The second motivation is so I have the option to one day move to Tokyo!
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| Final Fantasy Explorers!!! Still wrapped... |
I am using a couple tools to learn Japanese. The first is a subscription to Rosetta Stone Totale. Totale is the online subscription to a Rosetta Stone language, I highly recommend it. Beyond the basic language learning tools, you also get access to live tutoring sessions and a slew of games. Check it out here: http://www.rosettastone.com/
The second tool is the book Remembering the Kanji by James Heisig and using a computer-based flashcard system called Anki. So far I've learned over 500 kanji in a month. Not bad!
I've been meeting once a week with one of my Japanese American friends and we speak only Japanese for 15 minutes. It doesn't sound like much, but when you're a total newb like me 15 minutes is really hard!
My last Japanese learning tool is my Japanese 3DS. I've been playing Youkai Watch on it, which is a children's game about catching ghosts! I highly recommend it.
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| A Japanese 3DS, with a Jibanyan (Youkai Watch) Cover |
Japanese Learning Tracker
Rosetta Stone: Level 2, Unit 7, Lesson 4
Kanji Tracker: 526 Kanji Learned
Game Progress: Youkai Watch 5 hours 15 minutes
I leave you with this lovely image of a temple in Kyoto in the snow.
