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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