This post is a little long, and was inspired by an article that I read on AJATT that was aptly named How to Pronounce Japanese. I’m not going to go over the basics of Japanese pronunciation in this particular post, … Read more
How many of you have been told that Asian languages are the hardest to learn because they are all tonal languages? What exactly does that mean? And since it’s from Asia, is Japanese a tonal language too? Well the short … Read more
One of the things I hear a lot is that, “you have to move to Japan to become fluent in Japanese.” In other words, to master the language, you have to learn Japanese by immersion. But that’s not true as … Read more
There are tons of different ways that people learn new things. Sometimes you see something and learn it, sometimes you read about it and then you understand it, and the examples go on and on. But what about Meditation? I … Read more
If you’re sick and tired of struggling, there’s something you should know about. It’s how to study Japanese by “chunking” words and phrases so that you learn the new information in a way that is easy for your brain to … Read more