Sometimes, I think, it’s important to think different. Sometimes, when everyone is doing one thing, you should try the exact opposite. It doesn’t mean it will work, but it’s almost always worth the try. Perhaps you’ll run into something nobody has ever thought of. This idea is one of those things. I think it works [...]
Did you make it past that highly distracting image of the butterfly? Whew… then you might not need this article… or maybe you do? We can all learn how to be more motivated and inspired, and we’re all human in that shiny things distract us a …. what was I saying?
This is a guest post by the awesome Japanese language teacher and blogger Rainbowhill. Be sure to subscribe to his newsletter (a personal favorite of mine!) and follow him on Twitter. On Friday last week I spent most of the afternoon being verbally abused and physically threatened. It was all part of the training in [...]
(Be sure to stick around to the end, where you can win some goodies from FlutterScape) In the past, I’ve written about a few ways you can buy things from Japan. Most of them have been so-so at best. Finally (seriously, it’s about time), someone’s come up with something that works pretty darn well (I’ll [...]
This, of course, shouldn’t be confused with being “emo” (do people still do that?). Your emotions are actually one of the most effective tools in your Japanese learning arsenal, yet you’ll never see a Japanese teacher telling you to “get angry about that kanji” (not that most people don’t already do that on their own). [...]
