...Well, it is if you work at this fictional English Language School, "Be Yes." [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O0E0emU85w'] [divider] I know a lot of you out there are thinking of becoming an English … [Read more...]
When I started making the "Little Victories" lessons switch on TextFugu, I realized that even though I'm just changing things over on TextFugu, the entire concept of "little victories" can be used by anyone learning … [Read more...]
It is pretty hard to get further off the beaten track in Japan than by hitchhiking. I've never done it and the thought had never really occurred to me since I've associated hitchhiking with grizzly murders from horror … [Read more...]
Recently three new Japanese words made their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, officially blessing the English speaking world with concepts such as hikikomori, karoshi, and otaku. But, these aren't the only words … [Read more...]
Passing the JLPT at any level requires being able to read some Japanese and of course the best way to learn to read is well....reading stuff. The problem with reading is that it's really hard. For most of us below the … [Read more...]
In a couple hours at 1:40pm Pacific Time, I'll be live on BBC Radio (sorry, no idea which one... people tell me it's probably #4, though) talking about "Character Amnesia" (or for us Tofugu-folk, "Kanji Amnesia"), so I … [Read more...]