At one point or another in learning anything, we will frequently reach a plateau in our ability. This intermediate plateau, or "okay plateau" is where many people tend to get the most discouraged with their studies and … [Read more...]
It's no secret that Japan and Hawaii have a special relationship. There are a ton of people with Japanese ancestry living in Hawaii, it's common vacation destination for many Japanese (my Japanese relatives took their … [Read more...]
To me, one of the more interesting things about learning Japanese is when people say that they start to dream or think in Japanese. That's amazing because not only does it mean that those people are completely engrossed … [Read more...]
I've always been interested in how the human mind changes. I took a class in college that talked about how the brain had changed at different points in society; people's minds changed with the invention of the written … [Read more...]
Over on Mutantfrog Travelogue, a post went up earlier this week called "My Japanese sucks and always will." The post talks about how the author, somebody who's a long-time student of Japanese, passed the JLPT 1, and has … [Read more...]
Japanese can be a tough language to get into. Not because it's a hard language to learn, necessarily, but because there are a bunch of mental barriers and misconceptions. Koichi's talked a bit about this before, but … [Read more...]