My ears. Downloaded a whole load of podcasts to torture train my ears to get used to listening to Japanese. I usually listen to Japanese radio programs but decided to try out an audio drama instead! Not too familiar with audio dramas but basically they are mini dramas “acted” out by voice actors – no
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Studying Japanese with subtitles
Thanks to Orbiter, I now have a new resource for studying Japanese – JPsubbers! It’s supposed to be subs that you download and play together with the raw drama file, but I’m using it a little differently. Treating it like Dramanote, so I’m actually reading it as a text file and studying from there. HAHA.
[Study Japanese Apps] Webtoons
I’ve talked about Korean webtoons before and since then I’ve been trying to find something similar in Japanese. So I’m damn happy to find out that Naver actually has a Japanese webtoon app, in addition to their regular Korean webtoon app! Personally, I’m more partial to Japanese-style of drawing manga/webtoons, so I love this app
It’s a big world out there
It’s a big big world out there~ Recently (okay, today) I am quite addicted to watching youtube videos of foreigners who are fluent in Korean / Japanese. Somehow there seem to be a lot more fluent Japanese learners on youtube. SHE’S SO GOOD. Omg. I can listen to her all day. She sound totally native.
[Textbook Review] Japanese Core Words and Phrases: Things you can’t find in a dictionary
woah, that’s a long title. Part of me goes meh at the main title and yet my interest is piqued by the second line. I’m not a fan of those ‘vocabulary books’ and I deem it a waste of money. But things you can’t find in a dictionary?? That sure grabbed my attention. Approached the
In love with Dramanote!!! :D
hahaha a quick post before I retire for the night. I’m having soooooo much fun studying Japanese from dramas and dramanote!! I’ve talked about the site in another post before but I still wanna say how much I enjoy studying with it! Watch one ep of the drama and come back to see the notes.
[REVIEW / Language Learning Tool] LANG-8.com
Seriously, I’ve been a member of lang-8.com for years (since Feb 1st 2009) to be exact and I have never blogged about it??!! GOSH. Long story cut short: If you are a language learner, please sign up for lang-8! It’s one of the most effective, simple and best language-exchange site that I’ve come across. The
Spamming language input – immersion at its cheapest
Immersion is always touted as the best way to learn a language. Language immersion at the country itself is expensive and probably not available to everyone, but with the internet connection, low-cost (or even free) immersion is very much possible. Recently I’ve been listening to NHKラジオニュース podcast while doing my work. Personally I dislike podcasts that
These are my Japanese books
hehehe, my stash of Japanese books!!! ^^ Or more accurately, Japanese learning books, if you ignore that Totto Chan book at the top! As you can see, majority of these are in Korean ^^;; Reviews coming up soon okay? A closer look in case you want to know the titles! There are the 3 new
[Studying tool] Japanese Drama Notes ドラマノート
Confession: I haven’t watched a Korean drama since Rooftop Prince. I have been addicted to Japanese dramas and I’ve been watching パパドル, 新参者 etc. And recently, I started watching リッチマン, プアウーマン !!! For those who are not watching it, please go watch it. This is how much I love the drama. Was searching for materials and
