How To Study Foreign Languages at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels

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Study methods and advice for language learners Do you understand the language you’re studying but still don’t feel comfortable speaking out loud to your friends? This article is for those of you who know the basic level of language. As a continuous part of the previous post about tips and advice for beginner language learners, we’d like to talk about tips and advice for intermediate and advanced level language learners, including effective studying methods! Yuki is a native Japanese speaker fluent in English and Hannah is a native English speaker fluent in German. We studied both languages and mastered them …

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How To Learn New Languages Effectively | Tips and Advice For Beginners

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A Japanese and American couple teaches you how to start learning new languages Have you felt like you’ve hit a plateau in your language study? Or do you want to study a new language but don’t know where to start? This post is for you! Yuki is a native Japanese speaker fluent in English and Hannah is a native English speaker fluent in German. We studied both languages and mastered them because we’re passionate about learning new languages and culture. In this post, we share our thoughts and tips about how to study new languages, and how we learned English …

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30 Useful Words (kanji) for Everyday Life in Japan!

Navigating the everyday in Japan is much simpler when you’re familiar with kanji If you live in Japan or will be moving there and know little to no Japanese, then at least practice these kanji for survival’s sake. Knowledge of these kanji will help you to do everyday tasks, such as check the weather, operate an AC unit, use a television, and fill out forms. There are many methods out there claiming to be the best way to learn kanji, but at the end of the day you just have to memorize them. Studying kanji with a textbook is wrong? …

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