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I just checked out the first episode you linked.
It looks interesting. Not quite like a drama i’ve watched before. the first episode was too damn sad. I don’t imagine they’re all like that, but it does well to set up the story and give the characters an identity so we can understand their struggle more easily.
all in all, i will definitely watch another and decide more conclusively then…
1:12 is my best, no screen shot =/
That post by Altaira is a good resource. It is very similar to the sound in English sometimes referred to as a ‘flapped t” sound. If you are a native English speaker (unfortunately not British English) you should be familiar with this sound. British English speakers tend to enunciate their ‘t’s “properly” where as North American English uses the ‘flapped t’ sound quite often. butter, batter, water, waiter, putter, etc…
The idea (as it has been probably been beaten to death) is for your tongue to lightly flick the roof of your mouth. Whereas the ‘L’ sound in English begins with the tongue touching the rook of your mouth and is flicked forwards off of the roof towards the front of your mouth. Hence why some people recommend making the ‘L’ sound many times in succession quickly to understand the movement.
Anyways, practice makes perfect.
With Vocab, it doesn’t hurt to stick along the lines of JLPT either. I just finished all new cards with the N4/N5 deck (having known most of them from other sources) and have been using the N3 deck at a slower pace (since more of these words are new).
Either that, or using a dictionary to look up words you want to know how to say. I find that if it is something you want to say, you are more likely to be able to remember it too. And it is always good to try to use it in a sentence, again to make it easier to remember. Then you can use Lang8 and make sure you’re using it correctly.
That’s roughly how I do it when I’m not using Anki, or think of something I really want to be able to say in Japanese.
I didn’t really want to rub more salt in the wounds in this topic. It seems clear since the way it was turned, koichi and hashi are afraid to touch it with a ten foot pole.
That being said, I can see some of the points made here. I do realize (as a business man myself) that their money is only made from getting new signups. I have aksed myself too in the past why they spend so much time on blog and youtube posts, but I never see new content that I can learn from.
I know it was kind of a lost cause for me from the beginning. I live in Japan, i’ve bought many books, and for me this was meant to be mostly a motivational tool. It did serve this purpose and I have the other members here to thank more than anything. Seeing their determination has giving me cause to try my hardest. But I didn’t pay my $120 just to join the community. Full disclosure, I joined during the campaign to donate %110 (? i think) to Fukushima relief fund. Again, living in Japan and seeing the devastation caused, I wanted to do atleast something to do my part. I tried to donate blood, but actually my lack of fluent Japanese hindered me there (that’s another story… sigh) so I signed up here.
Anyways, I will never ask for my money back and hopefully koichi will develop the advanced section someday…
I’m sorry to hear that too missing.
You should send me an email some time, if you wanna keep in touch at all.
You’re the one that gave me a real kick in the arse to really pick up my study habits. Now I7m sure to study everyday both my Kanji and Vocab! So thank you for inspiring me to try my best and never give up. Ideally, I’d like to inspire the same change in you or just be there to light the fire under your arse too!
Anyways, you can email me.
To prvent spam, I set up a temporary email at 29lkri3te36nq6a@jetable.org
Just email me and I can return your email from there.What made you re-realize your ability?
As for ‘demonstrated competency’ that is something you really need to ask your school. Once you figure that out, see if that is a realistic goal considering the time constraints.
1. Are mini-lessons useful to you or no (please be honest!)?
Somewhat, depends on the difficulty. Usually there might be atleast a vocab or two I could pick up.2. Do you read the mini-lesson posts (please be honest!)?
Yes, always3. Are they too hard? Too easy to be useful?
Sometimes too easy.4. Should I do these less frequently?
Whatever your workload can handle. (or have people to support you and help you out)5. Is certain content better for mini lessons in your opinion? What’s the best kind of mini-lesson content? What’s the worst?
What is sometimes difficult is understanding without context. In Japanese, context is usually crucial to understanding what is being said. I think a lot of Japanese is understanding what is not said too.6. Are you just waiting for others to respond to see the answers? Are you answering on your own but not posting up?
I always try to understand them on my own at the very least. Occasionally I will post.7. Anything else that might be helpful? :D
hmmmmmいいっすね
Now this is my kind of thread! Thanks missing!
Yesterday morning I made some braised pork belly (ラフティー）a common Okinawa dish with some pumpkin puree （かぼちゃピュレー）and some steamed broccoli（蒸しブロッコリー） with caramelized onions（？） for my lunchbox（弁当）
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/kiaifighter/My%20Food/IMG_0950.jpgAlso, this isn’t from today, but it is my favorite dish. It’s called soup curry. It is really popular in Hokkaido (specifically) Sapporo. It’s really hard to find anywhere else in Japan, though…
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/kiaifighter/My%20Food/IMG_0262.jpgI was going to write something interesting, or atleast find my old journal.. but couldn’t bring myself to do either.
Here is some of my chicken scratch from the past few days of vocab practice.
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/kiaifighter/Japanese%20Handwriting/IMG_0903.jpghttp://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/kiaifighter/Japanese%20Handwriting/IMG_0904.jpg
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/kiaifighter/Japanese%20Handwriting/IMG_0905.jpg
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j467/kiaifighter/Japanese%20Handwriting/IMG_0906.jpg
Yes, I have renewed my contract on a yearly basis with the same company I started with.
Geos went bankrupt and was bought by EC (I think).
JET is the official government program, not a private school. Teachers there are placed into actual public Elementary, Junior High and regular High Schools.
The biggest downside I’ve heard to this program is the likelihood of being placed in a very rural area of Japan.One thing I will say about working in Japan, a lot of the people who come here as English teachers has a fairytale view of Japan and when it doesn’t live up to their expectations, they want to go home or they complain about everything. I don’t like these people. I have met many foreigners working in Japan. The ones who stay simply have a better attitude than those who don’t.
Like you said, these are just people trying to make a living. How good or bad your ESL experience will be is completely determined by your coworkers and not simply by the company you work for. If you have a shit boss, you have a shit boss no matter where in the world you are.
If you have realistic expectations, you should be fine.
I wouldn’t recommend getting a major in English. Assuming you were born and raised in America, your Native level English is enough to land a job at an English school. And of course a basic bachelor’s degree goes without saying.
It seems as though we were cut from the same cloth. I as well just joined an EIKAIWA (conversational English school) just as a means to an end. From there, I started making contacts and a network to support me beyond my stay as an English teacher.
That’s the stage I am approaching now.
I am just starting my third year in Japan and am currently an English teacher at a private school. The market has indeed changed even in these past few years.
I’m currently on my mobile so I’ll write more when I get home from work. But I’d love to hear others experiences too.But you said you type worse in English too.
Japanese keyboards have the kana as well as the English characters on the keys! So your little bits of paper should include that information if you are not confident in your English typing.
