To be exact, this post should be entitled Japanese non-immersion because the week was a complete disaster. I have been busy with other things and could not even hold to my weekly challenge (it was listening and repeating lines of Isao TAKAHATA's film Only Yesterday). As for immersion, there was almost none, apart from some..
Currently reading: 『日本語びいき』by 清水由美
Once again, I find myself reading several books at the same time! I could not resist this book's title and cover: [caption id="attachment_13017" align="alignleft" width="272"] 『日本語びいき』by 清水由美, illustrated by ヨシタケシンスケ, 中公文庫[/caption] 『日本語びいき』 is written by a Japanese teacher who teaches Japanese to foreigners. From what she writes in her forewords, I guess that there was/is..
Impersonation and language learning
Today's post is about speaking, which is rare on my blog! What triggered it is this video I found on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zgqcQ6Z9Mtw It was a commercial, and for once, I didn't skip it after 5 seconds. This Korean guy learns English by doing impersonations of Sherlock Holmes from the series by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. I always..
Japanese Immersion: September week 3
My focus for this week was to read my novels, so I haven't done many non-bookish things for my Japanese immersion. Japanese Songs This being said, I did work a little on my immersion with music. I already mentioned it in a previous post, but I have difficulty finding Japanese songs I like. The Japanese..
Currently reading: 『未来のミライ』by 細田守
Some months ago Topple commented on one of my posts to recommend the collection 角川つばさ文庫 (collection "Tsubasa" of the publisher Kadokawa). I have been on the lookout for a book of this collection since then and finally spotted one in a bookshop the other day: 『未来のミライ』by 細田守 (ほそだ・まもる). The collection First of all, let's talk about..
My new study method: the One-week challenge/immersion!
I think I got it at last! The method that suits me best to learn a language. Learning Japanese on my own has been a mess of trials and errors, of abandoned study plans and seemingly revolutionary but unrealistic study methods. But somehow, it has been fun trying different things, and designing study plans is..
Japanese Immersion: September week 2
どうぶつの森!I woke up this morning to hear the good news: Animal Crossing is coming for the Switch! To me, Animal Crossing is closely linked to learning Japanese: it is a game I play in Japanese, and it created an unconscious association between "Japanese" and "a fictional world I love, where the smallest acts of kindness..
Currently Reading: 『流星の絆』by 東野圭吾
[caption id="attachment_12973" align="alignleft" width="195"] 『流星の絆』by 東野圭吾, 講談社文庫[/caption] To me, the best way to start reading again after a long period of trials and errors is to start a novel by Keigo HIGASHINO. The magic worked this time too, with the novel 『流星の絆』(りゅうせい の きずな). It is a very long novel (617 pages), but I am confident..
Read the news in Japanese: one-week reading challenge!
I have decided to try something new this week and start a "reading the news in Japanese" challenge. I will read and translate one news article per day this week, starting today and ending on Sunday. I think that the more often you read the news, the easier it gets. Not only because you improve..
Japanese Immersion: September week 1
The main thing I did to listen to Japanese this week was watching episodes from 『ちびまる子ちゃん』. I also re-watched the film 『舟を編む』which is one of my favourite films. I love equally the novel by Shion MIURA (三浦しをん) as the film by director Yuya ISHII (石井裕也) I really recommend this film to anyone interested in the..
Book non-review: I give up reading 『光』by 三浦しをん
[caption id="attachment_11909" align="alignleft" width="177"] 『光』by 三浦しをん, 集英社文庫[/caption] I still want to believe that I will pick up this book again and read the remaining 60 pages of 『光』. If you follow my blog, you know that I have loved 三浦しをん （みうらしをん）'s other novel 『舟を編む』, but I cannot say the same for this one. I struggled..
September, at last!
September is here at last! (I don't like Summer in Korea because it is too hot and the air conditioner everywhere makes me sick.) Only four months to go before the end of the year...! It's time to look at the goals we set for ourselves in January and make some last adjustments to be..