A short review of the magazine called 일본어 저널. This magazine is a Korean monthly publication for Japanese learners.
Daily Japanese Study: JLPT N2, third month recap
October is almost over, and I have hoped that I would be left with only revisions to do (no new words or grammar) for the last month of preparation for JLPT N2. Well, I am more or less where I wanted to be. Let's turn back on what happened in October. Note: I started working..
Japanese News: Animal Crossing coming to mobile phone
In this post, I am studying the video where Nintendo announced and presented its new game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
Currently reading: 金閣寺 by 三島由紀夫
I am reading 金閣寺, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima. These are my first impressions on the Japanese version of the novel!
Variations in level of difficulty
Varying the level of difficulty of books I read helps me stay motivated to learn Japanese. Instead of always picking books that fit my level I sometimes read easy novels, sometimes challenging ones. I explain in this post how it helps me and what are the benefits of varying difficulty levels.
Japanese news: 岩合光昭の世界ネコ歩きin theatres
Friday’s article news! Today, I am studying an article about the release of the film 「劇場版 世界ネコ歩き」.
舟を編む・ふねをあむ Part 2
My reading notes for the second part of 舟を編む
Motivation: starting a bullet journal
What about starting a bullet journal to organise my Japanese study? Learning a language on one’s own requires some organisation system to stay productive throughout the year. I have never done a bullet journal before and I think that now is a perfect time to start one!
Japanese news: on natto, vitamin K and femur fractures
I found an intriguing article today on the Asahi website. The title of the article is : 中高年の骨折は「西高東低」 原因は不明、納豆が関係か. 骨折・こっせつ fracture of a bone The title says that concerning bone fractures of middle-aged and elderly persons, it is "high in the West and low in the East". Even if the reason for this difference is..
Japan travel guides
In this article, I compare French, Korean and Japanese travel guides.
Learning strategies: working on intonation
On the importance of intonation and how to work to improve it
Japanese news: カズオ・イシグロ received the ノーベル文学賞
For today's news article, I have selected a short and easy one. I still don't feel confident in reading long articles or articles about politics, I fear they might be discouraging... Anyway, there is a subject that interests me this week: the British writer Kazuo Ishiguro カズオ・イシグロ receiving the Nobel Prize ノーベル文学賞. Link to the..