Where Not To Learn Japanese From

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This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Secrets of Speaking

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Secrets of SpeakingDon’t learn Japanese from novels. No one talks that way. Don’t learn Japanese from scientific journals. No one talks that way. Don’t learn Japanese from manga. No one talks that way. Don’t learn Japanese from newspapers. No one talks that way. Don’t learn…

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All Reading Is Skimming

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There is only one book: the world book. And all books are volumes of this one book. And all pages are pages of this world book. Now, there are billions of pages in this book. And you’re never going to read them all. Not. Ever. You’re already skimming. You’re already skipping over. You’re already not…

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Bad Goal, Good Goal

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Animaniacs started it. We’re going to finish it. Bad goal, good goal. Bad goal: Skate for N hours/day Good goal: Show up at rink Even better goal: Put on skates Better still: Leave house with gear Bad goal: Skate N hours/year Good goal: Show up at rink N times/year Bad goal: Practice puck-handling for N…

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How To Enjoy Movies You Don’t Understand, Like A Kid

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Rout gripeth 😛 …watching movies in Japanese is so boring when you can’t understand more than a few words or an occasional simple sentence. Even if you’ve seen the movie in a language you can understand before. And just leaving them on in the background and doing something else is so distracting and gets annoying…

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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2011-07-31

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Be lazy and irresponsible. In Japanese. # It's not a question of whether you can or can't. Of course you can. The real question is: do you *want* to? #nativelevelfluency # If you're really in that bad of shape then anything is an improvement. Don't just sit there waiting for death. Be random. #immersion #…

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