When I tell people I teach Japanese, the reaction from everyone is always, “You teach Japanese?” I wasn’t born in Japan, didn’t start learning it seriously until I was 15 and have probably only spent about 2 years total in Japan. Why would you ever listen to what I have…
For a lot of you, the JLPT has been your major Japanese-related goal for the year. Now it’s over, this can bring with it a corresponding reduction in Japanese study. Drilling Japanese for the JLPT is effective for pass rates but probably unsustainable in the long term, nevermind whether such…
Asahi Newspaper Article Read-through, this is an article about harassment from customers. From personal experience, customers do expect a lot out of Japanese businesses and this can lead to some crazy outcomes as detailed in this article. Aimed at JLPT N1, N2 level.