Posts tagged Japanese
Konichi-Wa, Shalom and Hello World!
If you follow us on Twitter you might have noticed those recent posts containing weird non-Western characters like (げいしゃ) or (אהבה). I’m talking of course about our two new language-specific blogs maintained by the Learn Out Live department leaders, one for Japanese, written by Jeremiah Bourque (head of Japanese department)- and one about Hebrew by…
Introducing The Japanese Culture Blog
Japanese is a means to an end. No one sane studies Japanese for over a dozen years, becomes a professional translator, and learns all the complexity and nuance of this language because the language is fun. Yes, it is a great challenge, and it is very interesting, but that wasn’t the point. The language is…
Instruction is a River Into the Mind
In Japanese, the kanji (Chinese character, the hieroglyph-ish stuff) for “instruction” combines two components. The first component is “words”: that which pours out of a mouth. This is the component, or “radical,” on the left. The second component is the radical for “river.” In itself, this kanji, on its own, represents a channel carved into…
Japanese Made Easy As One, Two, Three
I have had enormous success with my private Japanese tutoring over Skype with a student intending to take the EJU so that he can study in Japan. We still have a full year to go, but 60 lessons in, a firm, powerful foundation has been laid down. (He is currently on a family trip, so…
How To Learn Japanese
There are many schools of thought for how to learn Japanese. Allow me to briefly present mine. By the way, you can get an early start by visiting the shop and check out the Japanese for Beginners Downloadable Lesson Pack right now! Schedule won’t accommodate live lessons over Skype? Get these lessons and learn on…
Want To Study At A Japanese University?
If you’d like to study at a Japanese university, read on. If you don’t… read on anyway! You might find this interesting. At the present time, Japan is undergoing a chronic shortage of students for its well-respected universities. (Most of you will have read one of the numerous news reports in recent years concerning Japan’s…