Rea
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YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST LEARN JAPANESE IF YOU WANT TO GEOMAX IN JAPAN. WHY? BECAUSE NO JAPANESE SPEAKS ENGLISH, AND IF YOU DO YOU'LL BE AUTOMATICALLY OSTRACIZED AND MOCKED.
"Estimates vary, but most surveys show that less than 20% of the Japanese population speaks English. The 2023 English Proficiency Index ranks Japan 87th out of 113 countries, and 15th in Asia."
THAT SAID, WE CAN START WITH THE GUIDE :
1. WATCH LOADS OF ANIME WITH SUBS.
This will be your bread and butter. When you find yourself able to pick up words like "sugoi" and "onichan" you're halfway there!
Tip: Make sure to pay the most attention to the subtitles. Your brain will naturally pick up the words.
2. SKIP KANJI.
You need to know over 3,000 of them just to be considered "literate". (VERY few Japanese even know them.) In addition, they have many pronunciations. IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FOREIGNER.
Tip: Due to Japan's illiteracy rate after WWII, the British began phasing out kanji. In a few years it will be pointless to know any. In Korea, they've already advanced past its use.
3. LEARNING THE SYLLIBALLE SYLLABARIES KATAKANA (カタカナ) AND HIRAGANA (ひらがな) IS OPTIONAL UNTIL YOU CAN SPEAK FLUENTLY.
Any decent teaching program will use romaji.
Tip: Romaji is using Latin letters to spell out Japanese words. Ex: Konichiwa. Any good program such as Rosetta Stone (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) will give you this option. The easier to understand, the faster you learn.
In closing: If you're doing poorly, don't be discouraged and beat yourself up over it. It's been proven that older people have a very difficult time learning a second language. 90% of those who do speak a second language do so before age 12. This is why older immigrants become shut-ins and depend on their children so much.
BY DOING THIS YOU CAN REACH JLPT N6 IN 12 MONTHS AND MAKE EVERYONE JEALOUS OF YOUR JAPANESE SKILLS.
"Estimates vary, but most surveys show that less than 20% of the Japanese population speaks English. The 2023 English Proficiency Index ranks Japan 87th out of 113 countries, and 15th in Asia."
THAT SAID, WE CAN START WITH THE GUIDE :
1. WATCH LOADS OF ANIME WITH SUBS.
This will be your bread and butter. When you find yourself able to pick up words like "sugoi" and "onichan" you're halfway there!
Tip: Make sure to pay the most attention to the subtitles. Your brain will naturally pick up the words.
2. SKIP KANJI.
You need to know over 3,000 of them just to be considered "literate". (VERY few Japanese even know them.) In addition, they have many pronunciations. IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FOREIGNER.
Tip: Due to Japan's illiteracy rate after WWII, the British began phasing out kanji. In a few years it will be pointless to know any. In Korea, they've already advanced past its use.
3. LEARNING THE SYLLIBALLE SYLLABARIES KATAKANA (カタカナ) AND HIRAGANA (ひらがな) IS OPTIONAL UNTIL YOU CAN SPEAK FLUENTLY.
Any decent teaching program will use romaji.
Tip: Romaji is using Latin letters to spell out Japanese words. Ex: Konichiwa. Any good program such as Rosetta Stone (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) will give you this option. The easier to understand, the faster you learn.
In closing: If you're doing poorly, don't be discouraged and beat yourself up over it. It's been proven that older people have a very difficult time learning a second language. 90% of those who do speak a second language do so before age 12. This is why older immigrants become shut-ins and depend on their children so much.
BY DOING THIS YOU CAN REACH JLPT N6 IN 12 MONTHS AND MAKE EVERYONE JEALOUS OF YOUR JAPANESE SKILLS.
