みなさんは、日本語をどうやって勉強していますか？このアイデアはどうですか？
Here are some learning strategies to study Japanese. Please share them with us if you have any other ideas!
1. Find your goals: What is your goals for Japanese study? Let's find (a) specific goal(s) - Speak like a native? Read a novel in Japanese? Be a Kanji master?
2. The ways you pursue your goals: a) Keep journal or blog
b) Write letters and e-mails to your friends
c) Read books in Japanese
d) Find conversation partners
e) Listen to music
f) Watch Japanese dramas and movies
g) Monologue in Japanese.... "Oops" → おっと！うわっ！etc. Your own questions becomes your power. "What is "Microwave" in Japanese????" → use dictionary!!!
i) Explain something in Japanese - Can you explain "Thanksgiving" in Japanese?
....or anyway you like!!!!! :D
Pace yourself. Don’t cram everything in one day! Language cannot be learned in one day…
3. Good books to read... a) Giles Murray, Breaking Into Japanese Literature, Kodansha, 2003
b) Janet Ashby, Read Real Japanese: All You Need to Enjoy Eight Contemporary Writers, Kodansha, 2003.
c) 「ショート・ショート」星新一（ほししんいち）
d) 吉本ばなな（よしもとばなな）
e) 村上春樹（むらかみはるき）
f) 「ぼっちゃん」夏目漱石（なつめそうせき）
g) 安部公房（あべこうぼう）
h) 三島由紀夫（みしまゆきお）
i) 宮部みゆき （みやべみゆき）
j) 松本清張（まつもとせいちょう）mysteries!
k) 天声人語 （てんせいじんご） 朝日新聞 Short essays
l)
まんがで日本語 Bookstores can be found under "Honya-san" in this blog.
4. Japanese radio, on-line news…1.
NHK Radio (You can choose your speed : Slow, Normal, Fast)
2.
NHK On-line news (Click the video screen, and you will access more news!)
3.
TBS-i (On-line news with video and script)
5. Japanese dramas access here1.
Mysojo.com2.
Pandora Box6. Japanese dramas (not sure if these titles suits your taste, but popular) ごくせん Gokusen
絶対彼氏 Zettai Kareshi
花より男子 Hanayori Dango
Voice
ノダメ・カンタービレNodame Cantabile
ラスト・フレンズ Last Friends
婚カツ Konkatsu
ハケンの品格 Haken no Hinkaku
