Lately I’ve been seriously lacking motivation to study Japanese, even though my JLPT N1 is coming up in little over than a month. I’ve taken the test before and I know that it’s mostly an endurance test to see how many tricky answers they can throw at you before you get frustrated and flustered. Recently, […]
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Japanese, Korean, and books, oh my! (New Year’s Resolutions)
2015 is my year to read a ton! Not only that, but I have two resolutions to help me achieve my language goals. My reading goal this year is to read 40 books, and in July I am finally committing to retake to JLPT N1. When I was in Kyoto studying abroad, I was placed […]
한국어 일기 10 (WEEKLY KOREAN DIARY 10) *Special Update Edition*
Wow, I can’t believe I’ve actually kept up with my weekly Korean writing. Since I’ve reached the ten-week mark, I will give you all some background info. (Korean Diary is at the bottom) I haven’t been in an actual Korean classroom since my second year of college. I started out in Beginner Korean and had […]
한국어 일기 10 (WEEKLY KOREAN DIARY 10) *Special Update Edition*
Wow, I can’t believe I’ve actually kept up with my weekly Korean writing. Since I’ve reached the ten-week mark, I will give you all some background info. (Korean Diary is at the bottom) I haven’t been in an actual Korean classroom since my second year of college. I started out in Beginner Korean and had […]
Korean in Action – Book Review
I love the Talk to Me in Korean website, and I was even able to visit the You Are Here cafe in Seoul back in August. I actually sat in on one of their Korean study sessions when I was there as well, and I saw Kyung-hwa Sun (pictured above) explaining vocab and grammar, which was […]
한국어 일기 1 (Weekly Korean Diary 1)
So I decided to start a weekly post where I only post in Korean to further my writing/sentence building skills. Hopefully these entries will serve as a record of how much I can say in Korean so as time goes by, I can see my progress! I first post my entries on Lang8 and get […]
TTMIK Challenge
So I started buckling down on my Korean studies. Since I am a self learner for all the languages I study, I have a set of things I know work for me. If these are helpful to you, let me know! I learn by ear but Korean has proven harder than expected. I mainly […]
Resources for learning languages and culture
I recently updated the look of my blog, and I am creating a page specifically for language resources, which you can find in the drop down menu and to the right side of the page. I have been mostly self-studying languages for over eight years, so I have a ton of websites and apps that […]
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