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Accent-less Speech - Marble101 - 2012-05-24
I know how to learn how to read and write Japanese via Core 6k and sentences. My question is how can one learn to speak? I'm in high school and there aren't a lot of native Japanese speakers near me. How should I go about practicing my speech?
Accent-less Speech - kitakitsune - 2012-05-24
Put an add on craigslist asking for a tutor.
Same with local paper.
Skype
Sharedtalk.com
Accent-less Speech - AlexandreC - 2012-05-25
I suggest self-talk, as presented here:
http://tiny.cc/mac57
I also recommend my recent video on pitch accent:
If you can, getting a language partner can be very valuable. Even if you think there aren't many Japanese people, place an ad in Kijiji or Craigslist, whichever is more popular in your area. If you feel gutsy, write to a language school where Japanese students go. Surprisingly, that worked for me.
Accent-less Speech - TwoMoreCharacters - 2012-05-25
If you want to practice pronunciation you could try shadowing too.
Accent-less Speech - howtwosavealif3 - 2012-05-25
if you want to do it for freee
listen to lots of japanese and check out youtube. lol
there are helpful youtube vidoes like tofugu did a videon the R sound in japanese
http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/
and recently I came across this girl on youtube
Her R sounds sound so japanese native lol.
Accent-less Speech - Marble101 - 2012-05-26
Thank you all. I tried shadowing, and it worked pretty well. I watched the video on pitch accent too, and I found it pretty helpful.
@howtosavealif3
My parents probably won't spend money for me to learn japanese (they aren't that enthusiastic about it), but I'll watch the videos ASAP.
Accent-less Speech - Evangelo - 2012-05-26
This book　has quite a lot of good drills and exercises:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E3%81%9F%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%99%BA%E9%9F%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3-%E6%88%B8%E7%94%B0-%E8%B2%B4%E5%AD%90/dp/4883192954