Hi there

This has become quite an interesting topic for me lately as I have started a website based around learning Japanese with a learning difficulty and was wondering if anyone here would be able to share their experiences with it?

I myself have severe Dyslexia - I have a bad short-term and long-term memory among other things which proves very difficult in learning and then remembering new information.

If you don't mind sharing the information about how it affects you and what ways you have found best to combat or at least assist in learning Japanese I would be very grateful.

Andy

Hi, this thread may help: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3747

(I have dyspraxia, fyi, so I'll have some of the same overlapping problems as yourself)
I've essentially just found that I've had to ignore some traditional ways of learning and find what helps me most. I have difficulty organising myself if I have too much stimuli, so I bought an android phone (a big investment, but it's been worth it) and use it for anki now instead of my computer, because otherwise I can't concentrate. Essentially, I have to separate my daily tasks. I can't just do a bit of something, leave it, come back to it -- it has to be all or nothing.

I can't think of much else to say at the moment, but if you've got any questions, feel free to ask.

I'm dyslectic as well, though on a bit more.. 'intermediate' level.
Interestingly enough, I'm having a lot less learning difficulties with Japanese than with English or Dutch (native tongue).

Probably because firstly Japanese words all (roughly) sound like they are written, something that isn't the case in English or Dutch (i.e. in dutch we have the 'a' and 'i' vocal, but when combined to 'ai', they sound totally different, where in Japanese they sound exactly like a + i). There also aren't really 'unsound' voices either.
Kanji also seem relatively easy, since they are so pictographic of nature unlike the abstract letters we use.

There is however still the odd occasion where I do suffer a bit from dyslexia in 日本語, for instance I almost always confuse 理科 for 料理

This is a sort old thread but whatever. I have a tempo speech problem. (I can't really control the speed of how I talk among other weird "glitches") With Japanese, how long you hold a vowel can change a lot and that was a bit of a hurdle, though I guess I was better off with Japanese, being a syllabic-focused langauge, than English.

I think this may be one reason I hated borrowed words so much. I had to practice speaking them to myself a lot to get over the American tempo which I practiced so much.

This is one reason I prefer Chinese as it is mono-syllabic. (Much easier for me to speak despite tones.)