Hi everyone!
I've been studying Japanese on my own since February. So far I have finished RTK, browsed through Genki I and II (concentrating on dialogs and grammar) and at the moment I'm in the middle of SRS'ing Core 2K6K. To keep things more interesting I'm also adding some bits of shadowing and easy step-by-step reading, favorite doramas and occasional J-pop/rock for immersion.
I think it would be good time to add some conversation. There are no Japanese lessons or teachers in the area where I live but I've found two girls who would be willing to help me. I think it would be great to learn from Japanese speaking girls and having two different speaking partners might be even better - one is native, the other is non-native but has good Japanese speaking skills and has experience in learning Japanese.
The thing is that both of them have never taught anyone before so I would like to prepare some draft plan for our future lessons and discuss it. My speaking skills are close to zero and I don't have any idea how to arrange these sessions but I would like to use my precious time efficiently.
Do you have any ideas, tips or suggestions? How did you do your speaking practice with native or non-native speaker?
Thanks a lot!
Last edited by PrettyInScarlet (2012 December 12, 4:23 am)
Realism
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Listen to native-spoken Japanese A LOT
Just try to repeat everything you hear
Try to read out everything you read, but read it out loud in a natural way, do not speak out loud and read every word slowly, that's not gonna help.
Ok, here's a thing you can do to really improve your speaking:
Listen to a Japanese rap song and rap along to it. Trust me, this will help TONS.