ARGH!! I'm reposting this as Kimura Kaera decided to go walkabout and disappear... I tried to bring her back but she refused... I guess she doesnt like me... :(
Ah.. its been one of those days...
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People read my written Japanese through Mixi or email or here and think my spoken Japanese is of the same level. Its not. I'm crap at speaking.
When they realise this, some people then assume I cant understand Japanese much either. That's not true. I understand. Understanding is easy, you just listen, your brain doesnt have to work out sentence order or patterns.
I need to speak more. But I just lose confidence when I am around English speaking Japanese people. Its annoying as some of the time its not that I cant say what I want to say. I know how to say it in Japanese, but it just dont come out of my mouth.
Also, I'm not the kind of person that always has something to say. Sometimes I just dont want to say anything in any language. I guess I am kind of shy. Sometimes there are things I might want to say in English but I dont. Because of this, getting my courage up to speak something in Japanese is hard. It depends on how relaxed I am. But I want to speak and curse myself afterwards for not doing so. I need to push myself more. I wont ever improve unless I bite my tongue (or maybe not) and just do it.
I dont know if I should visit design agencies in Tokyo now. Maybe I should email them instead. My written Japanese isnt perfect, but better than my spoken.
How can I improve my spoken Japanese?!
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the song in that video gets stuck in your head :)
she's very cute too ;)
Nick
I've been thinking the exact same thing recently. I practice written (well, typed) Japanese every day using IRC, and I talk to my girlfriend once a week on Skype, but I really feel I should speak to more people.
I tried Skypecasts on Skype, which are like chatrooms but talking. There are quite a few places to talk, but you can't get a conversation going, it's so unnatural. Also it feels totally different talking about yourself out loud compared to text, much more personal and weird.
There's a "Japanese Society" at my university that I go to, maybe there's one at your university too? Try to hunt down some Japanese students and talk Japanese at them :D
@Hicary - arigatou :) Next time we meet, shout at me if I dont speak Japanese at all.. I'm going to the Izakaya tomorrow now... (the dates keep changing...) >_<
@Nick - sorry she ran away...!! You can still watch it here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFAeeqIJgPw Believe me, I've had this song in my head for ages now. :( People ask what I'm singing and I tell them... it kind of kills the conversation when they dont know it... :(
@Ben - There is a Japanese society at my Uni. I am a member. I've met quite a few people through Uni, its just their English is so good I get lazy... I guess thats why I liked working at the factory in japan - nobody spoke English so I was forced to speak japanese. Its hard when you dont have anything to say though... :(
日本語で書きます。はじめまして。最近karekoraさんのこのblogを見つけて読んでます。
LONDONに住んでるならPiccadilly Circus駅の近くにJapan centerって所がありませんか？俺がLONDONに行ったのは７年前だけど、その頃はありました。language Exchangeとか出来る相手を見つけられるかもしれませんよ。Bulletin Board みたいなのがあった気がします。ん、でも大学の日本人達に「絶対英語使わないでわたしと話して!!」って言った方がいいかも。
それから日本のデザイン会社はとてもハード。俺のいた会社では１週間で１０時間しか寝れない時もありました。体を壊して辞めましたけど、良い会社もあるはずなので、目標が現実になるようにTRYしてみて。
じゃあこれからはクラスで日本語で話そうと思います。
ビシビシいくんで、よろしく。
ところでエッセイ終わった？
私はまだ終わってないけどお酒のんでるよ。止められない止まらない♪
＠Kojiさん、はじめまして。私のブログを見て、コメントを書いてくれて、ありがとうございました!★ そう、Japan Centreはまだありますよ！ でも、どうしてなのか分からないけど、あまり掲示板を見なかった。今度絶対見ます！ 話さないと上手にならないからね!
Kojiさんはデザイナーですか? 日本の就業時間をイギリスのと比べると、日本のほうが長そうですね。それが分かっているのに、まだ日本のデザイン会社に働きたいです。良い経験だと思います。できるかどうか分からないけどね! 頑張ります・・・
＠MIOMIO、Haha! それはいいじゃん! ♪ 私も明日居酒屋へ行くつもりです★。はい、今日エッセーを終りました。やった～！★ 合格したいけど・・・・ ＊＊HOPE＊＊ Mioのエッセーは? 順調?
残業しなければならなかったから居酒屋へ飲みに行けなかった ・・・ ：（
M_x
...kimura kaera?
...i believe talking to yourself helps. in a quiet place, talk to yourself. Have a conversation with yourself or an argument, whatever. You will come across things you would like to say but cant. Then you can learn. probably completely different to gaining the courage to speakt o a native, but at least then yu know you can for when oyu have to.
dont worry - i speak to myself all the time!
@M_x - thanks for your advice :) I do speak to myself, the only problem is i dont know where im making mistakes... :(
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