Japanese language
Japanese is an East Asian language spoken by 128 million people in Japan, the national language. It is a member of the Japanese- Ryukyuan language family and is related to other languages, such as Korean.
You can learn Japanese at home on your own to set you up for success. These steps will guide you through it.
1. Set your goal
Most of us make New Year’s resolutions to learn a new language. But after few weeks, we forget to study. But why this happens? It is a matter of laziness and weakness of character.
But not setting defined goals is the real problem for most people. Setting goals will make you achieve them, and it is an essential step in the right direction.
Most goals are vague, unmeasurable, unattainable, irrelevant, and have no exact deadline. To achieve it, set a smart plan for your language learning goals. Smart means Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
2. Turn on Japanese language medias
You have no choice but to get valuable exposure each day. Make your target language is the only option. One of the best ways to limit choices and maximize learning is to turn on all your media sources such as TV, movies, magazines, blogs, podcasts to the Japanese language.
Have foreign film DVDs by the DVD player and replace all the magazines with Japanese. If you are looking for a more comfortable and natural way to learn from foreign language media, you should watch out for FluentU.
3. Label your items at home
Change all your devices to the Japanese language; this will increase exposure to contextual vocabulary throughout your day, labeling items around your home and office accomplishes much of the same goal.
Label critical items in your home with Japanese; from this, you will learn lots of useful real-life vocabulary, which is necessary if you ever travel or live abroad.
To start this, use Vocabulary Stickers, durable and removable labels that teach you the names of the most essential items around your home and office.
For grammatical gender languages, these stickers are convenient to color-coded so that you learn the gender of each word as you learn the word itself.
4. Record your speaking
Record yourself with the Japanese language speaking, this is one way to measure your progress, unscripted speaking is by far the best test of your actual level in a language. For recording, you can use a smartphone, tape recorder, or phonograph, just make sure you do it at regular intervals. Practice this once a month so that there will be enough time to see or else you will forget what all you have learned.
5. Get a Home tutor
Arrange a home tutor. By this, you will learn Japanese in a short time. Attend these formal classes, and you can interact with native speakers.
These classes can also be attended through language exchange sites, some of which even connect you with professional teachers. One of the language sites is iTalki.
Follow these tips to learn Japanese at your home and succeed in your learning process.
