TextFugu » Topic: Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have! http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/feed/ Mon, 04 May 2026 18:39:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en-US http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11170 <![CDATA[Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11170 Tue, 24 May 2011 05:14:26 +0000 Harrison Here in Seattle there is an extremely large population of Japanese and Chinese people, luckily for me lots of those people want to learn English, and double lucky for me I want to learn Japanese.

Tomorrow after class I get to meet up with Ayako who is a ESL student at one of the colleges near me. We are scheduled to have an initial hangout session essentially and its my job to make friends with her so she can have some real conversation in English, and I in Japanese. If you live in a large city you can probably get in contact with any of your schools diversity/cultural/etc department and see if they offer something like this. I doubt you need to be a student either!

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11171 <![CDATA[Reply To: Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11171 Tue, 24 May 2011 05:16:08 +0000 Harrison Ugh normally I edit my posts after I post them but I think the edit feature is broken *cough* Koichi! *cough*

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11176 <![CDATA[Reply To: Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11176 Tue, 24 May 2011 06:02:41 +0000 Sheepy I need to make some more real life Japanese friends T.T

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11195 <![CDATA[Reply To: Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11195 Tue, 24 May 2011 10:48:21 +0000 Kaona What an opportunity you’ve just been given! I wish you luck with Ayako-san.

I have a Japanese tutor (who is a native Japanese woman) and she has 3 children but one of them is usually instead at a friends house because he’s little and distracts the lesson sometimes.
I learn with her other 2 children who amaze me with their knowledge of kanji.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11341 <![CDATA[Reply To: Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11341 Wed, 25 May 2011 22:23:03 +0000 Elysia That’s a good plan :)
When I start my 3rd year at uni in September I might try and find out more about the international student community. Good luck with your speaking and have fun!

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11829 <![CDATA[Reply To: Awesome Opportunity A lot of you might have!]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/awesome-opportunity-a-lot-of-you-might-have/#post-11829 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:01:05 +0000 ウィル For what it’s worth, I signed up for a Japanese course, and found it to be slow. So then I went to Craig’s List and found a native Japanese speaker who is willing to give me private lessons for essentially the same cost as the tuition for the course. I work through a unit in the textbook on my own over a week, and then we meet to review the grammar points, practice the exercises, and have a conversation based on that unit’s material. My tutor is a wonderful person, young and energetic, and proud to share her culture. I’d really recommend this way of learning.

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