TextFugu » Topic: Hell: The place between real life and Textbook Japanese http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/feed/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:15:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en-US http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12565 <![CDATA[Hell: The place between real life and Textbook Japanese]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12565 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:53:40 +0000 trevor mcmanis Hi guys, I don’t usually use the forum but i should, I have been learning for abut three years from various sources, now i have many friends and no many words, but my grammar, is still horrible, i try to use lang-8 but i really feel bad about it because it is absorbing(using a translator).

I am a writer by trade, and so i speak deeply, now that i have so many friends, and feel something a little less then begginer, its frustrating to not be able to say the things i have practiced.

I have a lot of language partners, but im not learning how to speak..this is a problem and i’m not sure how to solve it, i have wasted a lot of time watching dorama and experimenting with nico nico in order to hear Japanese.

How can i stay diligent?

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12571 <![CDATA[Reply To: Reply To: Hell: The place between real life and Textbook Japanese]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12571 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:17:51 +0000 Kaona Welcome to TextFugu, Trevor!

Good luck learning Japanese.

P.S. I don’t have time to answer your question right now because I have School but hopefully somebody else can help and/or wait until I get home.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12578 <![CDATA[Reply To: Hell: The place between real life and Textbook Japanese]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12578 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:58:38 +0000 Sheepy Hey welcome to Textfugu. Where are you from by the way?

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12622 <![CDATA[Reply To: Hell: The place between real life and Textbook Japanese]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12622 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:15:00 +0000 Narcoleptic LTD Welcome Trevor,

You mentioned watching Dorama, but have you tried shadowing? Koichi just posted a nice guide on this over at tofugu just the other day:

http://www.tofugu.com/2011/06/10/studying-with-japanese-drama-how-to/#more-5711

Give it a whirl?

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12636 <![CDATA[Reply To: Hell: The place between real life and Textbook Japanese]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/hell-the-place-between-real-life-and-textbook-japanese/#post-12636 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:26:41 +0000 winterpromise31 trevor – welcome! It is hard to make a transition between textbook Japanese and real life. Have you tried talking to people over Skype? That might be an option. Or the shadowing that Ncroleptic mentioned.

Good luck!

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