Comments on: Language is Like a Video Game http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Guest http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game#comment-12893 Guest Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:45:45 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game#comment-12893 Since I popped the bubble let me blow you a new one (O_o). Video games (continuing with fighting games) are indeed like language. I have a friend (Friend A) who has played SF3 (Street Fighter 3) since it's release (all of them). As someone complete new to SF3 I played against him and lost... a lot. I have another friend (Friend B) whom has played SF3 for a little while. Playing against him I won around 40% of the time. Significantly better. To become better I went over to Friend As house and played against him (and several other people) once a week for several months. I can now win around 7% (better then nothing) of the time against Friend A. However when I play against Friend B (whom has not played during any of this time) I win 90% of the time. What was the point of that spill, how is that like language? Like language, you will suck in the beginning, you will. You have to practice to suck less. If you don't, you get worse. Since I popped the bubble let me blow you a new one (O_o).

Video games (continuing with fighting games) are indeed like language. I have a friend (Friend A) who has played SF3 (Street Fighter 3) since it’s release (all of them). As someone complete new to SF3 I played against him and lost… a lot.

I have another friend (Friend B) whom has played SF3 for a little while. Playing against him I won around 40% of the time. Significantly better. To become better I went over to Friend As house and played against him (and several other people) once a week for several months.

I can now win around 7% (better then nothing) of the time against Friend A. However when I play against Friend B (whom has not played during any of this time) I win 90% of the time.

What was the point of that spill, how is that like language? Like language, you will suck in the beginning, you will. You have to practice to suck less. If you don’t, you get worse.

]]> By: Linkf1 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game#comment-12809 Linkf1 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:03:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game#comment-12809 First of all you must know that I will be posting comments all the time on your site. because is quite interesting. Secondly, I am totally agree with you, (and let me tell you that I have only read two pages of the whole web site. I am doing a bachelor degree in languages. I am from Mexico and I am learning English and Japanese the latter by my own, and I have been learning this semester about Language Learning Methods in my school ( Facultad de Lenguas-Deparment of Languages) All you have said until now is exactly what we, the languages learners think. I have to say that the fact that you link the language learning with the Japanese language is pretty interesting. Anyway I must say congratulations for such a great site and by the way I really like the part in which you say: "“Well, babies are magical”, people say. Bollocks. Babies are stupid and ignorant." Because that is what I learnt in Learning and Acquisition of a Second Language. So good web site and hope learn more Japanese. First of all you must know that I will be posting comments all the time on your site. because is quite interesting.

Secondly, I am totally agree with you, (and let me tell you that I have only read two pages of the whole web site.
I am doing a bachelor degree in languages. I am from Mexico and I am learning English and Japanese the latter by my own, and I have been learning this semester about Language Learning Methods in my school ( Facultad de Lenguas-Deparment of Languages)
All you have said until now is exactly what we, the languages learners think.
I have to say that the fact that you link the language learning with the Japanese language is pretty interesting.
Anyway I must say congratulations for such a great site and by the way I really like the part in which you say: ““Well, babies are magical”, people say. Bollocks. Babies are stupid and ignorant.” Because that is what I learnt in Learning and Acquisition of a Second Language.
So good web site and hope learn more Japanese.

]]> By: Smilax http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game#comment-8438 Smilax Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/language-is-like-a-video-game#comment-8438 I really like this article because I can relate to it so much. Just today I had a speaking (oral) exam in Spanish. I was doing well until I couldn't remember a verb for the life of me. I swear, I was like, paused for a whole minute with my mouth gaping, trying to think of the verb (esconderse, which means to hide). So I beat around it with adjectives like "scared", "afraid", and "shy", even though they weren't so direct. I passed with a 95%. I'm absolutely shocked to have read something so relevant (and well-written =D) to my incident today that I just had to share. Keep up the great articles! I really like this article because I can relate to it so much. Just today I had a speaking (oral) exam in Spanish. I was doing well until I couldn’t remember a verb for the life of me. I swear, I was like, paused for a whole minute with my mouth gaping, trying to think of the verb (esconderse, which means to hide). So I beat around it with adjectives like “scared”, “afraid”, and “shy”, even though they weren’t so direct. I passed with a 95%.

I’m absolutely shocked to have read something so relevant (and well-written =D) to my incident today that I just had to share.

Keep up the great articles!

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