Comments on: Make Japanese Friends the Smart Way: MyLanguageExchange.com http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Squintox http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-10005 Squintox Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:53:40 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-10005 Another useful for the AJATT method is: http://lang-8.com/ It's a website where you input sentences in your target language, and a native speaker comes along and corrects any mistakes you made in the sentence, you can correct other people's English too. Very useful if you're about to input sentences into your SRS IMO. Another useful for the AJATT method is:

http://lang-8.com/

It’s a website where you input sentences in your target language, and a native speaker comes along and corrects any mistakes you made in the sentence, you can correct other people’s English too. Very useful if you’re about to input sentences into your SRS IMO.

]]> By: Felipe Manoeli http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-9473 Felipe Manoeli Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:18:02 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-9473 Try SharedTalk.com ... it's also a really good site to exchange languages ^^ ! www.sharedtalk.com See you =D ! Try SharedTalk.com … it’s also a really good site to exchange languages ^^ !

http://www.sharedtalk.com

See you =D !

]]> By: Cameron http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-8745 Cameron Sun, 11 May 2008 15:52:51 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-8745 I also visit SharedTalk.com every so often, it's a great place to meet other eager language learners. If you're a native English speaker then you'll be quite popular there, I usually get too many chat requests to cope with, usually from Koreans I might add. I'd also like to take this post to give my first hello to Khatzumoto (and to all those who frequent his blog), what an inspirational site you've got going here. After learning Japanese (at school + university) for over 10 years, finally I've come across some practical and effective study methods. To be honest I was fed up with attending my Japanese classes, week after week after month after year, not getting anywhere fast -- now I'm learning faster than ever and I have you to thank. This site is awesome, keep up the good work! Cameron I also visit SharedTalk.com every so often, it’s a great place to meet other eager language learners. If you’re a native English speaker then you’ll be quite popular there, I usually get too many chat requests to cope with, usually from Koreans I might add.

I’d also like to take this post to give my first hello to Khatzumoto (and to all those who frequent his blog), what an inspirational site you’ve got going here. After learning Japanese (at school + university) for over 10 years, finally I’ve come across some practical and effective study methods. To be honest I was fed up with attending my Japanese classes, week after week after month after year, not getting anywhere fast — now I’m learning faster than ever and I have you to thank.

This site is awesome, keep up the good work!

Cameron

]]> By: Rmss http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-7995 Rmss Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:28:25 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-7995 Hm, I came to the conclusion that language exchange sites don't work like they should. If you want to have contact with Japanese people, try signing up at a Japanese MySpace look-a-like (don't ask me, I don't know them for Japanese). Hm, I came to the conclusion that language exchange sites don’t work like they should. If you want to have contact with Japanese people, try signing up at a Japanese MySpace look-a-like (don’t ask me, I don’t know them for Japanese).

]]> By: dancc http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-6551 dancc Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-6551 I've been thinking about trying one of the different language exhange sites but I am unsure when the best time to do this is. I've only been studying Japanese for a month so I am pretty sure after one email I would be out of things to say... Is there a good time to try and find a language partner or just dive right in? I’ve been thinking about trying one of the different language exhange sites but I am unsure when the best time to do this is. I’ve only been studying Japanese for a month so I am pretty sure after one email I would be out of things to say… Is there a good time to try and find a language partner or just dive right in?

]]> By: Sarah http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-6210 Sarah Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:10:35 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-6210 I signed up there, but I didn't really want to pay. A good free one I found was SharedTalk. It's free, you can text and voice chat and even use email on there :3 Everyone is eager to learn languages and there are tons of Japanese people of a wide range of ages wanting to "learn" English in exchange for "teaching" Japanese. My suggestion is that you get good enough at Japanese to where you can have a text chat (no romaji and know enough vocabulary) otherwise it isn't really worth the time fumbling around and having them "teach" you what to say. I'm not good enough to chat in Japanese yet, but by helping them with English, I'm making friends that can chat with me in Japanese when I'm ready. :3 I signed up there, but I didn’t really want to pay. A good free one I found was SharedTalk. It’s free, you can text and voice chat and even use email on there :3 Everyone is eager to learn languages and there are tons of Japanese people of a wide range of ages wanting to “learn” English in exchange for “teaching” Japanese. My suggestion is that you get good enough at Japanese to where you can have a text chat (no romaji and know enough vocabulary) otherwise it isn’t really worth the time fumbling around and having them “teach” you what to say. I’m not good enough to chat in Japanese yet, but by helping them with English, I’m making friends that can chat with me in Japanese when I’m ready. :3

]]> By: mark http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-5007 mark Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:18:37 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-5007 "Since taking up Japanese I’ve looked for Japanese coworkers at every job I’ve had, sometimes searching for random Japanese names in employee directories or casually following Asian people back to their cubes to read their nameplates." This admission really did make me laugh - I mean, what a stalker hangout this website is :-) So, here's a suggestion if anyone happens to be in London,and the legal restraining orders that Japanese co-workers/acquaintances have obtained against you are limiting the possibilities of speaking Japanese: The prime Japanese-speaking-opportunity seeking stalker hangout in London has to be the Japan Centre in Picadilly - it's chock full Japanese people, and you can even stalk the staff in Japanese if you want. Not that I really know, of course, eeerr..., I just happen to (frequently) pop in there to eeerr... gaze at the wonderful products on display.... And it even has a message board as well. “Since taking up Japanese I’ve looked for Japanese coworkers at every job I’ve had, sometimes searching for random Japanese names in employee directories or casually following Asian people back to their cubes to read their nameplates.”

This admission really did make me laugh - I mean, what a stalker hangout this website is :-)

So, here’s a suggestion if anyone happens to be in London,and the legal restraining orders that Japanese co-workers/acquaintances have obtained against you are limiting the possibilities of speaking Japanese:

The prime Japanese-speaking-opportunity seeking stalker hangout in London has to be the Japan Centre in Picadilly - it’s chock full Japanese people, and you can even stalk the staff in Japanese if you want. Not that I really know, of course, eeerr…, I just happen to (frequently) pop in there to eeerr… gaze at the wonderful products on display….

And it even has a message board as well.

]]> By: Brian http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-3408 Brian Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:55:57 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-3408 If you can find someone to help you get invited to (www.mixi.jp), it's basically a networking site like myspace, but it is all japanese. You can just join groups for languae exchange on there and people will often ask you talk to talk with them or exchange emails or messages. There are some weirdos out there, but most everyone who contacted me was just as eager to help with japanese as they were to learn english. If you need an invite, this guy offers it to anyone for free: http://gaijinwomen.com/be-invited-to-mixi/ Plus, if you're kind of a beginner with Japanese, he can help you set up an account. But, I wouldn't suggest Mixi for a complete beginner, seeing as the whole website is in Japanese. I hope that helps some people. If you can find someone to help you get invited to (www.mixi.jp), it’s basically a networking site like myspace, but it is all japanese. You can just join groups for languae exchange on there and people will often ask you talk to talk with them or exchange emails or messages.
There are some weirdos out there, but most everyone who contacted me was just as eager to help with japanese as they were to learn english.

If you need an invite, this guy offers it to anyone for free:

http://gaijinwomen.com/be-invited-to-mixi/

Plus, if you’re kind of a beginner with Japanese, he can help you set up an account. But, I wouldn’t suggest Mixi for a complete beginner, seeing as the whole website is in Japanese.

I hope that helps some people.

]]> By: Joe http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-771 Joe Wed, 30 May 2007 11:53:48 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-771 Yeah, I keep wondering if I'm going to get in trouble for harassment or discrimination (US corps are so touchy these days) if it's actually in FAVOR of a particular nationality. The life of a language learner is never easy. Yeah, I keep wondering if I’m going to get in trouble for harassment or discrimination (US corps are so touchy these days) if it’s actually in FAVOR of a particular nationality.

The life of a language learner is never easy.

]]> By: khatzumoto http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-770 khatzumoto Wed, 30 May 2007 11:43:52 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-770 HAHAHA...the "casually" reading names...and you keep wondering whether you'll get caught.. HAHAHA…the “casually” reading names…and you keep wondering whether you’ll get caught..

]]> By: Joe http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-758 Joe Wed, 30 May 2007 01:43:22 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-758 Oh, and I can completely relate to your "stalking" comments. Since taking up Japanese I've looked for Japanese coworkers at every job I've had, sometimes searching for random Japanese names in employee directories or casually following Asian people back to their cubes to read their nameplates. But I've discovered that here in the midwestern US, there aren't too many Japanese IT workers. Oh, and I can completely relate to your “stalking” comments. Since taking up Japanese I’ve looked for Japanese coworkers at every job I’ve had, sometimes searching for random Japanese names in employee directories or casually following Asian people back to their cubes to read their nameplates. But I’ve discovered that here in the midwestern US, there aren’t too many Japanese IT workers.

]]> By: Joe http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-753 Joe Tue, 29 May 2007 02:55:59 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-753 I've been a member of http://www.language-exchanges.org since its early days and have nothing but good to say about it. You have to register (free) to log in, but then you get access to many, many native speakers who want to exchange language with you (via Skype and email). Create a profile and the Japanese will be pounding down your door, figuratively speaking. I’ve been a member of http://www.language-exchanges.org since its early days and have nothing but good to say about it. You have to register (free) to log in, but then you get access to many, many native speakers who want to exchange language with you (via Skype and email). Create a profile and the Japanese will be pounding down your door, figuratively speaking.

]]> By: Christina http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-742 Christina Sat, 26 May 2007 01:59:22 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-742 Hey... have you ever used xlingo?? Its free, and its the same kindof thing as MyLanguageExchange. I recommend it! Hey… have you ever used xlingo?? Its free, and its the same kindof thing as MyLanguageExchange. I recommend it!

]]> By: Eric http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-739 Eric Fri, 25 May 2007 06:10:28 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/make-friends-from-japan-the-smart-way-mylanguageexchangecom#comment-739 I've never used it myself, mind you, but I've been told numerous times that the Language Exchange portion of japan-guide.com is a great place to land a penpal. It's also free (though I think you do have to create an account.) I’ve never used it myself, mind you, but I’ve been told numerous times that the Language Exchange portion of japan-guide.com is a great place to land a penpal. It’s also free (though I think you do have to create an account.)

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