Comments on: Taking A Break: The Third Way http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kimura http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-181335 Kimura Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:37:31 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-181335 Definitely useful. I've been feeling kind of "burned out" (yeah, I know that means "lazy") about learning Japanese, but when I try to go back to doing Anki reviews or watching random stuff on Nicovideo, it's like two minutes (one default timebox) before my brain goes "F this, I'm playing Sonic Generations." (And can you really blame it, as far as choice of L1 subject matter?) But recently, one of my friends has started taking Korean (she wants to do Japanese like me, but her college only offers Korean), and I figured I'd at least try it (the self-study route of course, classes suck and my money's already tied up with MY college). I know I "should" be doing Japanese, but maybe trying Korean for a while will reverse the current repulsion polarity of Japanese and get my brain pulled back in...   Also, for all intents and future reference: Programming languages don't count, right? The other thing magnetically pulling me away from Japanese is figuring out Java so I can mod Minecraft. Definitely useful. I’ve been feeling kind of “burned out” (yeah, I know that means “lazy”) about learning Japanese, but when I try to go back to doing Anki reviews or watching random stuff on Nicovideo, it’s like two minutes (one default timebox) before my brain goes “F this, I’m playing Sonic Generations.” (And can you really blame it, as far as choice of L1 subject matter?) But recently, one of my friends has started taking Korean (she wants to do Japanese like me, but her college only offers Korean), and I figured I’d at least try it (the self-study route of course, classes suck and my money’s already tied up with MY college). I know I “should” be doing Japanese, but maybe trying Korean for a while will reverse the current repulsion polarity of Japanese and get my brain pulled back in…
 
Also, for all intents and future reference: Programming languages don’t count, right? The other thing magnetically pulling me away from Japanese is figuring out Java so I can mod Minecraft.

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]]> By: Warp3 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-29993 Warp3 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:20:32 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-29993 "Korean was like…WTF? Circles? TF?" [...] "ssssh….hush now…you’re safe…it’s Cantonese, motherlover,…no more circles…ssssh…" As someone who is actively learning Korean (not Japanese, I use this site more for methodology than language-specific advise), I find those quotes hilarious every time I read this article. Jonathan: "Hangul DOES have a lot of circles, doesn’t it? What’s up with that?" Oddly enough, only one character in the entire Hangul alphabet is a circle (ㅇ), but due to the rules for building syllable blocks that character is used very frequently. The symbol has two uses. Its "normal" use is as an "ng" sounding consonant when used at the end of a syllable block. The second use is as a "silent" consonant when used at the beginning of a syllable block. Why? Korean syllable blocks must start with a consonant by design, so if a syllable or word actually starts with a vowel sound, the "ㅇ" symbol is used as a placeholder consonant. In other words, one of the first things you pickup when learning to read Korean is ignore circles at the beginning of a syllable block, as they aren't pronounced anyway. “Korean was like…WTF? Circles? TF?”
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“ssssh….hush now…you’re safe…it’s Cantonese, motherlover,…no more circles…ssssh…”

As someone who is actively learning Korean (not Japanese, I use this site more for methodology than language-specific advise), I find those quotes hilarious every time I read this article.

Jonathan: “Hangul DOES have a lot of circles, doesn’t it? What’s up with that?”

Oddly enough, only one character in the entire Hangul alphabet is a circle (ㅇ), but due to the rules for building syllable blocks that character is used very frequently. The symbol has two uses. Its “normal” use is as an “ng” sounding consonant when used at the end of a syllable block. The second use is as a “silent” consonant when used at the beginning of a syllable block. Why? Korean syllable blocks must start with a consonant by design, so if a syllable or word actually starts with a vowel sound, the “ㅇ” symbol is used as a placeholder consonant. In other words, one of the first things you pickup when learning to read Korean is ignore circles at the beginning of a syllable block, as they aren’t pronounced anyway.

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » How Do I Learn 500 Languages At Once?! http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-26055 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » How Do I Learn 500 Languages At Once?! Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:25:25 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-26055 [...] whole using a random, unfamiliar language as a break thing is even more clear-cut: it is simply a tool to keep your L2 by removing any excuse to make [...] [...] whole using a random, unfamiliar language as a break thing is even more clear-cut: it is simply a tool to keep your L2 by removing any excuse to make [...]

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]]> By: Learning more languages at the same time? | Spanish Only http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-14307 Learning more languages at the same time? | Spanish Only Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:33:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-14307 [...] weeks ago Khatzumoto over at AJATT plugged the idea to listen to another language you don’t know in order to get your motivation back for (in his [...] [...] weeks ago Khatzumoto over at AJATT plugged the idea to listen to another language you don’t know in order to get your motivation back for (in his [...]

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]]> By: Seth http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-13709 Seth Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:11:46 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-13709 I haven't suffered any sort of burn out, so I wasn't poised to try this one out anytime soon. However, I had the chance to watch Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" this weekend and there's a very, very short segment in which a girl is attending a Japanese language class. The teacher speaks in Japanese. After a flurry of Mandarin (in which I recognized about 10 words at most) the Japanese was like lemonade on a hot summer day. Really made me think of what good advice this is. Keep up the good work, Khatz. I haven’t suffered any sort of burn out, so I wasn’t poised to try this one out anytime soon. However, I had the chance to watch Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” this weekend and there’s a very, very short segment in which a girl is attending a Japanese language class. The teacher speaks in Japanese. After a flurry of Mandarin (in which I recognized about 10 words at most) the Japanese was like lemonade on a hot summer day.

Really made me think of what good advice this is. Keep up the good work, Khatz.

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]]> By: Mallory http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-13602 Mallory Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:41:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-13602 So...it's okay to take a break, unless it's in English? So, if I'm a little burnt-out (only on Japanese immersion, trying to find some cool new tunes to keep me interested, I can still learn kanji and all that perfectly, no problem), it's ok to keep doing Japanese kanji-learning and all that, but listen to Mandarin (L3 for me after Japanese) music? Cool! Sorry my grammar's so atrocious So…it’s okay to take a break, unless it’s in English?
So, if I’m a little burnt-out (only on Japanese immersion, trying to find some cool new tunes to keep me interested, I can still learn kanji and all that perfectly, no problem), it’s ok to keep doing Japanese kanji-learning and all that, but listen to Mandarin (L3 for me after Japanese) music?

Cool!

Sorry my grammar’s so atrocious

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]]> By: sabita http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-13185 sabita Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:05:54 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-13185 from my experience, focusing on a third language as a means to remind yourself how far you've come in your second language is a good idea as long as 1. your third language does not possess many similarities (i.e. they are not in the same language group, as in, romance, germanic or altaic, et cetera) with your native language, and 2. you are learning a new alphabet. for example, as a native english speaker, i found that practicing spanish as a 3rd language when i grew a bit too tired of practicing japanese did not do anything but show me how much easier spanish would have been to learn as my 2nd language than japanese. once you have at least a flimsy grasp of grammar, reading spanish is not difficult; the vocabulary is so similar i can generally read a wikipedia article with only looking up a few words here and there in my spanish/english dictionary. granted, i may be a bit ahead of the game because i have some experience with french, but irregardless, it's best to pick something with many dissimilarities to your native language family if you really want to be slapped in the face with, "wow, i REALLY don't know this at all." before i decided to learn spanish, i had a short-lived triste with korean and russian, and THAT was a real lesson in learning my absolute incompetence at picking up a new language totally unfamiliar to me. korean's alphabet was probably the easiest alphabet to learn--maybe even easier than when i learned the english alphabet in preschool--but the length and pronunciation of words were an annoyance; when i started learning the russian alphabet, with pronunciation and characters that look exactly like an english character but sound completely different, i was ready to hang myself. from my experience, focusing on a third language as a means to remind yourself how far you’ve come in your second language is a good idea as long as 1. your third language does not possess many similarities (i.e. they are not in the same language group, as in, romance, germanic or altaic, et cetera) with your native language, and 2. you are learning a new alphabet.

for example, as a native english speaker, i found that practicing spanish as a 3rd language when i grew a bit too tired of practicing japanese did not do anything but show me how much easier spanish would have been to learn as my 2nd language than japanese. once you have at least a flimsy grasp of grammar, reading spanish is not difficult; the vocabulary is so similar i can generally read a wikipedia article with only looking up a few words here and there in my spanish/english dictionary. granted, i may be a bit ahead of the game because i have some experience with french, but irregardless, it’s best to pick something with many dissimilarities to your native language family if you really want to be slapped in the face with, “wow, i REALLY don’t know this at all.”

before i decided to learn spanish, i had a short-lived triste with korean and russian, and THAT was a real lesson in learning my absolute incompetence at picking up a new language totally unfamiliar to me. korean’s alphabet was probably the easiest alphabet to learn–maybe even easier than when i learned the english alphabet in preschool–but the length and pronunciation of words were an annoyance; when i started learning the russian alphabet, with pronunciation and characters that look exactly like an english character but sound completely different, i was ready to hang myself.

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]]> By: mike http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12886 mike Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:35:29 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12886 Again, very good writing. I am learning spanish (as the L2 in this) and i would also like to learn japanese. When i need to, i plan to take a break by doing something in japanese, but the only problem is that i have a drive to learn japanese as well. i'm not too sure what to do. i have many resources for learning both languages, but i've tried and i know that it's much better to learn one language at a time and learn it well than just to kind-of-know a language. I have done this before, listening to japanese radio on the internet, and when i return to my spanish, i do feel like i know a ton. i'm just not too sure on what to do about my want to learn both languages at the same time. Does anyone ever feel like this/get these feelings as well? ah anyway, a very good and inspiring article Khatz. Again, very good writing.

I am learning spanish (as the L2 in this) and i would also like to learn japanese. When i need to, i plan to take a break by doing something in japanese, but the only problem is that i have a drive to learn japanese as well. i’m not too sure what to do. i have many resources for learning both languages, but i’ve tried and i know that it’s much better to learn one language at a time and learn it well than just to kind-of-know a language. I have done this before, listening to japanese radio on the internet, and when i return to my spanish, i do feel like i know a ton. i’m just not too sure on what to do about my want to learn both languages at the same time. Does anyone ever feel like this/get these feelings as well?

ah anyway, a very good and inspiring article Khatz.

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]]> By: igor http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12823 igor Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:51:49 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12823 edit: I think I said phase one at a certain point when I really meant to say phase 0... edit: I think I said phase one at a certain point when I really meant to say phase 0…

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]]> By: igor http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12822 igor Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:50:51 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12822 Okay, though this may or may not be the place for it, I'd like to share this totally random epiphany that I've had about this site/method with you (maybe I'll just make a fool out of myself, but oh well...). Actually, it may have something to do with this post because this is kind of about phase 0 (the believing in yourself/mindset phase) -ish, and that's sort of related to what I discovered. So, I've been doing research on the Krashen and the Input Hypothesis for a research paper, and recently I've been reading "The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom" by Krashen and Tracy Terrell. I was reading this part near the beginning where they're talking about age differences in light of second language acquisition theory. Basically, they said that the reason children before puberty are more likely to be successful in acquiring a second language is because, after puberty, the "Affective Filter" becomes stronger for a variety of reasons. This really means that changes in our *attitude* after puberty seriously limit the effect that input has has on our language acquisition. *ATTITUDE.* Wow. I was like, "Hmm...isn't phase one about acquiring the right *attitude*?!?!" That's totally what phase 0 is about, isn't it? It's all about "lowering the affective filter" so ALL JAPANESE ALL THE TIME has an effect on us. I feel like I've just gone behind the scenes at Disneyland and seen Mickey Mouse with his mask off and unlocked the secrets of everything!...not really... Anyways, I was just excited to discover that the whole "mindset" phase really isn't just for wusses, lol, but it's actually a carefully crafted implementation of The Natural Approach. Was this post totally out of place, lol? Sorry. Good Job, Khatz! Okay, though this may or may not be the place for it, I’d like to share this totally random epiphany that I’ve had about this site/method with you (maybe I’ll just make a fool out of myself, but oh well…). Actually, it may have something to do with this post because this is kind of about phase 0 (the believing in yourself/mindset phase) -ish, and that’s sort of related to what I discovered.

So, I’ve been doing research on the Krashen and the Input Hypothesis for a research paper, and recently I’ve been reading “The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom” by Krashen and Tracy Terrell. I was reading this part near the beginning where they’re talking about age differences in light of second language acquisition theory. Basically, they said that the reason children before puberty are more likely to be successful in acquiring a second language is because, after puberty, the “Affective Filter” becomes stronger for a variety of reasons. This really means that changes in our *attitude* after puberty seriously limit the effect that input has has on our language acquisition.

*ATTITUDE.* Wow. I was like, “Hmm…isn’t phase one about acquiring the right *attitude*?!?!” That’s totally what phase 0 is about, isn’t it? It’s all about “lowering the affective filter” so ALL JAPANESE ALL THE TIME has an effect on us. I feel like I’ve just gone behind the scenes at Disneyland and seen Mickey Mouse with his mask off and unlocked the secrets of everything!…not really…

Anyways, I was just excited to discover that the whole “mindset” phase really isn’t just for wusses, lol, but it’s actually a carefully crafted implementation of The Natural Approach.

Was this post totally out of place, lol? Sorry. Good Job, Khatz!

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]]> By: Alex http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12678 Alex Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:21:23 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12678 You didn't anticipate one thing - What if you like your L3 better than your L2?! Korean makes a lot more sense to me now that I'm 準上級 in 日本語. (Will I ever claim native fluency? Doubt it!) For anyone out there looking for Korean entertainment, MAN or WOMAN have I got a couple of suggestions for you. 1. For the drama addicts, try 대~한민국 변호사 (translated as Lawyers of Korea, although the pun in the title is much more than that) 2. If you want an entertaining variety show, hands down 미녀들의 수다 (Translated as a few variations of Talking Beauties, Beauties Chit Chat, or something else along those lines) is the best. It's a panel-format talk show with an international group of "foreign beauties". Enlist your Korean friends to find you episodes. If you're considering Korean after having studied Japanese, you'll find it to be a walk in the cake, or a piece of park. ということで、俺は、目指していることが変わってしまった！まあ、あきらめないけど、これから日本語を二の次にするかなと思う。（なんといっても日本語はとりあえず日常使用する言語だ！）Kats氏（これも韓国スタイル）、「いつもすべて日本語」といったら、俺は「いつもすべて韓国語」だけではなく、「いつもすべて言語でも食べ物でも韓国係」という生活をしているよ。キムチ万歳！ Harvey - I had Ogre Battle, too, for SNES, but the Japanese cartridge didn't fit my system! I wonder what ever happened to it. I'd like to give it a shot now. You didn’t anticipate one thing – What if you like your L3 better than your L2?!

Korean makes a lot more sense to me now that I’m 準上級 in 日本語. (Will I ever claim native fluency? Doubt it!)

For anyone out there looking for Korean entertainment, MAN or WOMAN have I got a couple of suggestions for you.

1. For the drama addicts, try 대~한민국 변호사 (translated as Lawyers of Korea, although the pun in the title is much more than that)

2. If you want an entertaining variety show, hands down 미녀들의 수다 (Translated as a few variations of Talking Beauties, Beauties Chit Chat, or something else along those lines) is the best. It’s a panel-format talk show with an international group of “foreign beauties”. Enlist your Korean friends to find you episodes.

If you’re considering Korean after having studied Japanese, you’ll find it to be a walk in the cake, or a piece of park.

ということで、俺は、目指していることが変わってしまった！まあ、あきらめないけど、これから日本語を二の次にするかなと思う。（なんといっても日本語はとりあえず日常使用する言語だ！）Kats氏（これも韓国スタイル）、「いつもすべて日本語」といったら、俺は「いつもすべて韓国語」だけではなく、「いつもすべて言語でも食べ物でも韓国係」という生活をしているよ。キムチ万歳！

Harvey – I had Ogre Battle, too, for SNES, but the Japanese cartridge didn’t fit my system! I wonder what ever happened to it. I’d like to give it a shot now.

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]]> By: Aliza http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12641 Aliza Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:17:38 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12641 LOL, I'm referring to Korean as "circles" from now on. LOL, I’m referring to Korean as “circles” from now on.

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]]> By: smithsan http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12603 smithsan Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:28:32 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12603 Did you know there's a course that teaches you to write, record and promote rap? --------- smithsan <a href="https://www.rapfundamentals.com/e-book.html" rel="nofollow">Learn how to rap fast here</a> Did you know there’s a course that teaches you to write, record and promote rap?
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]]> By: Harvey http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12552 Harvey Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:15:09 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12552 I no longer study Japanese full time, but a couple of ways that I take a break that keeps my language going is watching movies, and playing video games... I got "its a wonderful world" すばらしきこの世界 for the DS before I left Japan, its a long RPG with lots of text... so whenever I play that I'm reading Japanese anyway... but it's still tons of fun. Sometimes if I hit a phrase I don't understand I'll look it up desperately just to ensure that I keep up with the story that I'm so engrossed in! I remember when I was a kid (yeah I'm that old) I got Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo, but I got it from Japan, so it was all in Japanese. Oh, that and Ogre Battle! I so wanted to play those games! They were -so- in Japanese... I SO SLOGGED THROUGH IT! Had a blast though. Who said slacking isn't educational? - Harvey I no longer study Japanese full time, but a couple of ways that I take a break that keeps my language going is watching movies, and playing video games… I got “its a wonderful world” すばらしきこの世界 for the DS before I left Japan, its a long RPG with lots of text… so whenever I play that I’m reading Japanese anyway… but it’s still tons of fun. Sometimes if I hit a phrase I don’t understand I’ll look it up desperately just to ensure that I keep up with the story that I’m so engrossed in!

I remember when I was a kid (yeah I’m that old) I got Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo, but I got it from Japan, so it was all in Japanese. Oh, that and Ogre Battle! I so wanted to play those games! They were -so- in Japanese… I SO SLOGGED THROUGH IT!

Had a blast though.

Who said slacking isn’t educational?

- Harvey

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]]> By: Roderik http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12548 Roderik Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:55:12 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12548 The comment below is not constructive in any way, but I would still just like to tell you that: I am very happy and rather impressed with your last articles concerning taking a break. It is therefore that you have my heartfelt thanks. Keep up the good work! Roderik The comment below is not constructive in any way, but I would still just like to tell you that:

I am very happy and rather impressed with your last articles concerning taking a break. It is therefore that you have my heartfelt thanks. Keep up the good work!

Roderik

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]]> By: Stephen http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12508 Stephen Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:35:35 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12508 Hey, this is a good idea! I recently watched the Korean movie Il Mare and enjoyed it, though I really didn't understand what they were saying. I'm going to take a break with K-dramas if I get bored. Thanks man. Hey, this is a good idea! I recently watched the Korean movie Il Mare and enjoyed it, though I really didn’t understand what they were saying. I’m going to take a break with K-dramas if I get bored. Thanks man.

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]]> By: Ramses http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12499 Ramses Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:32:08 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12499 Hm, I'm seeing some people making comments about "I'll do language x next to language y", THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU SHOULD DO! Khatz only means that you should listen to some language x to realize how good you're at language y. To be honest: I'd find it a waste of time because every minute away from Spanish (my target language) would feel like a waste. Overall; this site is called "All Japanese All The Time", not "All Japanese Spiced With Some Korean". Remember that. Hm, I’m seeing some people making comments about “I’ll do language x next to language y”, THIS ISN’T WHAT YOU SHOULD DO! Khatz only means that you should listen to some language x to realize how good you’re at language y. To be honest: I’d find it a waste of time because every minute away from Spanish (my target language) would feel like a waste.

Overall; this site is called “All Japanese All The Time”, not “All Japanese Spiced With Some Korean”. Remember that.

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]]> By: Yuna http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12497 Yuna Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:21:20 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12497 I wish English was my first language (sigh)... Thanks Khatzumoto, you always cheer me up haha~ And yes, there is Prison Break in Polish...when I lived in Poland I used to watch it (I'm Polish) but now I live in England...You want to learn Polish or something? ;)) I wish English was my first language (sigh)…
Thanks Khatzumoto, you always cheer me up haha~
And yes, there is Prison Break in Polish…when I lived in Poland I used to watch it (I’m Polish) but now I live in England…You want to learn Polish or something? ;) )

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]]> By: Kalu http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12469 Kalu Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:56:41 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12469 I've never felt "burnt out" with Japanese. I wake up every day wanting to learn more. Nice post though. I’ve never felt “burnt out” with Japanese. I wake up every day wanting to learn more. Nice post though.

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]]> By: Pasqual Hart http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/taking-a-break-the-third-way#comment-12466 Pasqual Hart Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:35:43 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=317#comment-12466 Nice post, seems like a good way not to get burned out, I haven't hit the stage where I am bored of the Japanese. I started kind of doing the AJATT method, haven't listened to anything English all of last week and this week so far, it doesn't give me a headache and I have learned quite a few things since I am already kind of the "intermediate" level on a classroom basis. I tried taking Korean at school along with Japanese and I had to study for several hours (like 7 or 8 a day) just to get a C-, so I took a break from Korean and I think i'll wait until I am at the level I want to be in Japanese. I still watch Korean movies a lot because I find them more interesting that Japanese movies, maybe because the speech seems more "comedic" and theres always something random going on. Well except a movie like Old Boy. Nice post, seems like a good way not to get burned out, I haven’t hit the stage where I am bored of the Japanese. I started kind of doing the AJATT method, haven’t listened to anything English all of last week and this week so far, it doesn’t give me a headache and I have learned quite a few things since I am already kind of the “intermediate” level on a classroom basis. I tried taking Korean at school along with Japanese and I had to study for several hours (like 7 or 8 a day) just to get a C-, so I took a break from Korean and I think i’ll wait until I am at the level I want to be in Japanese. I still watch Korean movies a lot because I find them more interesting that Japanese movies, maybe because the speech seems more “comedic” and theres always something random going on. Well except a movie like Old Boy.

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