Japanese Vlog# 3 - Shabu-shabu with Hyunwoo and some cool people...

Nick and I met in Tokyo!

Hey, guess what?

Hey guys! It's been a while, huh? Well, I finished my first semester at the new college. I got a B in Beginning Japanese II (Only because I didn't turn in a project >_<). But yeah, it's been fun. I have a new language goal now. I'm going to start learning Vietnamese (for personal....reasons...hehe ^^;; 비밀이다.)

But anyway, I'm going to start posting stuff here about my learning progress (hopefully, if I don't get lazy).

Would ANYONE like to join me? I think it'll be fun (especially if we do stuff together and not just tackle it alone, separately.)

I'll wait for someone to answer...hopefully one of you will be interested :)

See ya!

Practicing Chinese Characters Through Typing

I'd like to share my method for practicing Chinese characters. Basically, all you have to do is keep on typing and typing and typing! Regardless of the language, many characters share the same pronunciation and by typing you are given character recognition practice. Please watch the video for more details.

Tagalog Lesson # 4 Kitchen Terms

Here are some things you will find in a kitchen...

Improving my Chinese with ChineseClass101.com

NOTE: I was not paid to do this.

Back when I was studying Korean, one of the tools I used was my iPod. Not to stick with Kpop but to listen to the free podcasts at KoreanClass101.com. I can’t recall how I found it. Was I in the iTunes Store looking for Korean audio books?

Then I stopped studying Korean. I then realized that Innovative Language (back then) did not have a Chinese podcast other than the one in the Survival Phrases series.

This week marked the end of my waiting because finally, I know that there’s a Chinese podcast around that can fit the way I learn. Again, it is ChineseClass101.com.

With that podcast, I can now understand why my Chinese teacher seem to have a wrong grammar (actually, she did not commit grammar errors). It also is a great tool to practice pronunciations since it’s one of the most difficult things to learn.

Tagalog Lesson # 3 - Counting from 1-10

Hello everyone. Anyone still visit this site? Haha... anyway if anyone is interested here is a lesson on how to count from 1-10 in Tagalog.

Oh and I'm so excited about chineseclass101.com... specifically because of the audio blog, which is my most favorite feature....

Sticking Papers

http://hi.baidu.com/idiot_boy/

Today I read the above blog and in one of his posts, my friend Tommy Lim Tai-jun said they placed paper defining all nouns found at home.

For a little more information, Tommy Lim entered my former school after I left. So we really don’t know each other personally. Someone just happened to connect us. Tommy is a Chinese-Korean. Born in Taiwan, raised in Xiamen, and now is in Korea. He studies Korean language just as I did before together with his brother, Andy, and younger sister, Lisa.

Again, he said that most things found at home now has tapes or papers on them displaying the noun’s Korean translation. They did it for the youngest, Lisa, age 11 who will repeat 5th Grade in Korea. I guess their toilet displays “화장실” right now.

If you live alone, this might be a good idea. Especially if you are creative enough to make artistic designs!

我们学中文！

全世界都在学中国话，孔夫子的话，越来越国际化。

全世界都在讲中国话，我们说的话，让世界都认真听话！

- 中国话，S.H.E.

所以现在全世界学我祖的话？？

我不想。哈哈！

Japanese Essay Assignment #1

It's been about 6 weeks since I started my Japanese class. This is the first writing assignment we have. I'm going to post it here just to track my progress and get your guys' feedback. As always, please feel free to correct if anything is wrong.

I'm also going to throw in the rubric to make sure it is all done correctly.

Rubric
- Write about your family: the number of people, number of siblings
- You can tell about each person’s age, marital status, residence, physical characteristics, or personality
- Use the formal words for family members
- Use ~は〜がADJです to describe features at least three times
- Use VERBています to describe resultant state at least three times
- Use て-form to connect at least three times

私のかぞく
こんにちは。私はコーディーです。はじめまして。私ははたちの大学生です。大学で日本語をべんきょうしています。今、私のせんもんはこくさいかんけいですけど, すぐに外国語のせんもんにかえるつもりです。私のしゅみはテレビを見るのと、ともだちとはなすのと、ゲームをするのと、おんがくをきくのと、外国語のれんしゅうをすることです。私はちょっとふっとていってせがひくいです。私のかみはみじかくてちゃいろいです。それから、私のかぞくをしょうかいします。
私のかぞくは二人です。私と私のお母さんです。ほんとうは，私のかぞくは三人でしたけど、２００８年４月１１日に、私のお父さんはしんでいます。私のお父さんはじんぞうびょうととうにょうびょうでしにました。かなしかったですけど、お父さんは天国にいますから、私はだいじょうぶですよ。私のお父さんが生きていた時、お父さんはとてもおもしろくて、やさしくて、たのしかったです。そしてとてもハンサムでせがながいでした。
そして、今私のかぞくは私と私のお母さんだけです。私のお母さんのなまえは「カーラ」です。お母さんは５３さいでひしょです。学校につとめています。お母さんのしゅみはコンピュータゲームをするのと、テレビを見るのと、りょうりをするのと、ともだちといっしょにカードであそぶのです。お母さんはきれいでせがひくいです。お母さんはあたまがいいです。でも、ときどきお母さんはこわいです。とてもおもしろくてたのしいです。私はお母さんをあいしています。


Thanks for reading ;)