Tell HN: Tokyo de Hacker boshuuchuu

Re:Tell HN: Tokyo de Hacker boshuuchuu by wccrawford on Sunday September 12, 2010 @03:11PM (#1684321)

I've been studying on my own for a few years. I haven't been crazy about it, so I would judge myself to be low-intermediate. As long as I know all the words, I can usually understand when people talk a little slower than normal. When I don't, I can often repeat the words I don't understand to ask for explanations.

I have a language partner in Japan and we talk daily. Unfortunately, I have to say "I don't understand" about every other sentence. It's a good thing she's so patient!

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Re:Tell HN: Tokyo de Hacker boshuuchuu by alex_c on Sunday September 12, 2010 @03:19PM (#1684340)

Out of curiosity (and apologies to the op for steering off-topic), how did you find your language partner?

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Re:Tell HN: Tokyo de Hacker boshuuchuu by wccrawford on Sunday September 12, 2010 @03:51PM (#1684400)

Lang-8.com. I started correcting peoples' English and posting my own entries in Japanese. People added me as a friend and I after I mentioned I had Skype, someone asked to be my language partner over Skype.

Since then I've seen a few that I'm certain would do the same, if I asked. It was a lot easier to find a partner than I expected. Also, there are many more Japanese people learning English on Lang-8 than English speakers learning Japanese. It means you get a LOT of attention when you post, especially if you've been correcting others.

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Re:Tell HN: Tokyo de Hacker boshuuchuu by alex_c on Sunday September 12, 2010 @04:32PM (#1684480)

Thanks - I'll give that a shot. I've been slowly teaching myself a bit of Japanese for the past few months, but I'm still very much a beginner.

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