Most of my time spent outside of work is spent playing games in Japanese. Let’s give Spanish a run for its money.
Tag Archives: Discussion
Is revision necessary when learning languages?
My methods have never been 100% orthodox and sometimes they’ve just been downright weird, so where does typically academic studying and revision play a part in all of this?
Interview with Nam
I’ve known Nam for some time now. We never spent much time learning languages in our youth but when we found we were both learning Japanese it sparked a long, language based partnership.
AI and what it’s doing to language
I’m aware I’ve possibly gone on a little bit of an emotionally heated rant, but in summary, we’ll all continue to use AI and it’ll likely become even more impressive.
The week after Japan
My passion for Japanese has run strong for around a quarter of my life. I have always loved the Japanese culture and language but rest assured, now I’m obsessed.
The week before Japan
Next week we’ll be flying to Japan for the first time. It feels fitting to use this time to talk about a summation of how we got here, what this means to me and how I’m preparing for our visit.
Language fear and putting games on hold
The last thing you want to do while taking in any entertainment media is missing parts of the content, which is easily done if you are not at a sufficient level.
Grammar and how it’s learnt
Vocabulary in many cases can feel like a crutch, “if I don’t get the meaning of the sentence I can just learn more words” and yet, even with more vocabulary the meanings are not instantly evident.
Checking language options
It isn’t guaranteed that your favourite titles will be available in your target language. This post can give you a helping hand.
Dealing with fonts in gaming
Looking back at this now there are parts of me that feel that this anger may have been unwarranted but I fail to comprehend why a clearer font wasn’t chosen.
