Japanese Studies with LingoDeer User Ally
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A: My name is Ally, I'm a 26-years-old French girl, currently living and working in Singapore as legal counsel for a big international company. My main hobby at the moment is learning the Japanese language, and I created an Instagram account at the beginning of that process (in May 2019) to follow my progress and give me motivation! After a very intense year, and since I made very good progress, I'm also using my account to convey positivity and give inspiration to others to either start learning a foreign language or do their best in learning their target language(s). My ultimate message is: if you work hard for it, anything is possible: I am the proof!
A: I honestly don't know, it just happened! I had always been attracted to the culture and the country, like many French people, but never thought I would be able to learn the language one day. But then at the beginning of 2017, I just stumbled upon a French YouTube channel offering free beginner courses for Japanese (Cours de japonais! by Julien Fontanier), and I got hooked because I realized that learning the language was possible! It took me almost 2 whole years to properly start studying the language because I wanted to be done with my studies first, and since then I have been very passionate about it. I guess on the language itself I could say it is the reunion of the language having ideograms (kanji) which I had always wanted to learn to decipher, and being so fresh and different from the two languages I already know, that got me hooked. Plus I love how it sounds, and I love discovering Japanese expressions and sayings along the way!
A: On top of reaching overall fluency, I would like to (1) be able to work in Japan and use the Japanese language in everyday working life, because my current goal is to be able to live there, (2) be able to read anything and NOT struggle on the kanji, since this is one of the hardest parts of the language and I want to be able to read Japanese literature without difficulty, and (3) be able to communicate easily in all levels of politeness, since again, mastering this like natives do comes with this language and is therefore a goal in itself.
A: I have detailed posts about my routine on my account, but very simply I can say that I study Japanese at any free moment I have during the day, and I make it a point to study it or be in contact with it everyday. That's very important in my opinion. When I'm in transports and I only have my phone on me LingoDeer and LingoDeer+ are very useful to maintain that constant immersion. I especially like the tab "Fluent Japanese" on LingoDeer and the contents for intermediate/advanced learners, and also the games "Word Express", "Memory Castle", "Sea of Verbs" and "Speed Reply" on LingoDeer+. Usually when I spend time on the applications I combine all those contents, and it's always satisfying since it's not that easy and always challenging! Learning a language through games has always been one of my motto because I'm convinced it allows for the vocabulary words to stick and it is crucial to get a general grasp of the language. LingoDeer and LingoDeer+ are very good applications to allow for this natural immersion I'm looking for.
A: Invariably, I would stop all studying and would just pick up a book I've always wanted to read in Japanese (I have them in my bookshelf precisely for that purpose) or I would watch or rewatch a Japanese movie, drama or anime. Sometimes, if I am really frustrated, I only listen to my favourite Japanese music. It always calms me down realizing that I still love the language, that I already know a lot, and that if I keep fighting I will surely reach my goals. It gives me inspiration to continue. And also, art in any form or language heals everything, right?
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