So what do u suggest for ppl who is currently studying part time japanese once a wk de like me do ?...as i reali want to write and speak well when i into learning a new language... i currently studying ikoma basic
When i judge myself, i think i am able to speak Japanese at maybe a slower speed than an average speed of a native. I won't dare to say i am fluent, but at least i am able to understand "somewhat" when i visit Japan.
Talking about the part that a learner can REALISE himself/herself that he/she used the wrong expression, sometimes i find i can do that. That's was after i went to Japan for 2 weeks on a business trip and came back.
If you become very sensitive to Japanese, you would find that sometimes when a person makes a little small mistake even on the particle, you are able to spot it, i think that's already very good.
For me, another thing i wanna point out is are you able to think out of the box?
We always learn in normal Japanese classes,
e.g
わたしはごはんをたべます (I eat rice)
but when we are out of the classroom, are we able to say things like
"I did not eat tomato, i only ate rice"?
What i am trying to say is, in class, teachers can only teach you that much, if you cannot think out of the box and fear of creating sentences yourselves, your japanese will never be able to improve. You cannot think how to create sentences like "I did not eat tomato, i only ate rice", cause it's not in the textbook..
One way i can recommend how you can think out of the box, listen to songs and look at their lyrics. =)
