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By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Why Japanese reading comprehension matters

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:16:45 +0000

[...] If you’re like me 5 years ago, or like a good number of the folks at Crisscross, you are a young American, you’re learning Japanese, you’re enrolled in a liberal arts-focused university program, and you probably want use your Japanese language skills in your future career. That’s great, and I commend your aspirations. But I am here to tell you that if you’re seriously looking to use Japanese in your career, good reading comprehension is absolutely crucial. [...]

By: amida

amida — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:45:19 +0000

You started learning Japanese at 15? Was it offered at your high school, or did you learn it privately?

By: Adamu

Adamu — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:33:59 +0000

Hm, I was going with goals accomplished… I never wanted to learn Aikido, but I did manage to take a practice lesson at the suggestion of one of my teachers.

By: Darin

Darin — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:05:21 +0000

I’m so proud to say I score only 1/20 (be happy got me)... I pretty much found myself randomly on a plan to Japan one day.. (actually the plane was going to Korea where my luggage got lost.) I saw a poster at my school asking if anyone was interested in going to Japan for a year abroad, and then two months later I was in Japan.

By: moorethanthis

moorethanthis — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:32:10 +0000

“Go to Osaka” at no. 17? Pah! Those kids don’t know what’s good for them.

By: Adamu

Adamu — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:07:31 +0000

16/20, hell yeah

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:52:53 +0000

I scored 15 out of 20. Yay!