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⌈ Secret Post #2354 ⌋

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[Kodomo no Jikan]

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[figure skating/Brian Joubert]

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[Stargate: Atlantis/ Sesame Street]

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[K project]

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[Teen Wolf]

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[Married...With Children]

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[Homestuck]

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[One Piece]

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[Game of Thrones]

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[Pokémon Black & White]

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[Phantom of the Opera 2004]

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[Iron Man 3]

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[Neverwinter Nights 2]

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[Almost Human/Total Recall 2077]

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[Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer]

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[Fire Emblem: Awakening]

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[A Bag of Hammers]

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[Without a Trace]

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[Big Bang Theory]

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[The Three Investigators]

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[Team Fortress 2]

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Why are you forever a beginner? Are there no classes in you area?

Yeah... sometimes. It's nice that I get the opportunity to chat with other foreigners at a level beyond "See Spot. See Spot run." but that's a double-edged sword. They're at a level where they can all make themselves understood perfectly well, and they know it, so when the prof corrects grammar or pronunciation, they more often than not just blow her off and keep right on doing it. I mean, I'm not perfect, and I make all kinds of mistakes of my own, but I do not keep making them over and over! If there's something I say wrong, I practice it until I say it right. If there's a grammatical issue I don't understand, I ask until I understand it. Blaaargh.

I get that not everyone wants to level up to the point of a native speaker - hell, I don't - as that's a monumental task for an adult language leaner, but at least stop blowing the goddamned professor off, guys. Make an effort. I'd rather be doing my research or napping too, but shit, at least try to take advantage of the opportunity.

I went to classes when I was in high school, but not in university and while I'm sure there's classes around here somewhere I can neither afford or get the time to go to them thanks to work shifts :(

But I do try to practice and teach myself (I'm the anon who went to Japan recently and I think I was understandable XD) - Just without a teacher of some kind to point out when I'm doing something horribly wrong I'm probably stuffing up here and there. Oh, also the weekly or so practice classes would give me! Wish I'd paid more attention when I'd had them >_<

They all sound really unappreciative :( Why are they even there? They've got such a valuable learning resource going on. I hope this bad attitude of theirs will reflect in their marks :/ I hated it when people would stuff around in my uni classes and just frustrate everyone by intentionally not learning

There's always dramas on the internet? I shit you not, that's hands down one of the best ways to practice listening. Don't bother with anime, you want a really naturalistic slice-of-life drama were the people aren't ridiculous caricatures. Read the Kanji is also fantastic for kanji drilling. I doubt I would have passed N1 without it.

Eh, they're there because they have to be. We all are. We're students on a government fellowship program and the JSL course is mandatory for receiving our stipend. Also, we only have to pass, and I can tell many of my fellow classmates are taking the "Cs-get-degrees" approach.

I might have to get into that. Would you suggest going for subtitled dramas or going all out and just trying to pick up words when I can?
There's an online program called memrise I've been using as I still get katakana mixed up (good to go with hiragana) and kanji, I've got maybe 15 down with meanings but 10 I could actually say without looking up. /all over the place

Ekk, your classmates are going to be surprised when they graduate >_> I'm heading home (at work), so thanks for the suggestions :D I figure if I JUST KEEP CHIPPING AT IT I will eventually reach a good conversation level.

Good luck with your classes! I hope your classmates start to pick up in their learning department

*runs for train*

Well if you're just starting out, it'll be meaningless to turn the subtitles off - you won't catch much of anything. Just watch with the subtitles on, but actively listening to the words and phrases they use. Try to pick out what means what in a given sentence. Also, practice the pronunciation they use - in a light, naturalistic drama, that's way you'll want to say everything in a normal, daily conversation, too.

Ps do not worry I use 'eto' in place of 'um', it was literally the first thing my sensei in school taught us as she couldn't stand us all saying 'um'. Those people have no excuse there!

(She was native Japanese, I miss her ;_;)

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