Could anime be used as a language learning tool?

[Uchiha]

Hey Uchiha-san, which questions on the test were difficult for you ?

Well I don't have a copy of the test yet to tell you it hasnt been returned so I do not know what I missed the grades were just posted electronically. Its just basic greetings I didnt practice enough I had to much going on. But somethings were like how to ask a waitress for a glass of water. I would have said Sumimasen Doozo. and the greetings are like Buntaro San Desu ka? Iie. Buntaro San desu ka? Hai so desu. Hajimemashite Hajimemashite doozo yoroshiku doozo yoroshiku.. Its just so fast paced and I wasnt able to absorb it all in class.

 

[Uchiha]

Hajimemashite. Uchchia desu.
Hajimemashite. Buraun desu.
Doozo yoroshiku
Doozo yoroshiku

Sumimasen. Buntaro-san desu ka.
Hai, soo desu
Uchiha desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo Yoroshiku.
Buntaro desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo yoroshiku

Sumimasen. Uzimake-san desu ka.
Iie
Shitsuree shimashita
Iie

Thats some of the things I was supposed to have memorized along with Arigato Gozaimous, Ohayoo Gazaimous, Ohayoo, konninchiwa, konbanwa, ogenki desu ka, sayoonara and im sure theres more but like I said I havent been able to take it all in.

 

[Buntaro]

Uchiha-san,

The best way to learn this stuff is to get together with a classmate or two and practice speaking these sentences out loud. How about meeting with them three or four times a week in the cafeteria?

First practice saying these sentences out loud off of a piece of paper, then see if you can say them without looking at the paper. And doing this with a partner really helps to get the material to sink in.

This will work much better than trying to practice these sentences by yourself.

 

[Uchiha]

Uchiha-san,

The best way to learn this stuff is to get together with a classmate or two and practice speaking these sentences out loud. How about meeting with them three or four times a week in the cafeteria?

First practice saying these sentences out loud off of a piece of paper, then see if you can say them without looking at the paper. And doing this with a partner really helps to get the material to sink in.

This will work much better than trying to practice these sentences by yourself.

I'll say something to some of them... I don't think they'll really want to. There's a bit of an age difference I am a nontraditional student. You know how young people can be. They don't want to be around grown ups. They just want to be with their friends in their age group. But I will send out some messages later today and see. Arigato gazaimous for the suggestion. There is Japanese club on thursday's that I went to thursday where me weet and just have cross cultural exchange between some of the international students and us like they put two images on a projector like ghibli on one side and disney on the other and you walk to the side you like better and talk about it with the people on that side. then they might put dogs on one side and cats on the other side and you move to the side you like better and talk about why you like dogs or cats better. So I am going to do that on thursday and meet for cross cultural exchange. I think we have a Japanese table group too but I havent received any invites about that yet. Where you sit at the table and just practice your Japanese conversation skills.

 

[Buntaro]

Find out what you need to do to get invited to the Japanese table group. Be assertive, don't wait for them to come to you.

Find some Japanese people and do some language exchanges, where you help them with their English for 20 minutes, then they help you with your Japanese for 20 minutes. It's a win-win situation. If you are not sure what to do during a language exchange, many people on this forum have lots of ideas.

How are you coming along with the sa shi su se so hiragana?

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Have you checked out the anime club in Louisville? I think if you Google "Louisville Anime Community" you might find some people there into learning Japanese.

 

[mdchachi]

For what you're learning now all you really need are the flash cards. You can put these kinds of phrases and greetings and vocabulary on flash cards too.
That's basically what I did over 30 years ago. I also literally built a flash card software from the ground up to quiz myself (because writing all this stuff on index cards gets cumbersome quickly). But you don't have to reinvent the wheel. There are a variety of web sites and apps available now to help you. For example there are sets of quizzes of Japanese greetings already available at Quizlet.com.

 

[Buntaro]

Hey Uchiha-san, were you able to make copies of the pages missing from your workbook?

 

[Uchiha]

Hey Uchiha-san, were you able to make copies of the pages missing from your workbook?

Buntaro-san, I was given copies of the pages. Funny thing is last night I went to do my homework it said do workbook page 2a there is no 2a. This class really is not going smoothly. Oh well hopefully after I get a tutor where I get an hour of personalized help a week It'll get better.

 

[Buntaro]

Uchiha-san,

You need to sit down with your teacher, go over the workbook page by page, and determine exactly which pages you are missing and not missing. She should be more than willing to immediately make any xerox copies you are missing. (It should not be that hard to immediately walk to the nearest copy machine.)

Let us know how this turns out.