Can a Spaniard speak Japanese well?
It is very satisfying to be able to understand everything a foreign interlocutor says, especially if you are looking for work in a country where a language other than your mother tongue is spoken.
How to understand all these torture instruments called “Japanese kanji”?: Can a Spaniard speak Japanese well?
To have a sufficient level to make yourself understood and participate in oral conversations, you need about a thousand Japanese vocabulary words.
To demonstrate a fluent level in Japanese , companies can apply for a Level 1 or 2 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test ( JLPT ).
But it is not as difficult, as the TOEFL or the TOEIC: in a test of evaluation of listening and writing, not of listening comprehension.
Learning a language is no more difficult than learning to play a musical instrument.
First of all, it is convenient to know that speaking Japanese is not more difficult than learning any other language.
To learn about Japanese literature, work on some phrases, make friends or order food in Japan, you have to learn to speak.
Learning to write is great, but it’s later.
Here are five golden rules of learning Japanese:
Be motivated,
Immerse yourself as much as possible in the language,
Find a native Japanese contact who lives there (and can teach you on Skype or Facebook, for example),
Talk, work, repeat, review, talk and talk. Even if you make mistakes: it is the way to learn,
Learn the Kana by heart.
Finding the rigor and motivation is the most difficult, because the Japanese language contains tonalities to which we are used. For example, pronouncing European languages is more complicated than Japanese. Surprising isn’t it?
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