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Study Japanese Popular Culture in College

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Temple University in Japan is the largest and oldest international University in Japan. They recently anounced a new summer program called Studies in Japanese Popular Culture. Now students can study anime, manga, culture, history and other things related to one … Continue reading →

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Katakana Natto Challenge Lost

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Jamaipanese

I boldly challenged Chris when he jokingly tweeted an open Katakana study challenge on iKnow (now Smart.fm). Unfortunately I came up just short and one of the first things I will have to do when I eventually make it to … Continue reading →

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iKnow rebranded as Smart.fm

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jamaipanese

For the past day or two the  iKnow website was down and displaying message saying that they were doing major upgrades on the service and it would be back in a few hours. I visit the iKnow site almost every … Continue reading →

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Japanese study material has arrived

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Jamaipanese

I have tonnes of Japanese study material, all kinds of text books, notebooks, workbooks, print-outs, websites and audio CDs but with my busy life it’s hard for me to find enough time to study and the little time I get … Continue reading →

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3 useful sites for Japanese Learners

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Yes I am staying true to my promise to start posting more about learning Japanese and use these posts to help in my own practice and understanding of the Japanese language. Before I started I thought I’d share 3 excellent … Continue reading →

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Japanese Summer classes

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Ah yes, its been so long since my last update on Japanese class, why is this so must be the question that pops into your mind after reading that. Lets just say I am pass the happy=go-lucky or easy stages … Continue reading →

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Writing about my Easter Holiday – In Japanese

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Jamaipanese

For the last three weeks I have been working on this, yes three weeks on half a paragraph. Japanese is hard!…but fun ^_^…when you eventually succeed at the problem you were facing while studying…you smile for a while and ponder … Continue reading →

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Over one year of studying Japanese

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Jamaipanese

This term marked many milestones in my short study of the Japanese language, and now since studying over a year, I take great pleasure in small things such a taking up a magazine written entirely in Japanese or viewing a … Continue reading →

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Japanese Class Recap – Feb 20th – Mar 16th

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Jamaipanese

Whew where should I start. I have missed 2 (February 28th and March 6th) of my last 7 Japanese classes, one because of really really bad traffic and the other because I was not feeling very well. I didn’t miss … Continue reading →

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My Study of the Japanese Language

Posted on February 3, 2006 by Jamaipanese

I have been studying Japanese properly since September 2005. I used to mess around and read a little and I knew basic phrases and words like thank you, good morning, a few colours, food, animals, body parts etc. The first … Continue reading →

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