ダニエルの冒険

I’m just back from Wing Town. While I was walking towards the supermarket, a group of 5 guys left a shop in front of me and were walking ahead of me. “Who are these jokers?” I thought. “It’s the Japanese Village People! Look, there’s even a biker and a couple of construction workers!” (more…)

I had my first day of my Songs class today. The level is much higher than my other classes and the guys there (they’re all guys except for one) all have great Japanese. Something I’ve noticed is that my spoken Japanese is actually pretty good as far as pronunciation and speed goes. I’m lacking in vocabulary and eloquence, but I guess I have more experience than most others. I think in general it’s difficult to break out of the language school and into the “real world” of Japan. I’ve seen the same thing in UL. I went to a party hosted by a Korean friend and all the people there were from the Language Centre. There were probably about 5 irish people in a room of 70 or 80 people; they were all Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Italian… basically anyone who doesn’t have English as a first language. (more…)