by Jessica Brown | Apr 30, 2018 | Tips
How do you practice Japanese if you don’t know any Japanese speakers? You find some! Here are some of the steps that I took to find Japanese speakers in my city, Edinburgh… in Scotland! You can take similar steps to quickly improve your speaking fluency...
by Jessica Brown | Apr 2, 2018 | Strategy
I cannot communicate enough the value of mistakes! We learn from them. No, it is not pleasant making them, but it is possible to change the way that you think about mistakes. Remember when you were a baby? No? OK, let me paint the picture for you… you...
by Jessica Brown | Mar 12, 2018 | Fun Activities
From Friday the 2nd of March my Edinburgh Conversation and Study Club moved to a Japanese Arcade Cafe. The arcade is full of authentic Japanese arcade machines with games like Street Fighter and Bubble Bobble. Around 15-20 people have attended the last two weeks and...
by Jessica Brown | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
People always ask me “Where is a nice place to visit in Japan?” That’s a very difficult question to answer because it depends what you’re looking for! If you love the city perhaps you should be looking to 大阪 (おおさか) Osaka or 神戸 (こうべ) Kobe or even 東京 (とうきょう)...
by Jessica Brown | Jan 15, 2018 | Immersion
This blog post continues on from Part 2, which funnily enough starts at Part 1. If you want to the full story please start from Part 1. I challenge myself to think in Japanese as much as I possible. I go shopping and think about the things I need to buy, talking to...
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