How to win at the JLPT

Don’t just take it, plan for the day after. What are you going to do after the JLPT? If you are thinking “Take a few days off”. Stop. Right. There. No, taking time off from studying would be a bad idea! Why? Let me explain… You have been...

Learn Japanese backwards

Learn backwards to move forwards. Do you know how to learn a language backwards? Ok, it doesn’t actually mean learning the words backwards – although you can if you like, if that works for you 😉 It means learning the language by using English language...

Fun language challenge

There are so many different ways to learn Japanese but today I am going to give you just one tip to get your teeth into, Pinterest. If you were not aware, Pinterest is basically a Search Engine, so you can search Japanese or  日本語 and find plenty of resources to keep...

JLPT Bootcamp 2017 – The review

We did it! We ran our second JLPT Bootcamp from Friday 17th November until Sunday 19th November. It was intensive Japanese! It was a lot of fun! But most of all, there was a real amount of learning achieved! Mistakes were made which was fantastic! Yes, you read that...

Are you healthy?

At this time of year (and where I am in the Northern hemisphere), it is natural for conversations to gravitate towards health. I have heard health vocabulary a lot in recent weeks. I list a few in my video but there are more here… Of course, this one is also...