2. Japanese Language Japanese has four writing systems: Kanji (From China) Hiragana (Japanese words) Katakana (foreign words) Romanji (Roman Alphabet)
3. The culture is important There are many ways learning a culture helps to understand the language You understand the reason for the polite forms of the language, which are otherwise lost It is easier to live in the country of your choosing If nothing else, it gives you something to talk about a couple of times a year! If you learn about the Japanese culture you have something new to talk about every couple weeks.
4. There are many different ways to learn a language Here are a few options Traveling abroad (for extended stays) Working abroad (once again, extended stays) Exchange programs (home stay is better than dorm) Reading, Watching and Listening to media produced in the language (it will help your cadence) Having a desire to learn the language always helps, if you get bored try dabbling in another langauge in hopes to “reset” your desire to learn the original language!
5. Here are Benefits to Learning another Language Higher paying Jobs! People fluent in more than one language make more money because of their services as a translator. Learning a second language makes a third easier, and it just gets easier from there It opens your eyes to a broader world view. If you get nothing else from the language, you will learn things that you never even dreamed possible!
