2019年01月26日
Learning a third Language in Japan
My long-term goal is to be trilingual. I want to be fluent in (of course) English, Japanese, and Korean. I have been studying Japanese for 2 and a half years now and i will be taking the N3 proficiency exam in July of this year. Currently I have a private lesson every week to help prepare me for this exam.
Last year in November, I could tell my Japanese was getting a lot better so I wanted to start learning Korean as well. I asked my Japanese teacher if she knew of anyone and she put me in contact with a Japanese lady who was married to a Korean man. She was completely fluent in Korean and offered to take me as her student.
My Korean teacher doesn't speak any English and my textbook is entirely in Japanese. It doesn't even have the furigana over the kanji. This Korean class alone has helped my Japanese speaking and comprehension ability more than my private Japanese lesson! I am getting more of a feeling for the Japanese vocabulary and I am progressing very quickly in both languages now. For example, although I have only been studying Korean for a few months now, I was able to sing a Korean song at karaoke last weekend! It made me so happy to accomplish that small task.
If you are interested in learning a third language, then I highly recommend learning your third language in your second language. This has really helped me become more comfortable with my second language.
Last year in November, I could tell my Japanese was getting a lot better so I wanted to start learning Korean as well. I asked my Japanese teacher if she knew of anyone and she put me in contact with a Japanese lady who was married to a Korean man. She was completely fluent in Korean and offered to take me as her student.
My Korean teacher doesn't speak any English and my textbook is entirely in Japanese. It doesn't even have the furigana over the kanji. This Korean class alone has helped my Japanese speaking and comprehension ability more than my private Japanese lesson! I am getting more of a feeling for the Japanese vocabulary and I am progressing very quickly in both languages now. For example, although I have only been studying Korean for a few months now, I was able to sing a Korean song at karaoke last weekend! It made me so happy to accomplish that small task.
If you are interested in learning a third language, then I highly recommend learning your third language in your second language. This has really helped me become more comfortable with my second language.
