2013-05-21, 07:29 PM
How many languages can you hold a five minute conversation in with a native speaker?
I can speak two languages that I can hold a five minute or longer conversation with a native speaker in.
Which languages?
-English (Native)
-Japanese (Second Language)
How did you acquire these languages?
English, as stated above, is my native language, so that one is a given. Japanese, however, I learned in high school. Unlike normal people who take Japanese courses in school, my teacher held special after school study sessions which I took part in. I became more than a year more advanced beyond what my classmates would learn each year. After high school was finished with, though, my Japanese studying came to a quick halt. However, I still practice it often by speaking with native speakers over online games, such as MapleStory (JMS), and by chatting over Skype through both text chats and voice chats.
Ironically enough, the internet has been more of help to both my English and Japanese abilities than the majority of courses I took throughout my school years.
I can speak two languages that I can hold a five minute or longer conversation with a native speaker in.
Which languages?
-English (Native)
-Japanese (Second Language)
How did you acquire these languages?
English, as stated above, is my native language, so that one is a given. Japanese, however, I learned in high school. Unlike normal people who take Japanese courses in school, my teacher held special after school study sessions which I took part in. I became more than a year more advanced beyond what my classmates would learn each year. After high school was finished with, though, my Japanese studying came to a quick halt. However, I still practice it often by speaking with native speakers over online games, such as MapleStory (JMS), and by chatting over Skype through both text chats and voice chats.
Ironically enough, the internet has been more of help to both my English and Japanese abilities than the majority of courses I took throughout my school years.