Learning a new language at the outset may look somewhat an arduous task but if we put some passion and our own innovative factors into it ,we can turn into a very interesting hobby .
I started learning Japanese after putting in 25 years of service in Government and Public sector enterprises . ( I was lucky enough to enter into a Government Job even before completion of my post graduation as it was Emergency period where merit played a good role )
Though I was working I did not give up studying and I was preparing for Bank related examinations ,so studying was not totally given up. Hence opening the text books and returning for scholastic pursuits was not a matter of hatred nor exams were a monster to be afraid of.
But Japanese language has the unique feature of having 2 types of alphabets which was a convenient reason for few to give up studying Japanese ; one for their native words and another for the foreign words used in writing .
Both were introduced of course one after another but difficult to remember . Before going to bed I will thoroughly read . But next day morning if I open the book everything looks completely new. I thought in the Night some ghost looted all the Japanese words from my head when I was fast asleep.
Apart from this to add to the difficulty there were the pictorial characters which was like multi legged insects which did not make any sense initially , ( But afterwards I liked the kanji characters more than the language )
This continued for a month or so .
But having started I am not the person to give up .
So reading ,re-reading ,re -re-reading re -re-re-re .........and all tried , but found it too cumbersome and thought in the long run boredom will set in .
So I devised various methods .
In the following blogs I intend to make learning Japanese interesting .Of course I will write on other topics also .
One should have passion for the words . That is very very essential.
Not only passion but also have mind for application, I mean you should start using those vocabulary to others at home (with the family members )and friends .
Of course they will not understand a single word nor we.
When I did so, initially they thought that it is a rib tickling humour and even some passed vitriolic comments .
It is not our intention to make them understand but it is to make us not to forget the learned words .
Like LKG kid will do the teacher students game with the parents .
Wav.... It worked out . combined with other methods .
I started learning Japanese after putting in 25 years of service in Government and Public sector enterprises . ( I was lucky enough to enter into a Government Job even before completion of my post graduation as it was Emergency period where merit played a good role )
Though I was working I did not give up studying and I was preparing for Bank related examinations ,so studying was not totally given up. Hence opening the text books and returning for scholastic pursuits was not a matter of hatred nor exams were a monster to be afraid of.
But Japanese language has the unique feature of having 2 types of alphabets which was a convenient reason for few to give up studying Japanese ; one for their native words and another for the foreign words used in writing .
Both were introduced of course one after another but difficult to remember . Before going to bed I will thoroughly read . But next day morning if I open the book everything looks completely new. I thought in the Night some ghost looted all the Japanese words from my head when I was fast asleep.
Apart from this to add to the difficulty there were the pictorial characters which was like multi legged insects which did not make any sense initially , ( But afterwards I liked the kanji characters more than the language )
This continued for a month or so .
But having started I am not the person to give up .
So reading ,re-reading ,re -re-reading re -re-re-re .........and all tried , but found it too cumbersome and thought in the long run boredom will set in .
So I devised various methods .
In the following blogs I intend to make learning Japanese interesting .Of course I will write on other topics also .
One should have passion for the words . That is very very essential.
Not only passion but also have mind for application, I mean you should start using those vocabulary to others at home (with the family members )and friends .
Of course they will not understand a single word nor we.
When I did so, initially they thought that it is a rib tickling humour and even some passed vitriolic comments .
I used to tell myself that "they neither know
what is best for them nor for the rest."
Because everybody was soooobusy and had better job to do than to encourage me .
Like LKG kid will do the teacher students game with the parents .
Wav.... It worked out . combined with other methods .
