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Surrounding yourself with words and sounds and music will be the very best way to learn, trust us. We are looking into courses abroad at the moment, and will soon be able to recommend one or two. Until then,, feel free to do your best to immerse yourself where you live, using the following suggestions¡­ for example, use a dictionary to print words like "table", "door", "window", "kettle", "bed", "chair", "mirror" etc and stick them onto those items around the house. Over time these words will automatically become part of your vocabulary, without even trying to memorize them! You could also in time join some verbs, like eat, open/close, wash, boil, sleep, sit, look, etc so as to associate them with the objects. Try it!

Internet freebies:

Immerse yourself right away by...

1. Listening to the radio abit each day and tune in your ears!

2. Keeping up with the news each day with this online "Daily Newspaper" from Tokyo!

3. Looking up the weather each day!

4. Keeping up with the media!

5. Using www.Google.co.jp instead of Google in English­ will give you practice in using the language and characters - ideal for advanced students. You may also try using Google in English but setting your search options to include pages in Japanese.

6. Listening to music - look for the lyrics to your favorite songs! Here is a song by Aiko called Boyfriend, and here are the lyrics...

Help Others Live & Learn Japanese

Are you learning this amazing language? If you are, we'd love to hear about any suggestions you may have about learning the language. Were you able to travel to Japan yourself, or go on an organized Japanese immersion course? How did things work out for you?

Please e-mail us your findings using the form below. Your shared language learning experiences will save other language learners' time, energy, and money. In fact, that is the the mission of Live & Learn Languages!