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Time to test your language knowledge…. Body language that is! JapanesePod101.com presents you with the first episode of Japanese Body Language and Gestures, where you will learn some commonly used body language in Japan, presented by the lovely native Japanese speaker, Hiroko. Have fun learning about the best ways to communicate without saying anything (okay, we’ll teach you a few words while we’re at it).

If you learned a lot with this video, stop by our Japanese language learning website and get other language learning content including other great videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more.

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Special thanks to Alex Brooke

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Today’s sample Japanese language lesson is to teach you how to say “How much is that” in Japanese. Watch the video to practice your speaking. Also, if you are interested in learning Japanese language, why don’t you get the FREE textbook and audio files from:
http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com

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http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com (Learn Japanese Lessons for Real Communication)

Today’s Japanese language lesson is to teach you the difference between masu and mashita.
You will learn how to make a present sentence and past setence by using perfective and imperfective tenses in Japanese. There is an example of “I understand – wakari ma su” and “I undersood – wakari ma shi ta”.
Also, some exercise for you to change “I eat” into “I ate” in Japanese language. So, watch this Japanese language lesson to learn Japanese language.

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http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com/ebook/index.htm If you want to get more Japanese video lessons, please visit our website above. The complete pacakge of NIHONGO Japanaese lesson is for you!

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The last category covered was “doubutsu” (Animals)

This weeks category is all about “Iro” (COLORS)

Follow along with me and repeat after me.

Also remember to come back to this video again to review what you have learned so far, so you can keep these new vocabulary words fresh in your head.

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Enjoy!

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Are you teaching English to other nationalities such as Koreans, Japanese and Chinese? If you do, you must be thinking at times about the lessons you will prepare for a day or for a week.

ESL lessons, both online and offline are getting popular nowadays because of the demand in English for employment in certain companies. In some Asian countries, adults are now starting to learn English not for the first time, but “seriously” for the first time. However, they are eager to have a conversation with foreigners and native speakers of the English language.

Conversation is the common method of developing, enhancing and improving their English skills. By answering real life questions, they will both learn grammar and pronunciation in one. And by having a list of questions for a certain topic will help you in having a definite direction on the conversation process. You won’t get lost and you’ll never run out of questions. You may want to check out this website for reference in case you are in need of guide questions for various topics and sample questions. Here’s the website where you can find what you need for your conversation classes. http://iteslj.org/questions/

anne krueger
http://www.articlesbase.com/languages-articles/esl-conversation-topics-286581.html

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Japanese language lessons for beginners!

This lesson is originally a Japanesepod101.com lesson. All original material is belonging solely to Japanesepod101.com. I have merely reproduced one of their lessons in video format. For detailed high quality lessons please click on the link below:

http://www.japanesepod101.com/start/

Here is the vocabulary we reviewed in todays lesson:

Hajimemashite (pleased to meet you)

Watashi (I)

yoroshiku onegai shimasu (please be kind to me)

Desu (The verb “To be”) EX: Am,is are

Amerika (America)

Nihon (Japan)

jin (Person,used as a suffix for nationality)

Sayonara (goodbye)

mata ne (see you (again)

jaa ne (see you)

kokuseki (nationality)

Extra Vocabulary!!Whoo hoo

katakana (Japanese writing system
used primarily for borrowed words)
namae name

Igirisu (England)

Indo (India

Kanada (Canada)

Websites to use as a learning tool:

Japanesepod101.com
(Japanese lessons)

Crunchyroll.com
(For music,movies,anime ^_^ )

NEW POWERPOINT LESSONS

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http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/86213/Japanese-i-adjective-conjugations

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http://www.slideshare.net/KireinaNeko/japanese-i-adjective-conjugations

Hope to hear your feedback!

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In today’s global world market it is often beneficial to know at least one language other than your native language. In fact, it is a bonus that will assure your marketability. The more languages you speak fluently the more demand there will be for your particular talents. This can be easily attested by recent statistics that show that Japanese learning is at an all time high in the Western world, with Japanese being one of the main economical powers of today. Consequently, English learning is at an all time high in most parts of the World, due to a combination of economical need and English (read American) “media feeding”.

The good news is that today, unlike times in the past, learning a new language doesn’t have to be a tedious process. It can in fact, be a great deal of fun and entertainment. Fun and games are becoming part of the tools used not only to teach foreign languages but also to enforce those instructions. Rather than learning by rote memorization or copying words from the Merriam Webster Dictionary, today’s language students are playing with flash cards and amusing computer programs. Actually, it has been scientifically proven that learning a new language (actually learning anything whatsoever) through a fun process is a lot more effective and fast than if you were learning it “the hard way”.

Today’s classroom is virtual and will provide you with the necessary skills not only to achieve your business goals, but also the ability to speak new languages like a native with only half the work of times of old. For those learning languages for the course of their businesses, it is quite possible to find business vocabulary online in the language of choice. Can you imagine the ability to learn French from games then turn around and exchange that knowledge for an executive position or attractive promotion within your own company?

There are worlds of possibilities that open up with each new language you learn. The better you know the language the larger that world. The more languages you know, the more worlds are opened for you. In addition to helping you learn the vocabulary you will need for a business environment, these free online language-learning programs also offer a new slang glossary to help you learn some of the more colorful phrases that you may hear when putting your new skills to use.

We live in a world that is becoming smaller by the day. It only makes sense to develop the skills needed to keep up with the constantly shrinking manner of our existence. Learning new languages is one of many ways to accomplish that goal. Best of all, with one of the many free language learning programs, you will have free language lessons rather than paying for something you aren’t sure you will enjoy or find beneficial.

Michael Gabrikow

http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/todays-global-economy-indicates-need-for-strong-language-skills-73439.html

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Japanese language lesson (Interrogative words)

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