become fluent in japanese

I love anime, and Japanese culture. I already speak some Japanese but I want to become completely fluent. ^_

It will happen. It will.

I bought this great cd from ebay which i’ve been learning japanese from. I know all the basics, but need more free time since i’m probably at the peak of my teenage life. (secondary school exams and trying to get into a college course) Why couldn’t I have decided to do this two years ago when I had absolutely nothing to do?

Become fluent in Japanese

I’ve been taking the courses for four semesters, but I’ve got a long way to go. Especially in terms of speaking and understanding. I was kind of relying on study abroad to get better, but since I transferred colleges I don’t get to go.

I’m thinking about trying to watch some anime and Studio Ghibli works without subs, and maybe trying my hand at translating something basic to keep up my grammar.

I found learning Katakana a bit of a drag, so I made a little game. If you use gtalk or the chat thingy in gmail, you can try out the game by talking to jappaserver@gmail.com Just say to him ‘start’ and he will start a fun game to help you learn.

I just recently did some research about studying overseas in Japan and I found out that if I attend a select group of universities that are affiliated with Tokyo University I have a very high chance of getting a free 1 year scholarship with the school!!! This will help me SO much in becoming fluent in Japanese as well as give me a large experience with living in the country. I am going to work very hard to get into the University of Washington, attend there for a while, and then head on over to Japan!!

There is a free class online, japanese-online.com it’s very accurate, and there are many things, from speaking to writing to math. I’m too much of a procastinator to do it though. sigh

In preparation for my trip this June, I’m attending weekly private classes, after work. It is difficult trying to concentrate when you are so tired from a full day at work!

I wanna learn Japanese so i know what the bands Girugamesh, MUCC, D’espairsray, and Dir En Grey are saying.