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How to speak Japanese without saying a word

Learning Japanese is tough [1. Seriously. There are many listings of hardest languages for English speakers to learn, but Japanese is always near the top. According to this wikipedia article, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the US Department of State considers it the hardest!]. Many things about the language seem pretty easy – pronunciation and vocab, for instance – but putting it all together and making something that people will understand come out of your mouth is quite the challenge.

Luckily, we have the internet to help us! [2. If you can avoid being distracted by facebook for five seconds] There are some great resources to help you study Japanese. [3. Like this one.] And many many more to make you laugh at studying Japanese. Here are two youtube videos that are among the latter, but… there is some truth in them. If you are a student of Japanese you will probably find them at least a little funny, if not, they will probably strike you as very very strange.

Either way, enjoy learning how to speak Japanese without saying a word:

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  1. Kristin July 29, 2009 at 7:34 pm #

    Wow now I’m prepared to visit Japan! ehhhhhhh

  2. Kristin July 30, 2009 at 4:34 am #

    Wow now I’m prepared to visit Japan! ehhhhhhh

  3. Kimberly July 30, 2009 at 2:22 am #

    This is perfect for me! I feel so ready.

  4. Kimberly July 30, 2009 at 11:22 am #

    This is perfect for me! I feel so ready.

  5. Amber August 7, 2009 at 3:27 pm #

    These videos are very entertaining! Do they have the equivalent in Japan for speaking English without saying a word? It really is true that learning the body language and little verbal cues really makes you come across more fluently in a language than the language itself. I can’t quote any studies off the top of my head, but I remember learning about this during my communications research classes as an undergrad.

    Anyway, thanks for sharing!

    • JapanDave August 9, 2009 at 12:05 pm #

      haha not that I know of, but that would be interesting too

  6. Amber August 8, 2009 at 12:27 am #

    These videos are very entertaining! Do they have the equivalent in Japan for speaking English without saying a word? It really is true that learning the body language and little verbal cues really makes you come across more fluently in a language than the language itself. I can’t quote any studies off the top of my head, but I remember learning about this during my communications research classes as an undergrad.

    Anyway, thanks for sharing!

    • JapanDave August 9, 2009 at 9:05 pm #

      haha not that I know of, but that would be interesting too

  7. Japanese Language Learner February 18, 2010 at 6:41 pm #

    Dave, I just stumbled upon your site, did some browsing and found these very helpful videos ; ) Now all the time that I was going to use studying Japanese I can devote to something else! Thanks!

  8. Japanese Language Learner February 19, 2010 at 3:41 am #

    Dave, I just stumbled upon your site, did some browsing and found these very helpful videos ; ) Now all the time that I was going to use studying Japanese I can devote to something else! Thanks!

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