#Japanese folktales for language learners

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Well, couldn’t study yesterday. Sunday was unusually busy.

Day 3

Japanese story reading today. ‘Japanese Folktales For Language Learners’ 昔ばなしで学ぶ日本語 by Eriko Sato and Anna Sato arrived in the mail today. I was so excited to start it.

I read the story of ‘The Mouses Marriage’. The discussion points at the end of the story made me wonder. “Question 2: What are the life lessons in this story?’. Coming from an incredibly multicultural country (🇦🇺), the story, to me, comes across as to say “stay with your own kind”. I don’t know if that’s the only moral of the story, but I can’t think of anything else. And the moral seems like a negative thing to me. The parents went to many great candidates for their daughter, but chose to settle for their own kind. Does this folktale follow the old Japanese mindset of ‘marry the same race’? Either way. I still very much enjoyed the story and glad the daughter mouse had a happy married life.

I’m also pretty stoked, I’m not good at answering blanket questions in Japanese yet, I struggle with them a lot. But today I managed to get them all correct 🥰

This weekend I couldn’t study much. Saturday I took as a rest day, but Sunday things kept getting in the way. Shopping, phone calls, chores etc. so I’m wondering if I should 1. Add a couple of extra days onto my study? Or just study extra on the days I plan on studying anyway? I’m not sure.

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resources I'm using for studying japanese

vocab/kanji:

wanikani: I use daily reviews to learn kanji and vocabulary using the kanji. This resource isn't free, but this has really helped me stay consistent. I like the UI and find the content helpful

renshuu: this is my favorite mobile app, I use this to learn JLPT-specific vocab and kanji. I use the free version

mochi srs: the best flashcard app! The UI is super easy to use and has lots of shortcuts for making and reviewing cards fast. You can easily create and edit templates for cards, and have cards reference other cards. I have a deck for kanji and one for vocab, and my vocab template references any kanji that are used in the vocab tab. There's also super easy furigana, lots of features for japanese.

grammar:

bunpro: really good for grammar, this has lessons for each grammar rule and divides them into groups through popular textbooks and their own groupings for jlpt grammar

genki textbooks: pretty standard textbook for learning vocab, grammar, and kanji

genki study resources: great site with activities for all the genki lessons

tokini andy genki reviews: extra practice for genki lessons, explains some grammar more clearly, introduces new dialogue.

reading:

japanese folktales for language learners and japanese stories for language learners: folktales are a really great way to learn, because these references come up a lot. I've seen references to urashimo taro in evangelion, and the new pokemon dlc is a reference to momotaro. This book has the japanese on one page and english on the other, with vocabulary after the chapter. (here and here on natively)

animal crossing new leaf tobimori: I've recently started playing this and it's so much fun. I'm already really familiar with the game so I don't depend on any of the text for playing, and it's good for more common expressions, differences in speech between polite/casual/male/female etc. I have a post describing how I'm able to play this here. (here on lingotrack)

listening:

japanese with shun: big fan of this podcast, it's free on spotify and youtube, which scripts on patreon. Each podcast is about a short subject, and they're all in japanese. (here on lingotrack)

learn japanese pod: some free podcasts on spotify with more paid content, this one is both about japanese and in japanese. It will teach phrases for specific scenarios, like ordering sushi or refusing situations.

tracking:

lingotrack: I started time tracking a couple of months ago and it's been so helpful! This site is great for quickly logging study activities and seeing how the time stacks up. It helps me identify which areas I'm spending enough time in and which ones are lacking. I also use the library section for keeping track of my japanese native content

toggl: I use this online stopwatch for tracking the time for different study activities so I can log them in lingotrack. It also has a browser extension which I usually use

finding native content:

natively: excellent site for finding comprehensible input content and tracking days read. This site has a lot of reviews for books so it makes it easy to find books that are on level. You can follow me here

lingotrack: collections in lingotrack provides user generated groups of content so that you can create an see groupings of native material content. There aren't as many reviews for material here as there are for natively though, so I find material there and then add them here. You can follow me here

other:

tofugu: this blog has everything. Use it for finding reviews on japanese language resources, learning grammar rules, etc.

jisho: dictionary app, I use it as my source of truth for vocab and kanji meanings

heisig's remembering the kanji: a different approach to learning kanji, this focuses on first teaching the simplest kanji and building from ones you already know. This is different from wanikani, which will make sure you know (its own) particles before introducing the kanji that uses them, but focuses on learning kanji and vocab in priority order. I'm listing it here because I don't use it much anymore

deepl: ai translator, works much better than google translate. You can also put sentences in chatgpt and ask it for broken down explanations. Take any translations from ai with a grain of salt - they are great tools but do not ensure accuracy

edit 3/10/2024: added tracking and native content sections, added links to lingotrack and natively for media

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My 2022 Reading List

I've been trying to do some more reading this year. It's been hard to read for the past 4 years because college burned me out, I've struggled adjusting to a full-time phone job (while being autistic, mind you), and then the pandemic happened. I'm not quite where I want to be yet, but I've done a lot better this year. Here are the books I have read, am reading, and plan to read this year.

Fiction:

"Black Water Sister" by Zen Cho

"The Good Son" by You-Jeong Jeong

"The Only Child" by Mi-Ae Seo

(will read) "The Chosen and the Beautiful" by Nghi Vo

(will read) "Grotesque" by Natsuo Kirino

Nonfiction:

"The Kingdom of Women: Life, Love and Death in China's Hidden Mountains" by Choo WaiHong

"Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices" by Joan Duncan Oliver

"The Buddha: An Alternative Narrative of His Life and Teaching" by Mukunda Rao

"We're Not Broken" by Eric Garcia

(need to finish) "Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity" edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

"The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx and Frederik Engels

"Hood Feminism" by Mikki Kendall

"The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"A Queer History of the United States" by Michael Bronski

(will read) "Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption" by Rafia Zakaria

(will read) "The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism" by Kyla Schuller

(will read) "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity" by Steve Silberman

Other:

"Japanese Stories for Language Learners: ショートストーリーで学ぶ日本語, Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English" by Anne McNulty and Eriko Sato

"Korean Stories for Language Learners: 언어 학습자를 위한 한국 전래동화, Traditional Folktales in Korean and English" by Julie Damron and Eunsun You

"Read Real Japanese: Contemporary Writings by Popular Authors" edited by Janet Ashby

#reading list #reading #book #books #llbtspost

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Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English (MP3 Audio Disc Included) - Anne McNulty

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A great story can lead a reader down a rabbit hole of discovery--especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with Japanese and English language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, vocabulary lists, and grammar points along with a set of discussion questions and exercises. The first two are very famous traditional folktales: Urashima Taro (Tale of a Fisherman) and Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman). These are followed by three short stories by notable 20th century authors: Kumo no Ito (The Spider's Thread) by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892u1927), Oborekaketa Kyodai (The Siblings Who Almost Drowned) by Arishima Takeo (1878u1923), and Serohiki no Goshu (Gauche the Cellist) by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933). The latter stories are unabridged and unedited except for the

[jpf-sydney]

Tebukuro

New item:

A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.

Shelf: 726.6 RAC (@ tadoku section). Tebukuro : Ukuraina minwa. illustrations by Eugēnī M Rachefu ; translated by Uchida Risako. Tōkyō : Fukuinkan Shoten, 1965. ISBN: 9784834000504 (hardcover)

[16] unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm. (Sekai kessaku ehon shirīzu. Roshia no ehon).

Translation of: Rukavichka (the mitten) : an Ukrainian folktale.

This book is suitable for tadoku, extensive reading for learners of Japanese-language. Please find details about tadoku and our reading night event on our tadoku web page.

#tadoku level 2 #ukraine tales #japanese translation #picture books for children #new 2022 07 #jteacher #jlearner

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Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English (MP3 Audio Disc Included) - Anne McNulty

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Book Synopsis :

A great story can lead a reader down a rabbit hole of discovery--especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with Japanese and English language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, vocabulary lists, and grammar points along with a set of discussion questions and exercises. The first two are very famous traditional folktales: Urashima Taro (Tale of a Fisherman) and Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman). These are followed by three short stories by notable 20th century authors: Kumo no Ito (The Spider's Thread) by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892u1927), Oborekaketa Kyodai (The Siblings Who Almost Drowned) by Arishima Takeo (1878u1923), and Serohiki no Goshu (Gauche the Cellist) by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933). The latter stories are unabridged and unedited except for the

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Japanese Stories for Language Learners - Anne McNulty & Eriko Sato

Japanese Stories for Language Learners Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English (MP3 Downloadable Audio Included) Anne McNulty & Eriko Sato Genre: Japanese Price: $17.99 Publish Date: November 20, 2018 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Seller: Perseus Books, LLC A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery—especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, Japanese vocabulary lists, and grammar points along with a set of discussion questions and exercises. The first two stories are very famous traditional Japanese folktales: Urashima Taro (Tale of a Fisherman) and Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman) . These are followed by three short stories by notable 20th century authors: Kumo no Ito (The Spider's Thread) by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) Oborekaketa Kyodai (The Siblings Who Almost Drowned) by Arishima Takeo (1878-1923) Serohiki no Goshu (Gauche the Cellist) by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)Reading these stories in the original Japanese script—and hearing native-speakers read them aloud in the accompanying free audio recording—helps students at every level deepen their comprehension of the beauty and subtlety of the Japanese language. Learn Japanese the fun way—through the country's rich literary history. http://dlvr.it/R0swpD

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[magnusmadssen]

8 New Non Fiction to read during winter

Hey Kids! Check out the latest new non fiction at your local library. Books featured in this post range from science and technology; arts and crafts, myths and legends; biographies about inspiring two inspiring female fashion designer and so much more! Just in time for the winterest time of the year!

Enjoy!

Make This!

Time to master your science and engineering skills with Make This! This book is packed with creativity-boosting projects for all kinds of kid creators, such as making a musical instrument, catapult and sun stove.

      All about Indonesia.

Introduces Indonesia, describing its history, geography, culture, everyday life, educational system, cuisine, language, and religion, as well as discussing traditional regional costumes, music, and dance.

      My first book of haiku poems : a picture, a poem and a dream.

My First Book of Haiku Poems introduces children to inspirational works of poetry and art that speak of our connection to the natural world, and of their own ability to see an entire universe in the tiniest parts of it. It pairs fresh interpretations of 20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho, and other great Japanese haiku masters with stunning original paintings that both portray and inspire a child’s inner life, and open a door into the world of their own imagination. A fully bilingual children’s book, My First Book of Haiku includes the original Japanese poems (in both Japanese script and Romaji form) on each page alongside the English translation to form a complete cultural experience. Each haiku poem is accompanied by a full page “dreamscape” painting that will be admired by children and adults alike. Commentaries and brief bios offer parents and teachers ready-made “food for thought” to share with young readers and stimulate a conversation about each work

What do you celebrate?

Discover a world of celebrations! This entertaining book introduces kids to 14 holidays, from Brazilian carnival, Chinese New Year, Bastille Day, and the Cherry Blossom Festival to Purim, Holi, Eid al-Fitr, Day of the Dead, and Halloween. As in the popular What’s On Your Plate?, each spread showcases a different holiday, offering background, cultural context, vocabulary words, photographs, and instructions for festive projects.

    Along came Coco.

In a time when children were meant to be seen and not heard, along came Coco, a small French orphan with an eye for style, a talent for sewing, and a big imagination. Coco grew up in an orphanage run by very strict nuns, but she wasn’t very good at following rules. At a time when girls were told to brush their hair 100 times until their arms were sore, Coco promised herself that one day she would snip away her locks so that she wouldn’t have to be so fussy — girls needed time for other things, and they needed some of the comforts that boys enjoyed. Why shouldn’t girls have pockets? And why did they have to wear corsets all the time? An exploration of Coco’s early life and a celebration of her creativity, Along Came Coco shows the ways in which Coco Chanel’s imaginative spirit led her to grow into one of the world’s most beloved fashion icons.

Vivienne Westwood.

Vivienne Westwood always stood up for the outsider–even at school. When she grew up, she created a fashion philosophy that went against the grain and celebrated the music of the moment: punk. Vivienne became a world-famous famous designer by staying true to herself and speaking up for what she believed in. This inspiring story of the outspoken fashion designer’s life features a facts and photos section at the back

    Japanese myths, legends, and folktales.

Tales originally written in English by author Yuri Yasuda based on her interpretations of twelve traditional Japanese stories. Japanese versions of each tale include simple kanji with furigana pronunciations to help learners recognize the characters.

      Let’s investigate with Nate: The water cycle.

Ever wonder where water comes from and where it goes? Or why sometimes it rains and sometimes it snows? Then join Nate Ball and his crack team of curious scientists as they shrink down smaller than a raindrop to see first hand what the water cycle is all about.

8 New Non Fiction to read during winter syndicated from https://paintballreviewsgun.wordpress.com/

[chaotic-language-journey]

January Master Post

Welcome to my master post! Most of these I’ve been collecting this month but others I’ve known for years. Hope you find something helpful. I miss master posts so I thought I’d make one of my own.

Videos:

Vlogs:

Akane’s Japanese Class

Midsummer Days

Daily Japanese with Naoko

Life of Elina

Writing:

Sho Kobe

Games:

Haruchi Create

せなくまチャネル

くるみ

Grammar:

Game Gengo: Grammar Series - JLPT Grammar with video game examples

日本語の森 - Japanese lessons for grammar in japanese

Websites:

DeepL.com - Really nice translator, cause google sucks. 

JPDB.io - Japanese Learning Data Base, keeps track of the vocab and grammar you know and recommends media based upon your learnt knowledge.

Journaly.com - Practice writing and have others correct you.

HiNative - Similar to Journaly, write and/or ask questions and get responses for natives.

Amazon.co.jp - For cheap kindle books. Gives access to a wonderful library of japanese books. [Use VPN to purchase]

eMinato - Free japanese courses by Japan Foundation

9anime.gs - Watch Anime [Please use add blocker. Opera GX has one built in]

Tokoboto - Dictionary

Jisho -  Dictionary

Epjapanesey.com - Easy Japanese mini comics

Learnnatively.com - Read books/manga etc by level 

Langcorrect - Similar to Journaly

Tadoku.org - More Books

Easy to Understand Anime / Manga:

Nichijou 日常

Sanrio Boys サンリオ男子

Shirokuma Cafe しろくまカフェ

Doraemon ドラエモン

Books:

Kana Word Search

Kanji Word Search

Japanese Folktales for Language Learners - Comes with vocab and questions at the end of every story. Also has audio you can download to listen to the story.

Japanese Stories for Language Learners - Comes with vocab and questions at the end of every story. Also has audio you can download to listen to the story.

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study log 12/12

wanikani:

completed all reviews, still working on burning down terms

bunpro:

completed all terms

immersion:

finished くらげのお使い in japanese folktales for language learners, added flashcards. I ended up with 53 for this story

Also, I recently found out about natively for finding native content at comprehensible levels. I created a profile here for tracking my reading.

#japanese studyblr #studyblr #japanese #langblr #language

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study log 12/7-12/11

I've been on vacation so I haven't been updating my logs but I did make a bit of time for studying!

wanikani:

did daily reviews and leveled up to level 23! I still have a lot of terms to burn down so I'm working on those before learning any new terms

bunpro:

finished all reviews and earned both the 180 days studied badge and the 20 day streak badge :)

learned 3 new grammar terms:

other, another, any other (etc) (ほかに)

need, necessary (がひつよう)

so (much), that much, like that (そんなに)

japanese folktales for language learners:

started reading くらげのお使い, a story about a jellyfish that is sent to retrieve a monkey so that its liver can be used as medicine to save the dying empress of the undersea dragon palace. Made about 35 flashcards. Here are some good ones:

蛸 (たこ): octopus

御奉公 (ごほうこう): honorable duty

珊瑚 (さんご): coral

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