Learning a new language can be challenging, but fortunately, there are many resources available to make the process easier. Whether you're a beginner or advanced Japanese language student, there are apps that can help you improve your skills, learn new vocabulary, and practice your reading, writing, and speaking abilities. Here are some of the must-have apps for Japanese language students: Duolingo Duolingo is a popular language-learning app that offers courses in many different languages, including Japanese. The app is free to use and provides a gamified experience to make learning more engaging. Duolingo includes lessons on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, as well as reading, writing, and speaking exercises. The app is perfect for beginners who want to start learning Japanese or for those who want to review and reinforce their skills. Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese is a free app that offers a comprehensive guide to the Ja

Hello Everyone!!! I have been thinking of some things to post and I really wanted to share how I am learning to survive in Japan. Yes, I may have a little bit of Nihongo under my belt but not nearly enough to understand everything that goes on around me. And so I came up with this!!! Silak's JST (Japan Survival Tips) series This will be basically short posts on practical tips and tricks I've picked up along the way. I will be sharing stuff that I learned and am still doing that makes my life so much easier. This will be anything and everything under the sun from post rescheduling, inquiries, groceries, and many, many more! And, good news to the introverts out there like me that want to minimize their human contact as much as possible, these, are going to help you a lot! (As much as possible I do most of my stuff online and I only call if, and when I really need to.) I will try to make the posts as educational as possible with as many picture illustrations as I

Happy Sunday Minasan!!! The weather is slowly cranking up and it's getting more and more difficult to step out especially when you don't have a car and will have to walk to destinations. The dangers of heatstroke are real people! So today I want to talk a little bit about my life as an ALT in Japan. What is an ALT? Time and again, people from outside Japan would ask me: "What work do you do there?", to which I reply, "I'm an ALT." Wait, what? To people who have been interested in Japan as I had been before coming here, you would know that ALT stands for Assistant Language Teacher. Now, this takes different meanings as well depending on where you're teaching and I will discuss the role in detail in a Junior High School perspective as this is where I am assigned. I am basically an assistant to a Japanese Teacher of English.  I will try and get Jerome, Richard, and Leizel to talk about their experience in the Elementary school front so we