How to start speaking Japanese and get unstuck
You see– Most people learning a language (like Japanese) get STUCK. There’s just so much to learn, and in the heat of a conversation all the grammar, conjugations, and vocabulary go out the window.
From absolute beginners to 2-3 year students everyone struggles with making the jump from studying to real life speech. You will never be 100% “ready” to start speaking Spanish
It feels like there is always a gap between what you know and what you say.
Because of this gap most Spanish learners tell themselves, “I’m not ready, I just need to study a little more before I can speak…”.
A week goes by, a month, then a year…
Even with hours of memorizing, verb drills, and sentence writing they still can’t have a basic conversation.
And like we said before, they feel stuck.
……….So how do you make your Spanish stick? That is, how do you learn it in a way that you can use it in real life conversations?
How do you take the leap and get unstuck?
Simple–you cheat!
Cheating your way through Japanese
Here's a language hack that can be used for any language not just Japanese
And get this....it works even if you've never studied Japanese before.
This way of “cheating” is best used during a one on one practice session with a native speaker, either in person or online via language lessons or exchanges.
You can click here for more info online lessons or language exchanges.
That being said, let’s dive in and start cheating our way through Japanese!
The tools and the method
To survive your next Japanese conversation you will need three tools: a couple personal phrase lists, an online translator, and a Japanese-English dictionary.
Some of these tools seems like a no-brainer, but it is the method you use along with the combination of all three that really produces results.
The 3 Essential Tools for Cheating Your Way Through Any Conversation
Phrase lists
Phrase lists are a powerful tool, and they can get you speaking quickly even if you're new to the language. Try this phrase list for starters
Online translator
A valuable tool for any student. An good translator helps you fill in the gaps when you get stuck. Try Google translate or DeepLTranslator
Japanese-English dictionary
Another indespendible tool for your Japanese learning. For a powerful and free online dictionay, check out Jisho.
The Method
See it in Action
There's polyglot who'd internet famous named Benny Lewis, and he (among many others) uses this method when learning a new langauge.
Here’s a video he made of himself using these principles for his first try at speaking Polish after only an hour of studying.
Polish is a notoriously difficult language for English speakers (not unlike Japanese)
Now Benny does have some distinct advantages over us average language learners.
He’s already learned over 10 languages and some of them share similar grammar or phonetics. Your average English speaker wouldn’t have this edge.
But the same principle applies whether you’re an expert or a newbie, and it’s a great example of how you can use basic words and speech to start communicating in Japanese.
Still not convinced? Thousands of people have used Benny’s approach which focuses on speaking right away, to learn languages.
There’s thousands of learners who have become “unstuck” and taken the jump into clumsy speech (you gotta start somewhere).
One cool thing Benny does is ask new language learners to record a video of themselves speaking some basic phrases in their target language and then upload the video to Youtube to get feedback.
If they can do it then so can you.
So it doesn’t matter your age or whether you can already speak multiple languages. You can use these tips to start speaking Japanese right away!