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Learn Japanese With Takanori Sensei! - an exclusive interview with learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com
On October 05, 2007 in Interviews
Today I have a real treat for anyone wanting to learn Japanese, we are talking to Takanori-sensei from learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com about his site and video lessons!
I picked Takanori to interview (as promised) beacuse he has a number of Japanese lessons posted and freely accessible on youtube, which I think is awesome (I love free 
)
In this interview I plan to introduce you to some of those resources and, better yet, give you some exclusive insight into Takanori-sensei’s goal to help you really communicate in Japanese.
So everybody please welcome Takanori *hakushu*
Daily J: What motivated you to start your site? Also what motivated you to want to start teaching/teaching on the internet?
Takanori: Because I found out that there are a lot of people who want to learn Japanese, but things you learn at a normal school is only grammartical Japanese language.
I want to teach the Japanese language for real communication. So, they can speak Japanese.
When I was in Australia to learn English, it was very different from the English lesson in Japan.
Normally, school focus on how to write, not relaly how to speak.
But, I think learning to speak is more important.
That’s why I provide the Japanese video lesson.
Daily J: What part of running a site and teaching online is the most fun for you?
Takanori: When a lot of people send us the comments.
Daily J: What is unique about your site and how can people best benefit from it?
Takanori: People can learn the Japanese language for real communication, rather than just learning the Japanese grammar part.
Also, they can watch our Japanese language video at home, as if they are learning Japanese at school!
Isn’t it amazing the way the internet is changing the way we learn?! If youtube had arrived just a bit sooner I could have ditched class and learnt Japanese at home .
Thank you Takanori for the interview.
And thank you all for reading. Be sure to check out sensei’s lessons on podomatic and youtube.
And then hurry back tomorrow for more interviews.
Have a great day!
Daily J
a very long domain name but I am browsing through the site now
Sorry or not replying to your comment earlier. For some reason I only get notification of first time commentor’s comments…
Let me know what you think of his stuff.
I like very much the Japan country and I wish very much to learn the Japanese language I love the culture the history and storyes of Japan and I want very much to learn Japanese thanks.Mineko from Bucharest Romania.
Hi Andreea!
I hope my site was useful for you then. I love meeting and talking to other people interested in Japan.
Keep working to learn Japanese and if you don’t give up I am sure you will get there in time.
Cheers,
Tori - The Chemist
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