Right now I am at an upper intermediate level in Japanese (speaking, reading, listening, etc). I've been learning for 7yrs.
Yes I am an English teacher (which makes it difficult to really progress that much in Japanese as I've got few chances to speak Japn). At any eikaiwa school you are prohibited from practicing Japanese with the students.....that's standard.
So I make it my rule to speak no English outside of work/weekends.
But I always come across Japn people who refuse to reply/ speak Japanese to me. I don't mind sharing, speaking some English and some Japanese, but most people I come across are just language bullies. It is annoying. They speak only English (even if they are low level speakers).
I can understand a Japn student living in Canada wanting to practice English...in that case, I feel I should speak English to them there. But they want to speak only Eng to me over in Japan too?
When is it OUR turn to converse in Japanese?
2006-07-22
03:48:36
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