This is a picture of my typical study environment. Often times during the evening after having finished all my classes for the day I would return to my dormitory to study Japanese. I own a number of different Japanese grammar encyclopedias, frequency dictionaries, and other study materials so it was easy for me to study in my dormitory in the evenings. I would often do this before heading out to pick up food for the evening, and sometimes continue to study even after having ate dinner. This habit did begin to change as my stay in Japan came closer to the end, in which I was prioritizing events to make use of everything that I had been learning. As I stated previously, however, evenings were primarily study time if I didn’t have other plans made prior.
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This is just a snapshot of one of the many pages of Japanese notes that I took down/was given while studying the Japanese language and culture in Okayama, Japan. If you make the opportunities for yourself to be surrounded by the language of your host community, there will obviously be more information that you can take in all at once and readily remember. That is precisely why it is important to take notes so that one can refer back to the valuable information later incase you can’t recall it off the top of one’s head. Also, I find myself taking many notes by phone as well but I found that taking notes on paper was more conducive to remember the information in long run, which studies concerning memory and recalling information have been found to support. Have fun with your language studies!
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