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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I do have a degree in linguistics, received after I was fluent. 
As for whether I am exceptionally skilled... I would say it`s more down to environment and putting yourself into situations that force improvement. Japanese air isn`t going to help one bit if you keep yourself in situations that let you get by without Japanese. I was in a homestay, no English environment - and did my best to make friends with the students at the high school I was a "GAP" at (read that as "hanging out there for no pay and without paying as I`d graduated already, but it made the school look cool to have more "international" students...). I tried to avoid falling back on English, and was certainly getting by after a couple months.
Yes. I have level 1. |
Wow its amazing you achieved all this without even properly studying japanese! And the Gap year thing seems interesting! Do they still do this for free now? If they do would you know of any highschools that do this around where you live or anywhere in japan?
Domo arigato gozaimasu , You really inspire me and im sure youve inspired many other people as well!
