Hi all, I’m looking for someone to practice speaking Japanese online via MS Teams. Beginner level. My plan is to go through the pair exercises in Genki together, but I’m open for any other ideas. One hour every weekend would be nice. Anyone interested?
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I’m interested. I don’t have Genki right now though. If you can share screen it with me, then perhaps we can do it? I’m living in Japan. How about you?
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That would be great. I’m in Europe, so there’s quite a time zone difference, but I could manage Sat/Sun in the morning, so that would be evening/afternoon for you. Genki is book, so sharing screen doesn’t help much. If you have any other preferences or websites you’re using for pair exercise, I’m open. We can also just try and speak, but I’m really on a beginner level. Would that fit for you?
Weekend nights would be okay for me (if I’m free, of course). How about writing the conversations you want to practice from Genki and sending them to me? Would that be possible? Or we can refer to IroDori Online. Have you heard of it?
Thank you for this! I just checked out IroDori and while it’s still way above my current knowledge, it’s very useful. I downloaded the starter package and will learn in the next few days. Is this the level you’re at? That would be amazing!
I’m at Starter A1 now and Level 15 on WaniKani. I also attend a Japanese language school here, and they placed me in the N5 class. Are you self-studying?
I started self studying one year ago without any previous knowledge, then attended a 3 month course in a local school here in Switzerland, which will continue in March. Last week I did the N5 practice test in Bunpro.
Nice! What would you like to use for our speaking practice?
I see that Irodori has good exercises and I’d like to go through them with you, practicing reading and speaking. You can tell me, where you want to start since for me, the super basic lesson 1 or 2 is fine.
Technology wise, I can setup a Microsoft Teams call if you wish, or we can use Whatsapp for the call, but again, I’m open if you have other ideas.
Sounds good. I’ve been doing it all by myself and I always feel a bit strange talking to myself. LOL
I think we should start where you are. I can go back to Lesson 1.
Is Google Meet okay for you? I don’t use MT and Whatsapp.
I haven’t tried Google Meet yet, should be fine. Do you want to setup a call? I can do Satrurday or Sunday 08:00 to 12:00 which would be 16:00 to 20:00 Tokyo time
How about Sunday (Feb 1st) at 16:00 (Tokyo time)?
fine for me. Can you send me the code for the google meet then?
Sure, here’s the code:
よろしくお願いします。：）
Hey! I’m on Google Meet now. Ready when you’re ready. 