Hiragana 8/25/23

 I’ll be honest, Hiragana is pretty intimidating.I need to stop being interested in languages with multiple alphabets ( just kidding, of course haha).  I struggle the most with the stroke order, but that should change with a bit more practice every week.I’ll probably make some flashcards to help me memorize these a bit better. I remember as a kid I struggled a lot with reading.I remember many of my teachers ignoring me and assuming I already knew all the material when I didn’t. I was put in a lot of reading classes and I later found out from my sister that I was actually put into the English as a second language program or ESL.Once, I got a teacher who was patient with me and willing to help me and teach me how to read.I did fantastic (who would have thought).Textbooks never helped, but reading fun books like The Magic Tree House made me want to read more (plus they had way cooler pictures than any textbooks). So maybe I could do some research and find some Japanese children’s books that I can read.  Whenever I was studying French I read a lot of short poems and found some amazing French music to help me learn. In French class, we also played a lot of games and that was very engaging and fun. Making up a little song to help you memorize certain phrases was helpful too. I know for me watching Cambodian dramas was a very fun way to learn Khmer. However, I do believe Japanese characters are much easier to write than Cambodian characters. Hiragana feels more distinctive from one character to the next ( if that makes sense) while Cambodian characters tend to blend into one another. Which makes it very frustrating to read. 





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