Past Blog Articles

  • Embracing Your Nihongo Dreams: Overcoming Doubts with the Baku

    Embracing Your Nihongo Dreams: Overcoming Doubts with the Baku

    Discover how the Baku can help you overcome doubts in your Japanese journey! Check out my lesson here!

  • Sketching Me & My Possible Selves Tree as a Japanese language user, professional, and person

    Sketching Me & My Possible Selves Tree as a Japanese language user, professional, and person

    Spending time with friends in Japan may include a trip to a Karaoke Box to enjoy a few hours singing together, no matter what your vocal skills are.  Without fail, along with John Denver’s “Country Roads” and John Lennon’s “Hey Jude” you may also sing something by Kyu Sakamoto. 

  • Thinking about Japanese language hopes, expectations & fears

    Thinking about Japanese language hopes, expectations & fears

    What are your hopes and expectations for being a Japanese language user? What scares you about reaching that goal? This Maneki Neko lesson will help you figure it out

  • Discovering your Nihongo strengths

    Discovering your Nihongo strengths

    Today is Unit 2 in the Possible Selves project. Click on the link and begin discovering what your nihongo strengths and abilities are.

  • Nihongo Dreams Worksheets

    Nihongo Dreams Worksheets

    I love exploring Japanese through a multi-literacy experiences. Regardless of your level of Japanese, you will be able to gain something in lessons based on the multi-literacy approach.

  • Nihongo Dreams

    Nihongo Dreams

    How do you dream of using the Japanese language? Do you want to translate manga? Do you want to be a diplomat? Do you want to work more successfully in Japan? Let’s explore