A thank you to Amy Chavez for her Dec. 1 column, ¡±The best-ever tips on learning Japanese.¡± I am pleased that Chavez knows how to write the truth with heart. Her article is the stake in the heart of those that whine about Japanese being difficult to learn.
I am a dyslexic, 59-year-old guy learning Japanese. The only way to learn it is through hard work ¡ª more so for me. It¡¯s about time someone stood up and told the truth about learning a foreign language; it¡¯s countless hours of study over and over.
I like how Chavez cuts to the chase with her no-nonsense, don¡¯t-blame-others attitude. For several months I have been doing exactly what Chavez wrote, and it works. Communication is a lifelong study; someday I will master it. Until then, people I talk with will keep scratching their heads.
The opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are the writer¡¯s own and do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Japan Times.
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