Teaching Japanese in English #2

I went to a coffee shop in Capitol Hill to meet a conversation partner. She is a working mother who is taking a class at a local university. She's working on a degree related to Buddhism.

We were talking about Kanji reading. She asked me how to know when to use On-reading or Kun-reading. I told her that there's no simple way to know, but tried to give her a few tips to make the right choice.

http://japanese.about.com/library/blqow44.htm

Teaching Japanese in English #2

I went to a coffee shop in Capitol Hill to see a conversation partner. She is a working mother taking a class at a university. She's been trying to get a degree related to Buddhism.
We were talking about Kanji reading. She asked me how she knows to know when to use On-reading or Kun-reading. I told her that there's no simple way to explain it, but tried to give her some small tips to make a better guess.

http://japanese.about.com/library/blqow44.htm

I live in Washington, D.C. as well! I wonder if I have been to the coffee shop you met at. On-reading vs. Kun-reading can be very difficult for beginners learning Japanese. I think it's much easier if they are able to understand some Chinese as well. よろしくお願いします！