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My name is Monica and I’m a certified language teacher with a BA in Japanese and German languages. Romanian is my mother tongue and I have studied in Germany (2006) and Japan (2008-2014) where I did my masters and PhD. I started teaching more than eleven years ago and I have also taught classes for special purposes, like Business German, secretarial English and Japanese translation. I like to use different materials for my on-line classes, like videos, music, texts about interesting topics and grammar exercises that you can actually enjoy! Let’s explore the magic of foreign languages together! 初めまして！ モニカと申します。一緒に英語／ドイツ語／ルーマニア語を勉強しながら多文化を経験しましょう！ 2007年にブカレスト大学を卒業しましたが、ドイツのトリエル大学（2006）と日本の大阪大学（2008−2014）に留学したこともあります。去年はアメリカのオレゴン大学で英語教育の授業も受けました。外国語が大好きですから、7国語もできます。 一緒に勉強したら、外国語の勉強を楽しむコツを教えてあげます。一緒に頑張りましょう！ どうぞよろしくお願いします。 Ich bin Monica! Freut mich sehr, Sie kennenzulernen :) Möchten Sie Japanisch oder Rumänisch lernen? Da kann ich Ihnen helfen! Rumänisch ist meine Muttersprache und durch mein 6jährige Studium an einer Universität in Japan spreche ich fließend Japanisch. Ich habe eine pädagogische Zulassung um Fremdsprachen unterrichten zu können. Meine Kompetenzen habe ich seit 11 Jahren in der Praxis vielfältig anwenden können. Ich motiviere meine Studenten durch einen sehr vielfältigen Unterricht. Insbesondere verwende ich neben den Skype-Konferenzen verschiedene Medien (Videos, Musik, Texte über attraktive Themen und Grammatikübungen die Spaß machen). Meldet euch und wir werden gemeinsam die Magie der Fremdsprachen entdecken! Mă numesc Monica și sunt absolventă a Universității București, FLLS. Am studiat în Germania (2006) și în Japonia (2008-2014). Vă pot ajuta să descoperiți magia cuvintelor și a culturii japoneze sau germane. De asemenea, vă pot asista în pregătire unui examen de limbă și vă pot ajuta să deveniți fluent în japoneză sau germană. În timpul cursurilor folosesc materiale scrise, dar și materiale video sau audio.
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Sato
Japanese
Jun 13, 2024
話を聞いて、モニカの仕事の大変そうな様子が容易に目に浮かびました。出席予定のイベントで仕事をする際、何も問題が起こらず、全てが上手くいくよう心から願っています。次のレッスンも楽しみにしています！ありがとうございました！
Mayuko Nihongo
Japanese
Aug 10, 2021
モニカさん、難しい表現が多く大変だとは思いますが、 頑張ってくださいね。ありがとうございました。
Yoko
Japanese
Sep 24, 2016
少しでもお力になれてよかったです。通訳のお仕事頑張ってください。
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    Who invented such a complicated writing system, and why don't Japanese people use the Latin script? We’re living in the 21st century where everything has to happen fast and no one has time to learn thousands of signs, each with multiple readings and meanings. Rules, lists, exceptions, different styles of writing; the dictionary is full of various combinations of those many thousands of signs. Exactly how many are there, anyway?! Don't worry. I will help you conquer your fear of Chinese characters and embrace their utility and beauty.

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    Ioana-chan, the pleasure of learning kanji is never-ending :-)  Think of them as treasure chests hiding meaning and music. Not to mention how pretty they look, how there's poetry in their shape and how they can hide an other story behind the apparent meaning. 

    My favorite illustration for this is the list of village (里) names from Sei Shonagon’s Makura no soushi (The Pillow Book - Heian literature masterpiece).

    里は逢坂（あふさか）の里。ながめの里。寝覚（いざめ）の里。人妻（ひとづま）の里。頼めの里。夕日の里。妻取りの里、人に取られたるにやあらむ、わがまうけたるにやあらむと、をかし。

    As for villages, there are: The village “The hill of rendezvous”. The village “Gazing”. The village “Waking up from one’s sleep”. The village “An other’s wife”. The village “Trust me!”. The village “The light of the setting sun”. The village “Take someone’s wife”. I wonder who is from this village - the seducer himself, or the husband whose wife has been taken? How amusing!

    The meaning of each kanji is as follows >

    逢坂 (meet+hill); ながめ（sight, view / hiragana）; 寝覚め(waking up from one’s sleep); 人妻（an other’s wife）; 頼め (trust me!); 夕日（[the light of the] setting sun）;妻取り（taking someone’s wife）

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    Conquer Your Fear Of Kanji
    Who invented such a complicated writing system, and why don't Japanese people use the Latin script? We’re living in the 21st century where everything has to happen fast and no one has time to learn thousands of signs, each with multiple readings and meanings. Rules, lists, exceptions, different styles of writing; the dictionary is full of various combinations of those many thousands of signs. Exactly how many are there, anyway?! Don't worry. I will help you conquer your fear of Chinese characters and embrace their utility and beauty.
    August 31, 2016
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    1. I want to be thanked for a good deed that I’m not even aware of, to such an extent that I can’t remembered doing it, and I want to thank her/him for a good deed that s/he did casually, not thinking much of, and in doing so, after our unexpected words of gratitude would clash together, I want us both to be tormented by the thought that (//understanding of) “S/he’s a person that rejoices such strange things!” 2. To be told I love you by the person you love, what joy that is! You must never think of it as something ordinary.
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    August 24, 2016
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    I think there's a popular song nowadays, something about Work, work, work ..? Not sure how the lyrics go, but the idea is > if you want to progress with Japanese, then you have to work, work, work for it, at a constant pace. Work with a textbook that also has a student's book to practice the grammar - it will also help you remember the words. Don't take long breaks between learning sessions or you'll have to relearn everything all over again. I recommend working with a teacher from the beginning, he/she will help you understand and learn the grammar correctly.

    Don't be discouraged, you're progressing with every lesson you've completed, even if you don't realise it. But with Japanese you need to be constant both with learning new vocabulary and grammar and exercising the kana or adding new kanji to your written skills.

    In conclusion: good textbook with a separate book for exercises, a kanji book, videos, anime, dorama, Japanese movies and music. These are all easy to find nowadays, either in libraries or on the internet. がんばってください！

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    August 19, 2016
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    Hi Anna!

    The problem with learning Japanese is that if you're not constantly learning and using what you've learned, then you will make little progress and easily forget it. Take a longer break after two months and you'll have to start all over again with the kana, for example.

    I use Genki in my classes with great results, because it's more recent than "Minna no nihongo" and also teaches colloquial Japanese. I also recommend all my students to watch anime, dorama and listen to Japanese music. There's music for every taste, there are songs with subtitles on youtube that you can also use (of course, start with nursery rhymes, most only use kana in their subtitles).

    Follow a textbook that also has a workbook, because this is the best way to get structure, and make friends on website like italki or applications for foreign languages to use what you're learning. I would really advise you to learn with a language instructor.


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    August 19, 2016
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