ENHANCE YOUR LINGUISTIC ABILITIES: Learn Japanese language
Yes, that is for a start. “Yokoso” in Japanese language means Welcome. If you are a tourist or a temporary visitor for some purpose, imagine the advantage of being equipped with some of the basic vocabulary of Japanese language.
Geographically Japan is a small island Nation, but a highly industrialized and developed Country.
Automotives, Engineering, Electronics, Martial Arts, Robotics are only some of the select areas of Industry where Japan enjoys leadership position. Despite this degree of advancement, Japan has not fancied embracing English as a link language in communicating with the world. Traditionally, the Japanese people prefer either to use their own language even in world forums or when inevitable, use the services of interpreters. Therefore, learning the Japanese Language can be of immense value particularly for today’s jet set generation. Knowledge of Regional language not only adds vibrance to your resume, but also takes you closer to the people who speak that language. If a Russian traveling from Paris to London on an Air France Flight is greeted in Russian language by the Flight Attendant, that momentary delight which the Russian experiences cannot be expressed in words. The affinity that your mother tongue creates is beyond compare.
Learning the Japanese Language can be accomplished with relative ease. A number of useful resources are offered on the Internet and most of them free too. All that is required would be your intense desire to learn and the time to do that. Once you learn the preliminary lessons, you can also use the Japanese Television Channels to aid you in the learning process.
As a Tourist, if you were visiting Japan, it would be of immense help to you, if you can pick up minimum rudimentary knowledge of Japanese Language well before you land into the lap of Japan. Tourists particularly need know that 75% or more of the Japanese population lives in urban agglomerates and the country side is sparsely populated. Therefore, if your itinerary takes you into downtown Japanese cities, the language spoken there will be of immense value to you, though you may have only rudimentary knowledge of the language.
Once you have learnt the language, it is equally important to stay in touch with the language. Here again, thanks to the internet, you can very conveniently browse through a number of web pages which are in Japanese language. Your browser capabilities? You need not worry, the Kana and Kanji (typical Japanese terminology) will be provided by the web-site itself without your having to download and install anything. And, if all these are coming without any cost shouldn’t we be grabbing at it now? |
