Watch Japanese Speech Contest and you will see real Japan, though sometimes the speakers said things negative in positive way. I was so amazed to see them. I was inspired and motivated to learn more about English language and cultures both Japanese and foreign. I was listening, saying to myself “Yes. you are right! She mentioned three points to identify Japanese.
Really? you say too good about Japan! I am one of those you are mentioning!I don’t know one of them well.”
I am teaching Japanese to young kinds who are learning Japanese as a heritage language. One or two of their parents are naive Japanese speakers but the speakers’ Japanese were better than theirs. Though we could see they practiced very much,I asked whats’ the difference?
“Effort.”
” Passion! ”
“WOW !Good answer! Passion is very important! different!” Even though our surrounding are good enough to master a language, it’s not so easy toy make the most of. I admired their effort and passion to learn Japanese and come to Japan.