A little bit on learning Japanese

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I've been trying to improve my Japanese (which sucks, by the way) these days. You know, so that I could suck better at it. When it comes to this language, I am not that bad at reading, writing or listening. During conversations with natives, I can catch most of what the other party is saying. My final exam scores for my Japanese class were also not bad  either.

My Achille's heel is the speaking part. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I don't practice that much. Sure, I am living in Japan and studying at a Japanese University. But the thing is that my university is one in which around 50% of the student body are international students. So, I can always conveniently fall back to English. 

I know that I should try to use Japanese every chance I get. But I must confess. I am scared. I am scared of making mistakes. I am scared of showing my weakness. I am scared to be in the wrong. All the while, I refused to acknowledge that I was making a very big mistake while avoiding those small mistakes. Fear of making mistakes is the greatest obstacle in the path of mastering a language. I need to let go of that fear! I need to be courageous! So, I am gonna be doing just that. I will get back to you with my progress after some time. :)

So, enough of my babbling for now. Next post will be about good links for learning Japanese.

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