I'm learning Japanese!

Konichiwa! こんにちは

I’m about to embark on an entirely new language journey during my final semester of college, and for my class we have to create blog posts on learning Japanese.

I chose to study Japanese for a series of reasons. First, I knew that I wanted to study another language apart from Spanish during my final semester at Saint Mary’s. The only ones that fit in my schedule were German and Japanese, which I can only take at Notre Dame since SMC does not offer any beginning language courses spring semester. Then, I picked Japanese because I wanted to take advantage of having a classroom setting before I set off into the real world. I figure I could always learn German or whatever Romantic or Germanic language easier on my own. Besides that, I have always been wanted to learn Japanese because of my interest in Japanese culture. I grew up watching anime so that was my first exposure to Japanese. As a global studies major, I like learning about other cultures too so naturally when learning a new language, you simultaneously learn about the culture.

I’m so excited to learn Japanese!