aanbi wrote:
> Paul Blay wrote:
>
> > "Elbow" <tokyoelbow@totalise.co.uk> wrote ...
> >
> >> Any good pointers would be really appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Try sci.lang.japan.  Not that you have any choice about it now.
> >
> >> some of you may remember my old 2001 thread  Bi-Lingual Kids
> >> http://tinyurl.com/7bjxz
> >>
> >> I've been living in Japan since 1995 and my Nihongo is still really
> >> embarrassingly piss-poor.
>
> Eleven years? Pathetic, really. Get off your ass and do some self-study.
>
> I know of people who are entirely self taught and at JLPT1.
>
> Taking classes is a waste of time, money and effort. The people who do
> really well at Japanese are the people who sit down with their books and
> study hard - not people who pay to go classes for a chit-chat session.

yes yes very good,  sorry Dad