The Foreign Exchange Program

In this episode, we shared what we enjoyed games during recess or after school in our childhood. We realized there are cultural ties in some of the games, although we did not realize it back then as children. What kind of games did you play in your childhood?

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In this episode, Akane shared some mnemonics from her experience growing up in Japan. As a result, the mnemonics are strongly tied to Japanese culture and customs. Listen and find out how they are useful for your learning Japanese!

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In part one of this two-part episode, Sadie shares some mnemonics that she either learned in school or picked up as she was growing up in the US. We thought it would be nice to share some common mnemonics because these are often not found in language learning textbooks. While some of them may be irrelevant, some may stick with you and help you retain and recall information! Stay tuned for part two with Akane in our next episode!

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In this episode, we talk about how the language of personal pronouns has shifted in recent years, both in English and Japanese. We also share how those pronouns can concisely convey one's identity.

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In this episode, we talk about how the way we communicate changes based on the language we're using. We discuss some real world examples, personal experiences, and even revisit some of Akane's early research work on the topic!

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In this episode, we try our hand at tackling a very tricky question: What does it mean to be Japanese? We were inspired to discuss this topic because of the following news story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68078061

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In this episode, we talk about how we feel American and Japanese societies view living at home with your parents as an adult and how those views may have started to change over time.

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In this episode,  we touch on some differences we've noticed between Japanese and American style breakfast. Let us know what do you eat for breakfast in your culture and country!

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In this episode, we touched on some differences we've noticed between Japan and the US regarding attitudes toward animals. How people in both countries perceive having pets and going to animal cafes, zoos, or aquariums.

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Seeing as we both have experience teaching our native languages to non-native speakers, we thought it could be interesting to talk through some frequent mistakes students of ours might make. Remember that making mistakes is all part of the language learning process! But occasionally reflecting on how we use our non-native languages can help us improve and give us something to work on in the future.

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