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4 Ways to Learn Japanese from YouTube

It used to be that if you were studying a foreign language in your own country, the only listening practice that was easily available to you was hearing your teacher or classmates speak, or listening to the CD that came with your textbook. With YouTube, students now have access to myriad free Japanese videos on any topic you could possibly desire.

By SoraNews24

→ Bilingirl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3CPr5nyIs

Queen of the bilingual YouTube video is Chika of Bilingirl English. She makes language lessons and videos introducing elements of Japanese culture on the channel Japanagos.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSK8B4YxH8

But the English lessons for Japanese people on her main channel Bilingirl English actually make really good Japanese listening practice, too. She’s talking in Japanese, but about English!

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→ Victor & Tomoko (Again)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lHLp5P83Hs

There aren’t many places where you can listen to a conversation between an English speaker and a Japanese speaker, with each speaking their own language. But the videos with Tomoko on Gimmeabreakman‘s channel give you just that: fast, natural speech on current (often controversial) topics, subtitled and explained where necessary.

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