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Micamelia

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Last login: Within 1 days

Native language
Japanese
Learning
English, Dutch
ID 30490
Nation and region Japan
Sex Female
Twitter ID micamelia
Occupation teacher

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About me

Hi there!
I love languages and I studied linguistics at university.

Any advice or candid comments on my English would be greatly appreciated so that I can improve it.
As for Dutch, I'm a beginner, so I'd like easy-to-understand corrections.

Here are some of my entries that might help Japanese learners:
- Useful Japanese Expressions for Lang-8: Level of Corrections
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/308724/
- Not-recommended Japanese Expressions on Lang-8
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/302800/
- Importance of Vowels in Japanese
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/148735
- Voiced Sounds and Voiceless Sounds in Onomatopoeias
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/120329
- Mnemonics for "Atsui" (hot) and "Atatakai" (warm)!
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/968617

My interests in languages:
- etymology (origins of words)
- history of languages (philology)
- variety of languages (accents and dialects)
- phonology (pronunciation)
- second language acquisition
etc.

My other interests:
- Education
- Photography
- Graphic design
- Renaissance and Baroque Music
- Singing (karaoke)
- Japanese TV dramas
- Cats
etc.

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Latest entries

"Flunk" - How do you feel about it?

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May 20th 2011 00:10 education

In Japanese, there are two ways to refer to "flunk". One is 落第 (rakudai). 落 (raku) means "to drop", and 第 (dai) is ...

My impression about the Dutch language

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May 04th 2011 00:08 Dutch linguistics

Phew! I posted my first Dutch entry. I studied the basic verbs 'zijn' and 'hebben' today. I found it interesting that their bare form...

The Greatest Earthquake Ever.

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Mar 13th 2011 14:55

The earthquake in Japan on 11th March had a magnitude of 9.0, which is the greatest one ever. (At first, the magnitude was said to be 8....

Democratic Schools, where students decide everything they do at school

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Jan 29th 2011 23:13 education democratic school

In the previous entry, I wrote that students' free will is important and they should have a right to decide what and when they learn. I'...

What's An 'Ideal School'?

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Jan 28th 2011 00:43 education

As I wrote in the previous entry, one of my dreams is to own an ideal school. What do you think is important for learning? I think it...

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Testimonials from My Friends

Elliott (エリオット)
A deep interest in linguistics and probably knows more about English words than me! Always very helpful comments and corrections, thanks!

Amelia is a very nice person and an excellent teacher. Her passion for languages and Linguistics is unique -- I have never known someone with such an intense interest in communication and the origin of words. Her ambition and creativity are inspiring. ありがとうございます。 ^_^
Wolfgramm
Amelia-san is a very nice person and she is very helpful to people learning Japanese. =)
EricNolgen
Ameliaさん is a superb language learner and she's always helping everyone by answering questions, writing interesting and helpful entries, recording blogs in japanese, and many other things. She loves languages and she's always trying to do something new, it seems she never stops! A very active and nice person. Very hard to find a person like her ^^.
Rational Humano
Amelia is an innovative, creative, and wonderful person. Her voice blogs are very useful and she will not hesitate if you need any feedback from her.