One thing you need to know is the difference of how a language is
learned by non-native speakers and acquired by native speakers.
In other words, the input matters. Recall that when you were acquiring your
first language, it took 3 years to recieve the input, say, approximately
2400 hours, according to linguistic investigation. However, in learning your
foreign language(s), the intake is so little that you might not see any
output from your learning. (How many hours did spend on listening to English?)
So one of strategies when I am learning a foreign language, such as Japanese,
I focus more on intake and the difference of two languages.
For example, it may be frustrated to know the fact that every word is Greek
to me in the very beginning when I listen to Japanese. However I keep
working on and on. The more intake I have, the faster it will be.
Also, I keep one fact in mind that every language is different.
This idea is simple in itself but is difficult to be put into practice.
One might say, for instance, Japanese pronunciation is
easier than Chinese, so the difference between these two languages is less
concerned. However, the fact is that many Taiwnaese learners of Japanese
speak "Taiwnaese-like" Japanese. This situation can be observed in Englsih.
English pronunciation is seldom taught in Taiwan. Or many learners regard
that pronunciation is not so important as long as it can be understood. To
tell the truth, I realize that the way I pronounce is related to my listening
ability because, disregarding languages, I hardly see one foreign language
learner with poor English pronunciation is able to have good
listening ability.
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