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Chapter 4: Mitchell’s Story. From Learner to Language Professional by Mitchell Curtis

Abstract
In Chapter 4, Mitchell tells how his out-of-class use of various media helped to sustain his interest in Japanese from the elementary level. He describes his current focus on increasing his vocabulary as he prepares for a career as a professional interpreter/translator. We further elaborate on the theme of vocabulary learning in Sensei’s Tips and consider the questions of how much vocabulary we should aim at, which ones we should learn and what it means to know a word.
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​About the author
Mitchell Curtis started learning Japanese in high school and completed a master’s degree in Japanese interpreting and translation. Through immersing himslef in the pop culture of Japan and learning more about Japan and its society, he started to really enjoy it. He has travelled to Japan on many short-term holidays and has experienced both Japanese high school and university. Towards the end of his undergraduate degree he lived in Japan for a full year, which enabled him to take his Japanese language skills to a higher level.
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Citation
Curtis, M. (2017). Mitchell's story. From learner to language professional. In B. Kennett & Y. Nagata (Eds.), Learning Japanese: Voices of experience (pp. 35-46). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/6/4

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​Information About the Book

Title: Learning Japanese: Voices of experience
Editors: Belinda Kennett and Yuriko Nagata
Publication date: July, 2017
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