今日 reading Hi everyone, I just started learning japanese a week ago and along with it I just started learning kanji. So when learning Kanji, i am also trying to memorize the readings. Today i learnt that 日 has many different readings. The main one in kun yomi are ひ and か, while the main on yomi is にち. I also found that it has other readings but only in certain words or in names. Now, my question is: the word "today" is translated as きょう。Using Kanji, it would be 今日。Now, even though it conceptually makes sense that now + day = today, i really dont understand the reading. 今 should be read as いま or こん。 How come that those two kanjis in a compound word are pronounced differently from their on yomi and kun yomi?

じこしょうかい So, i've been studying japanese for a week using Genki I. I already learnt kana and i'm slowly starting to learn Kanji. Aside from that i decided to try to make a self presentation. Obviously, i checked words with a dictionary as i don't have enough vocabulary yet. Please let me know if what i wrote makes sense and what's wrong.　ありがとうございます。 初めまして。エマヌエレモネアです。ミラノ大学の学生です。理学療法は勉強しています。今一年生です。 イタリアに住んでいます。二十三歳です。私はスポーツと言語好きです。 よろしくお願いします。

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Communication and Technology A while ago I`ve read an article in which there was a graph with some statistics that explained how frequently people use face to face communication, voice only communication or written communication(email, texting). Basically, results brought in evidence how the communication preferences are slowly switching from face to face communication to communication through tecnology. They say that this phenomenon is particularly noticeable on Millenials(or generation Y, which involves all of those born after 1985) as it reflects the way Millennials link themselves to technology in the early stages of life. But why is it face to face communication important? This is very simple and it has to do with a theory developed by an armenian psychologist. He believes that in the communication process, only 7% of the meaning of the message is established by what you say. He explains how in reality 55% of the meaning is expressed through body language and the remaining 38% can be interpretated from your voice. Also we have to keep in mind the fact that face to face communication gives to the subjects immediate feedback(meaning that you see body reactions and the other person is going answer you instantly). Contrariwise, in texting you have a very delayed answer compared to those modalities that involve the voice. I think that it`s time to recognize that electronic devices are addicting and that it`s important to include an educational program for them(maybe in school) in which teachers may teach how to use it properly and how one can avoid developing an addiction. This is probably very useful for next generations as they will be projected in a world with an amount of technology around them always increasing.

September Alpha test Here in Italy most universities have faculties that require you to do a pre-course evaluation(which is named Alpha test). The result that comes out of the evaluation is calculated following this rules: 1,5 points if the answer is correct; 0 points if one didn't answer the question; -0,4 if you answered incorrectly. You have 100 minutes to answer 60 questions, every answer is given based on multiple choices(1 correct question out of 5). The subjects of the exam are many but the main ones are general culture, biology, chemistry and physics. I'm currently studying biology( I applied for physioterapy) and I have to say that discovering how life works at a biomolecular level it's just astonishing. One thread that really got me lighten up is genetic. Basically a cell is able to copy DNA into another molecule named RNA and based on the sequence of the nitrogenous bases, the cell translate very specific and demilited lines of RNA into molecule we call proteins. The latter may be useful in different ways depending on the cell needs. So after discovering this, what did genetic engineering do? Basically, they modified sequences of DNA(genes) to make so that different proteins are being assembled in the cell. This way, you basically have a cell that synthetize whatever you want, it's a little "factory". This method which involves creating artificial DNA and the injection of the latter into a cell(which can also be a bacteria) is used as an alternative way to create pharmaceutical drugs, ormones and so on. The cloning-injection process is also the same method used in agriculture to create genetically modified organisms. The injection on food work as immunization, making it so that it develops molecules resistant to the herbicide effect. Now you have an edible organism that resists to herbicide(so you can use it to kill weeds) but it develops unnatural proteins, which we may eat if we buy this type of product. Many biologists claim that this is dangerous for our body, other tolerate it. Personally, I avoid them when possible: I think that if nature made it that way, that's how it's meant to be.

Which is the best way to improve when you are upper-intermediate? Hi, my name is Emanuele and i've been learning English for a long time in very different ways. I've been taught English in a very traditional way at school and one day i realized i couldn't really understand or hold a conversation with someone. So i started watching movies and tv series without subtitles: this process enriched a lot my vocabulary and i also learnt many common used phrases. So in the summer of 2015 i went to London for working and the second i got there i realized that even though i could generally understand what people were talking about, i was not able to talk back fluently and with a good accent. So, after three months i have to say that fluency and accent really improved and i am pretty happy with it. Anyway, now i consider myself an upper-intermediate speaker and i have the following question: What path should i follow now to improve fluency and general language knowledge?