1.Issues in Japanese ESLAlan Baker2. Word Order & ParticlesJapanese is an SOV language, whereas English is an SVO language.Students may thus have trouble placing the…

1. Issues in Japanese ESLAlan Baker 2. Word Order & ParticlesJapanese is an SOV language, whereas English is an SVO language.Students may thus have trouble placing the…

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