How to use Verb + のようになる

Just when did I become like........ THIS!!?

アニメを見てから日本に興味を持つようになりました。

I developed an interest in Japan after watching Anime (repetitiously).

Verb + ようになる　is causative; there’s always a reason when verb +ようになる is included in a sentence. It doesn’t always have to be the case but is rather common. Imagine stepping into the water for the first time…… that’s what ようになる　sort of feels like. Fresh and New. 


So, let’s look at an example: 

How to use verb(past) + ばかり

Just Married!! .... no, not me 

大学に入学したばかりです。だからまだ経験が浅いです。
I’ve just enrolled in the university. So I still have very little experience. 

verb(past) + ばかり　is used to emphasise the recent occurrence of a verb. This is most suitable when you are required to specifically indicate the recentness of something you just started doing or did. So, it can be something you just started in a repetitious manner (like going to school) or it could just be a one-verb-wonder(like chopping the wood).  It also provides aspects of a newbie or a greenhorn.