Is there a place where I can view Japanese text and learn their writing system. Also I would like to learn about the culture?
2006-06-08 16:39:51 · 10 answers · asked by Matt 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
wow... very helpful... I need websites...
2006-06-08 17:35:20 · update #1
http://www.japanese-online.com/
http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/
http://learnjapanese.elanguageschool.net/
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com
http://www.japanese-online.com/NonMem_JLL.htm
Hope this helps! Good luck!
2006-06-08 18:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Blissgirl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to the organisation that teaches languages to American diplomats, the hardest languages for English speakers to learn are Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic in that order. But I've got a degree in Japanese and I'm only a mediocre linguist. The best way to learn a language is to go to the country. My Japanese professor told us that a year in Japan is like studying Japanese at home for 4 years. If a year's student exchange in Japan is impractical, get a language kit from the library (textbook and video) and offer to host a Japanese student with an organisation like the American Field Service. We've hosted for them and they're excellent, but there are several other similar student exchange organisations.
2006-06-08 16:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll never truly learn Japanese that way. You will absolutely need a teacher and spend actual time in real life on it.
2006-06-08 16:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by Belie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you could try yahoo chat, japanese chatters online. Or try Karaoke, even you listen on the audio still good to have someone to talk and practice speaking or listening from them.
2006-06-08 16:47:04 · answer #4 · answered by Ny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Japanese girlfriend and spend lots of time with. I guarantee you will learn in no time.
2006-06-08 20:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by john 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either get books/tapes/CDs from the library or befriend someone who speaks Japanese and knows the culture.
2006-06-08 16:43:12 · answer #6 · answered by JP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i learn't Japanese and it isn't hard okay.
This is a free software www.byki.com, help you with the characters and stuff
also try www.word2word.com. this site has an abundance of languages and also resources to help you out.
Good luck
2006-06-08 23:50:39 · answer #7 · answered by kida_w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These 2 websites are considered very useful be lots of Asian people:
http://learnjapanese.elanguageschool.net/
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/
Anyway, if you would like to listen to audios:
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/
2006-06-08 21:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by Christian Roy William S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy? it's a non-indo-european language. That means it's gonna be harder than spanish, french, german, hindi, russian, or whatever.
2006-06-08 16:43:10 · answer #9 · answered by dirk_vermaelen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my advice: try another language!
2006-06-08 16:48:25 · answer #10 · answered by foashah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋