Japanese..........?

Question

I want to learn Japanese, can anyone recomend a good way of learning it?

Answer 1

Hello,

Tht is great, i already speak and write in Japanese here are a few pointers.

1.Pimsleur Recorded Books are great similar to Rosetta Stone, you could try lending it from the library, because to buy it, i mean Pimsleur will cost a handful.

2.Living Language and Ultimate Japanese are also good as well

3.Colloquial Japanese, which comes with a book or cd, which is great for people that want to brush up their Japanese.

4.Teach yourself Japanese, this is great, because for people using romanji, which is latin letters, since it contains no Japanese script

5.Teach yourself Japanese script, great for beginners coming to grips with the three written system, which are Katakana,hiragana and also kanji.

This book its great i mean it dosen't cost alot but it's very helpful,

6.Let's learn Katakana
7.Let's learn hiragana
8.Lets learn Kanji

You also said that you are interested in writing as well, this book is great because it gives the kanji list of what pupil's must learn in Japan

9. *A guide to Reading and Writing Japanese *

If you are like an advanced student and know how to write, i would recommend 10.*Minna no nihongo*

11..*Japanese for busy people they have a great range it is very good as well.

This website, www.byki.com, you can download a free software for learning Japanese, and it can give you a starting point.

And remember the books i have listed you can check your local library first, to see if they stock it. It can also be bought through Amazon or a book store and remmeber to check for review

Good luck and take care

Answer 2

I went to a school who had a good Japanese techer wh was Japanese, but found that she did not understand the difficulty I had in understnding the language
I then went to classes where the teacher was English and found this to be the better for me. However not only should you learn the language but alos watch movies and listen as often as you can to other sources such as radio etc. Japanese is deceptively easy in appearence, but remember it is really three languages as you would not speak to your boss in the same way that you would speak to your children and peers. This too has to be learned. Linguaphone CDs where a good help. Good Luck to you.

Answer 3

You could start taking lessons or if you can't, there are bilingual comic books that you can start with. comic books are fun. I'm a native Japanese girl so I never actually tried learning it so my advice might not be that good but you could also watch Japanese videos etc. and when you think you got pretty good at it, you could do the whole foreign exchange student thing and go to japan. you might want to start with tokyo because they speak a bit of english here and there, but then you coudl work your way through to kyoto and hiroshima and all those interesting places.

Answer 4

My brother is trying to learn it too. He's found that the absolute best way is to constantly practice speaking it.
If you're intrested in learning Japanese, you're probably into anime, so try to watch it subbed, whenever possible.
Look for anime bittorrents. Naruto and Bleach, hosted by Dattebayo are pretty popular. That should help.

Answer 5

Get this book called "Making out in Japanese" from Amazon or somewhere. This book is good for learning phrases in conversational japanese.

Answer 6

I myself am starting a group for beginners. I am trying anyway. The best place to learn is Japan. If you are headed there but want to brush up a bit before I can help you. Also there are some sites that will give you a quick over view and leave the rest to you. I pretty much taught myself. I got myself jobs working for Japanese. I worked in a bakery and in resturants. I listened to it until my ears bleed in late night gatherings in the pizza resturant in Little Tokyo. I went to the BunKaKaiKan on Fridays for free lessons and where they had students from Japan who wanted to learn English. I had roommates from Japan. I read manga ate noodles and wore takageta. I taught classes in it at Valley College. I taught English to Japanese students. I watched the vegatable soap operas; I listened to enka and the songs of misora hibari. I sat in the corner and watched all night majong games. I learned how to say goenryo naku so people could understand me. I spent small fortunes eating raw fish and other odds and ends for the rare opportunity to practice my japanese. I wrote kanjis in dim lighted all night resturants and read kokugo jitens and learned all the words for the grammar in japanese. I know wa is a kakari joshi. I read magazines and cookbooks and a curious book called tegami no kakikata that told how to write letters in japanese. I read novels and books on humor in japanese. [e-mail] or my group:
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Answer 7

I took it in college - that is the worst way for an adult to learn...

There are three alphabets alone.

You can get a job in Japan teaching English.

Answer 8

why don't you check the Internet to see if there is anywhere local in your area that teaches classes in Japanese language

Answer 9

Take a couple classes at the local community college.

Answer 10

I'll teach ya!! Gimme a call!