Best study habits and methods for learning Japanese (reading and writing kana and kanji and speaking)?

Question

I have already purchased and am using Rosetta Stone and I believe it to be a quality product, but I would appreciate any additional advice from those who have successfully done it. I am an American English native speaker.

Please do not answer if you cannot be respectful to me and to others. Thanks.

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.

I also found this website www.byki,com, which is a free software download for Japanese and others, this can help you to come to grips with Japanese written and also spoken.

Free websites are,

1. http://www.japanese-online.com/
2.http://www-japan.mit.edu/mit/KanjiQuiz.html
3.http://japanese.about.com
4http://www.thejapanesepage.com

Good luck and take care

Answer 2

Japanese Study Habits

Answer 3

Speaking Japanese & Loving Japanese Culture!

Answer 4

thanks for your goodness.I am a beginner of Japanese ,too.I started to learn Japanese 5 years ago,But I cannot master it well.Hope you can share some tips of learning and enjoyment of success.