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Question

I have a Japanese/ English English/Japanese Dictionary, but I need to learn Japanese for free. (Speaking and writing). Do you have any suggestions?What's the best free source? I can speak it a little, but I'm definately not fluent.

Thanks for your posts.

Answer 1

If you are really really really interested in learning Japanese then send me mail I could tell you or even help you for free.
Nothing is impossible or difficult we only don't know.

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Answer 2

I also want to learn Japanese free and have tried googling for free Japanese lessons and found a few good sites so I woukd suggest you do the same or go to the public library and find audio tapes that will teach you to speak Japanese.

Answer 3

Before I gave out money for Rosetta Stone, and if you don't belong to a Military family like someone else suggested, I would see what they have available at your local public library. There are good books with CDs and even videos in them that can be helpful. Of course, you need more than two weeks to learn a language, but working with the book for that period of time will give you a good idea of which learning approach is best for you. Just be sure and do the next person a favor and take care of the CDs before turning them back in. Also look for children's books in the language of choice to give you easy practice with reading.

Answer 4

You cannot learn a language for free. You might be able to learn hiragana and katakana, maybe some kanji, but you need real instructional courses to truly learn correct speech, grammatics, etc. A dictionary will not teach you a language, it will only teach you basic words.

This site ( http://members.aol.com/writejapan/hiragana/writutor.htm ) has a writing tutor and you can find a collection of sites here: http://www.manythings.org/japanese/links/

Answer 5

How about to participate at the English linguistic site　of Japanese.

If you write "Please teach me Japanese language." on the site ,
when they may teach Japanese kindly for you.
Because they want to learn English from you, too.

For example,
The chat in English board of "2 chan neru".
http://academy4.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1163600803/l50

You can make remarks without sign up on this board.

But sorry to say,many people are using Japanese slang in "2 chan neru".
Because all of the members are anonymity.

Good luck.

Answer 6

I hear you on the cost issue. The cost benefit of classes from a junior college might be worth it. My concern is when it comes to learning how to write the langauge. Proper stroke order and technique is very important. Maybe through the college you can find someone who can tutuor you on the side to help speed up your learning. In the end proper guidance is key.

Answer 7

Well, depending on where you live, I would recommend trying to find some new friends who speak fluent Japanese. One resource that might help is Meetup.com. They might have a listing for japanese groups in your area.

Answer 8

Go to www.download.com. There are dozens of free and trial programs available to download for various levels of Japanese.

Answer 9

email me I can send you some instructional files. I'm still learning myself