Is this true? If not any other way I can learn Japanese quickly?

Question

My teacher said that Russia did an experiment to teach their spies new languages. He said each night when they went ot sleep they'd play audio tapes of the language they wanted to learn with certain types of classical music and within 2 weeks they spoke the language fluently as if it was their first language. Is this true? How can I learn Japanese quickly?

Answer 1

1. No, it's not true. This is nonsense. There is a Russian method that works this way, but the results are fluent speakers of poor Japanese, and even for that, it takes a lot longer than two weeks. Still, it's an interesting method. Look up the Lozanov method or suggestopedia.
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Quick+Links/Publications/Magazine/Volume+82/Number+3/Articles/The+Power+of+Music+in+the+Classroom.htm

2. You can't learn it quickly, but you can learn it. I recommend starting with either Shin Nihongo no Kiso, a textbook that jumps right into Japanese kanji, or Japanese for Busy People, a text that leaves the kanji for later. Both are well-written, and cover a lot of what you need to know to get you going in Japanese. There are a lot of basic lessons online as well, and the course that MIT put together is quite good.
http://web.mit.edu/21f.500/www/index.html

Answer 2

It's not true. To master a language, even a really brilliant genius needs to learn diligently and steadily.
The way to learning a language is by no means a hard one but definitely a long one.

Answer 3

http://www.languageguide.org/
http://www.sharedtalk.com/index.aspx
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/