I'm wanting to learn japanese?
I'm wanting to learn some Japanese in my spare time. "When I'm not working on my rift project". Any pointers/leads? I think I'd might be able to learn quite a bit by the end of 2014. (Thinking abo...
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Here's a guide I put together back in January 2010: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners in Japanese
The idea was there were different resources that were great for learning different aspects of Japanese but no one complete resource. Instead of creating one resource, the guide tells you when to use each one. It works upon the i+1 learning method and the spaced repetition review system to learn and retain the language in a systematic fashion.
Learn Kana in 6 hours, learn 555 kanji in 35 hours, learn beginner grammar concepts and 1000 beginner words in 80 hours. After that you take another 120 hours to add another 555 kanji, basic grammar and another 1000 words. By that time, you could advance through the intermediate stages using native Japanese sources such as Mangas, Movies, Dramas and Anime or keep with the systematic steps of Kanji, Grammar and Vocabulary. During all of this, you want to create a habit of having fun watching and listening to Japanese entertainment.
This is geared toward self study and review. I based it on methods picked up trying to learn Japanese on my own. Not saying its the best system but dozens if not hundreds of others on the Koohii forums have followed it. I personally scored a 2.0 on the Defense Language Proficiency Test for Reading and Listening which granted me a Japanese Linguist classification in the US Navy.
If it helps, think of the above as a mix of Rosetta Stone and DuoLingo. I cannot stress enough the importance of learning Kanji in this process. Without it, you're essentially leaving yourself illiterate.
The idea was there were different resources that were great for learning different aspects of Japanese but no one complete resource. Instead of creating one resource, the guide tells you when to use each one. It works upon the i+1 learning method and the spaced repetition review system to learn and retain the language in a systematic fashion.
Learn Kana in 6 hours, learn 555 kanji in 35 hours, learn beginner grammar concepts and 1000 beginner words in 80 hours. After that you take another 120 hours to add another 555 kanji, basic grammar and another 1000 words. By that time, you could advance through the intermediate stages using native Japanese sources such as Mangas, Movies, Dramas and Anime or keep with the systematic steps of Kanji, Grammar and Vocabulary. During all of this, you want to create a habit of having fun watching and listening to Japanese entertainment.
This is geared toward self study and review. I based it on methods picked up trying to learn Japanese on my own. Not saying its the best system but dozens if not hundreds of others on the Koohii forums have followed it. I personally scored a 2.0 on the Defense Language Proficiency Test for Reading and Listening which granted me a Japanese Linguist classification in the US Navy.
If it helps, think of the above as a mix of Rosetta Stone and DuoLingo. I cannot stress enough the importance of learning Kanji in this process. Without it, you're essentially leaving yourself illiterate.