What should I start with to learn Japanese?

Question

How?
What?
And could someone help me with TPRS learning enviroment

Answer 1

The key to learning Japanese effectively is to work on your grammar, listening, speaking, reading and writing. Its best to think of these as separate categories and focus on each specific category as these require different methods and techniques.



Start by learning the basics through grammar. These books really helped me.



• Shin Nihongo no Kiso I & II

http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011/06/shin-nihongo-no-kiso.html



• An Introduction to Modern Japanese by Osamu Mizutani & Nobuko Mizutani

http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011/04/introduction-to-modern-japanese.html



• Japanese Demystified by Eriko Sato a self-teaching guide

http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011/05/japanese-demystified.html



These books cover both polite Japanese, which is extremely important to learn in order to speak Japanese effectively and causal Japanese, which is great for everyday conversations.



I also recommend trying to learn a certain amount of vocab or kanji each day as this helps you build up your vocab and kanji ability. I tried to learn 5 kanji per day or about 20 a week and did the same with vocab.



Watching Japanese anime or any Japanese TV program is a good idea for improving your listening skills and also your vocabulary. Keep a notebook and jot down any new words you hear. Then look them up and find out the meaning.



Websites are not always the best way to learn Japanese. Most websites are run by people with no teaching credentials and are not even native speakers of Japanese. Some of them are just interested in making money and not in helping you in what you need to be successful in learning Japanese.



How to Learn Japanese

http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-learn-japanese.html

Answer 2

The best way of learning any language is through comprehensible input (see Stephen Krashen's research http://www.sdkrashen.com ). Input comes through two means, listening and reading. For the reading aspect, I highly recommend http://www.lingQ.com . It will help you with understand what you read.



Ideally, a live TPRS® class would be the best option, but I'm not sure who might be doing them. I know the Fluency Fast group does Mandarin and Arabic, but I haven't heard of them doing Japanese.



If you'd like to know more about TPRS®, there is a wonderful Yahoo Group called MoreTPRS. It is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moretprs . It has over 6000 teachers who use the method and includes most of the well-known presenters on the topic (Blaine Ray, Susan Gross, Carol Gaab).



If you'd like an online training in TPRS®, you can see a 6-step series called Steps to Strides at http://www.chalkboard-productions.com/webinars.html . There are also other webinars to help explain the method, and each month during the school year there is a free TPRS® Q & A webinar (check the calendar for when the next one will be).



The National TPRS® conference might have some Japanese classes (they usually have language classes as part of the conference). http://www.ntprs.org I'm not sure what they'll have in Las Vegas in 2012.



I've used TPRS® since 2003 and I've seen very good results with it. I've also been a student in a few language classes taught with TPRS® and I can speak from both sides of it. It's the very best way of learning another language.

Answer 3

I would recommend using interactive language learning software such as Rosetta Stone. Rosetta Stone allows for you to submerge yourself in the culture without dedicating your entire life to learning the language. Watching Japanese movies and television will also be a great resource to help you learn the language. Good luck!

Answer 4

Its best to learn Japanese from a learning website. Learning websites teach REAL Japanese. Textbooks and teachers teach polite and they don't teach how people REALLY speak.



In the real world, people use slang, people talk differently. So learning from a learning website that teaches all aspects of how real speakers speak is the best.





These are the best website that teach FULL Japanese.



http://www.123japanese.com

★★★★★



- Teaches FULL Japanese lesson FREE

- Polite, Casual and slang Japanese (all Japanese)

- Fully explains lessons

- Teaches kanji and kana aswell

- Has video lessons

- Books

- Largest vocabulary list

- A forum

- Lots of other study materials



They also have a youtube channel

http://www.youtube.com/123japanesecom







http://www.japanesepod101.com

★★★★



- Has many lessons and study aids

- polite and casual Japanese

- unfortunately not free, you only get 1 week free trial (but just keep signing up with fake email)





http://www.maggisensei.com

★★★★



- It teaches random lessons

- Detailed lessons on wide variety of topics

- Casual and polite Japanese

- You can find a lot of stuff here you wont find anywhere else

Answer 5

Basic writing systems like Hiragana and Katakana and Basic phrases and Vocabulary.



Things such as Time, Basic sentences, and etc.

Answer 6

web pages to learn Japanese online: http://babelanmicroblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/learning-japanese-web-pages.html