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By: jamie

jamie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:42:56 +0000

Good point Adam~ I think in terms of personal commitment and feeling invested, choosing to live here in Japan is quite an investment! That, and going out with someone whose only common language with me is Japanese is/was motivation enough. Investing in textbooks I think depends on the kind of learner you are and your personal tastes. I myself have bought a number of textbooks and phrasebooks over the years, but I have to say the only one that I really ever clicked with was “Making out in Japanese”, as I learnt how to ask girls if they had a boyfriend or not, and “A Handbook of Japanese Grammar” – which is just a straight up list of different grammar and examples of it, from which you are free to form your own language. The regimented rote learning of textbooks like Genki just bores me and I find it leads learners to talk very unnaturally.

But certainly, the best advice is obviously to find what works for you, especially if you aren’t living in Japan at the moment.

By: Adamu

Adamu — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:13:35 +0000

I am sure those sites look helpful for some people. But if you aren’t willing to pay for your study materials, do you really even want it? I feel like without some kind of monetary commitment there is nothing to make you feel really invested in what you are doing. But then again I am old school – learning Japanese off the internet back in 2000 meant trying to read 2ch posts and the menu on the Mos Burger website.

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:14:57 +0000

The Facebook application “Kanji Box” rules.

By: Andrew Cowan

Andrew Cowan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:01:57 +0000

My absolute favorite website for learning Japanese is http://www.kanji.koohii.com

Andrew Cowan’s latest blog post is…Send money from Japan

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By: David Shackelford

David Shackelford — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:26:41 +0000

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