[kisanzi]

That article was really helpful. Tnx for sharing

[soulam]

Yeah, i took a japanese introductory class in university. It's easy, but man is it useless. After the course there is absolutely no place to apply it. I have no Japanese friends so it makes it hard to converse. There's hardly any Japanese students at my university.

[zx9racer]

I use the rosetta stone.. it works.. though there are some classes at school that i am going to take...

[lastonlyme]

hehe i am still learning how to write the freakin hiragana -.-
write 1 set forget 1 set

[daffin]

Originally Posted by lastonlyme

hehe i am still learning how to write the freakin hiragana -.-
write 1 set forget 1 set

What drills/memory method are you using?

I learned hiragana and katakana fully in 6-8 months, ill tell you my way if it helps it helps

I started by paring up all the hiragana and katakana together, and then wrote them down in blocks of 5 pairs on cards. E.g. ra, re, ri, ro, ru in roman letters, hiragana and katakana.

I would then aim to learn each card by using this method:

Learn the card fully on 1 day use LCWC (Look Cover Write Check). The next day try and remember what you learnt the day before. Then again 3 days later, then 1 week later, then 2 weeks, then 4 weeks. When you get to 4 weeks aim to go over that card at least once every month for 6 months.

This way will get them into your long term memory and keep them there for your entire life with top ups every 3 months, then 6 months after the first phase.

Hope this helps!

[yaoigirl]

I'm teaching myself Japanese and let me tell you it's not the easiest thing. one day i'm gonna move to japan and be a manga artist but i don't know how long that will be in. there is still point to learning japanese

[Fatentity]

I already have one year college experience of Japanese. Watching a ton of Anime before hand did help some in the begging. It also continues to help because being a fan of Anime it drives me to WANT to learn, making this oh so much more easier when you desire it.

Fluent for my level I guess. I can read/write Hiragana & Katakana, with maybe 3 dozen Kanji.
I know most basic phrases and words, number and time system, basic sentence structure.
Though I struggle with the whole ru, u, etc verbs, changing their endings,etc, then again I've always been weak in language .

That's about it....need another 2 years I'd assume before I'm actually "Good" at Japanese (To the point where I can understand any conversation or written material fully).

I can get the "feel" from most things though . lol

[DawnOfSinz]

^
Ure Epic /respect

[777chris777]

@Fatentity

Long ramble short, I did a year of Japanese last year as a "college" (university) paper / 5 hours week + self study on top. (as a hobby subject)

After changing to another course at a different school which is 20 hours a week of purely japanese + self study on top (full-time course) I realised that what I learnt at university it's pretty much just theory and alone will (most likely) not make you fluent. You gotta be able to use it, not just understand it.

......

*Ahem* Damn I sound so cynical.

[MegaMortal]

im learning japanese through animu

i can words like baka, nya and ZA WARUDO