Posted by Nausicaa_Cat on 06.22.2012, 08:19 AM: Learning Japanese Hey guys! Now I finally have exams out of the way I'd like to start seriously learning Japanese - my goal is to spend a year or so teaching English there after I finish university. Though a lot of programs say knowing Japanese isn't necessary, I still want to learn it simply because it will make things far easier and I'd also like to watch a lot more things without subtitles and so on.
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Posted by Kazegami on 06.22.2012, 10:07 AM: I hear the best textbooks are the Genki textbooks. I've just started trying to learn properly and they're what I'm using. My friend is at N3 level... that's like, business level I think, and he's been using the Genki textbooks. They seem really good so far. As for websites I'm not sure...
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Posted by Mush on 06.22.2012, 01:37 PM: Ooh, exciting! I have some friends who've done that and they've all really enjoyed it. I agree that learning Japanese is a really good idea, even if it's not required for the job.
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Posted by foreignfilmfreak on 06.22.2012, 01:53 PM: This is helpful to me too. Makes me wonder what textbooks at university I'll have for this.
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Posted by arren18 on 06.22.2012, 03:02 PM: Genki is what I use in class, and I think it's very good, but the books are also pretty expensive! And Rikaichan is definitely a useful thing, thought perhaps not so much for actually learning. It can help you for recognising kanji though, I suppose, and for translating individual words.
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Posted by Roarkiller on 06.23.2012, 12:21 AM: I sit in the library pouring over every japanese language textbook/workbook.
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Posted by husky51 on 06.23.2012, 03:51 AM: ja?
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Posted by Nausicaa_Cat on 06.24.2012, 12:47 PM: Oh you guys :') Thank you so much for giving me such extensive advice! It is really, really helpful!
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Posted by husky51 on 06.24.2012, 12:52 PM: I would be interested as well, arren.... |
Posted by Kazegami on 06.24.2012, 01:39 PM:
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Posted by Nausicaa_Cat on 06.24.2012, 05:12 PM:
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Posted by arren18 on 06.27.2012, 01:56 PM: So I looked up the stuff on that list and got a few things!
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