The 2008 (and 9) weaboos learning Japanese thread *chairs are thrown at miles*

I think I've known some people who've done JET through some Japanese contacts, and if I can track them down I'll let you know if they say anything useful. I got to cheat and take Japanese in High School and University for a little though =D.

Still can't write or read it for shit ;_;

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If you're looking for decent textbooks, we used Yookoso! which were good, but you have to teach yourself Hiragana and Katakana first which is just a lot of memorization really. But better to learn in the language than in romanji. But anyway, the textbook itself was good because they would group units into situations you might run across, they'd address slang and alternate pronunciations. Not very academic which is good if you're just trying to learn the language for casual purposes.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Decoy Goat

p.s.2 if you really want to speak the moonspeak properly throw out genki and yookoso. You can't learn a language from one textbook and that kind of study isn't going to work

No, it's not going to teach you the language but it can help you brush up on certain things. I still think the only way to properly learn a language is to get out there and start speaking it but if you're interested in looking up certain verb patterns/vocabulary etc, a textbook or some sort of language guide can help clarify things that are floating around in your head.

When I was in Japan there were a number of things that I was figuring out grammatically in Japanese in my head. And I was using them semi-right just based off context but when I finally took the time to look up what it was it helped immensely. That and there's the obvious response which is: everyone learns things differently.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.