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How I learned Japanese - with textbook recommendations!

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    So let's switch to English because it is
    easier and for a wider audience
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    also its takes very long to subtitle.
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    Today I am going to talk about 5 ways
    I learned Japanese.
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    A lot of people asked me,
    "How do you learn Japanese?"
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    and it's not as simple as just saying
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    "Well I've studied for a few years
    so that's why."
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    There are different ways
    that you can study
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    and also ways that are more effective
    than other ways.
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    Number one: before I started
    I made sure to listen to the language
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    as much as possible.
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    This will make your ear used to
    what the natural language sounds like,
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    helps you pronounce things easier,
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    and really improves your
    listening comprehension.
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    Remember to do it actively though.
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    Don't just listen and
    not take anything in.
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    Take notes: what kinds of words are you
    hearing?
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    Listen to the inflection
    and the tone of sentences
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    and actively try to copy
    what you are hearing.
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    Now, obviously you can't do this if you
    don't know how to speak the language,
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    but what I'm trying to get at is that
    your ear has to get used to the language
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    before you dive in, and that you can do
    through listening to Japanese music,
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    watching Japanese movies with English, or
    whatever your native language is subtitles
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    listening to the Japanese radio.
    All of this will just tune your ear
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    to the sound of the language.
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    Number two: invest in a good textbook.
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    There are so many Japanese textbooks
    on the market that are great.
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    Personally, I used "Japanese for Busy
    People" when I just started.
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    It's excellent for beginners.
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    And they have different levels as well,
    and they introduce kanji at a very
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    natural pace. So, it can go up from
    beginner to advanced.
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    I highly recommend
    "Japanese for Busy People".
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    A lot of other people liked
    "Minna No Nihongo".
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    My parents used "Minna No Nihongo"
    when they studied in Japan.
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    Personally, I found it a bit boring and
    archaic, but, not the language archaic,
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    but the layout of the textbook.
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    Even though it is possible to learn
    Japanese without a textbook,
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    it's always good to have a book to follow.
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    It is possible to get PDFs online,
    there's a bunch of different websites like
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    Maggie Sensei, or JGram, where you can
    look up grammar and kanji, but a textbook,
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    personally I like to use physical books to
    write in and copy the words and get my
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    hand used to writing kanji.
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    So, three special mentions that I haven't
    talked about yet are these three books
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    which I really enjoy.
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    First one is
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