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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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