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  • 1. Learn hiragana 2. Learn katakana 3. Learn N5 Kanji 4. Learn N5 vocab 5. Learn N4 kanji 6. Learn N4 vocab 7. Learn N3 kanji 8. Learn N3 vocab 9. Learn N2 kanji 10. Learn N2 vocab ...show more

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    I went to evening classes to learn Japanese (Nihongo). It takes a long time to really get to grips with the language, it is totally different to Western (Romanised) grammar as used in most european Latin based languages. As well as speaking, comprehension, grammar, reading and romanised writing, we were taught the other three writing systems that make up their writing characters (Katakana, Hiragana, Kangi). Kangi (the Chinese writing system) Katakana, and Hiragana are the characters used when writing Japanese characters and Romanji is the Romanised system that has been adopted as a substitute for the characters. They use words, like wa (subject), ka (question/or), (known as particles) to denote grammar points. Ka means the sentence is a question (or can be used as the word 'or'), as in "Ogenki desu ka." meaning "How are you?" ka takes the place of the question mark (?). Their grammar structures are so different to what European or English speakers are used to. If you decide to continue learning Japanese you will need patience as it isn't learnt in a few lessons or overnight it takes dedication to master the intricacies of the grammar, their way of counting things, which is another big difference to the way most languages count. But, good luck, I found it worth while, but it wasn't accomplished overnight. I speak several languages fluently, but Japanese was the one I found most challenging.

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For the first year, focus on listening, and speaking. What good does kanji do if you can't speak? Do you imagine kanji will help in your next conversation? It is too high on your list in terms of priority. Learn to speak, and kanji is much easier because you already know the vocabulary and grammar patterns which lead to understanding more of what is in a sentence, which then points to the meaning and reading of kanji in a sentence. Kanji is easy after you know vocab, because you have already knocked out a major aspect of learning kanji, and you then have context to assist your ability to read. Oh.. and if you don't know hiragana and katakana yet... go grab the 2 Hour Hiragana and 2 Hour Katakana apps. 4 hours and you're done with both. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2-hour-hiragana/id873117104?mt=8

Kevin_R

Sounds like a great way to learn to take a test. Good luck with it. I would say it would be very important to supplement this "program" with real-life materials -- anime, maybe manga once you learn hiragana and katakana, youtube videos, etc. As you study, you'll understand more and more, and it'll be a synergistic reward system. You'll want to study more so you know more, you'll want to watch and read more because you understand more. Also, Japanese people tend to speak more like anime than they tend to speak like a JLPT test. Neither are perfect representations for human language, but the drama people do it better.

Madame M

RealAnswers makes a very good point in his last paragraph. Nothing wrong with learning vocabulary and grammar, they are essential. But start speaking straight away. As soon as you've learned a simple pattern, like "I like", "I don't like", "I can", "I can't", then you already have the means to speak. Don't wait until N3 or some random moment. What happens if you meet a cute Japanese girl who takes an interest in you. Are you going to think "Oh, if only I'd passed N3. I could chat her up!" :-) I've met many Japanese with high scores on TOIEC and who have passed Eiken 2 or above, and who can barely manage a rudimentary conversation. You don't want to be like that.

Mark

I think you need to learn conjugation from the get go. If you just learn the dictionary form of verbs, it's not going to help you actually communicate very much.

michinoku2001

Go to this channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ox9NuTHYeRys63yZpBFuA It's very good, they teach Japanese.

You are missing one crucial point: GRAMMAR! It can be useless knowing many words but no grammatical structure to put them into. Without grammar you won't pass the "language knowledge" portion of the test or other parts. Without grammar I could just say the following: way Japanese? it I'm good this learning ! Makes no sense right? Grammar is very important. Listening is very important as well. Watching, movies, tv programs and practicing is all very helpful than just learning JLPT material. Japanese is more than just the JLPT. People can pass the JLPT and still not speak Japanese believe it or not. Because it doesn't test actual speaking. Imagine if you met an English speaker who only learned English through TOEFL, he'd sound like an academic with no sense of regular spoken or casual English. It's the total package.

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