Just Started Learning Japanese

[ZeroGravity]

Well i just starting learning about a week ago.
I have learned lots of words so far and most of the meanings of them from watching a lot of anime and i also watched some videos. Anyway, im 14 incase you wanted to know.
Where do you think i should start? Should i listen to all the Newbie Lessons ? Or Where do you think i should begin? I hope i will speak good in japanese in about 2 years or more. thats my goal . Thanks for taking the time to read this. Sayonara!

Edit: Please someone help me! This thread has been around for 3 days and not a single reply. This is very disappointing...

[Bakabrushink]

I just started learning japanese too. About 6 months ago. I started from the beginning of the lessons. (I'm really not sure if that's quite the best way to go about it. I sure do have alot to listen to.) I've also bought a lot of japanese books, grammar, kanji, kana ect. Yeah. I think the best thing to do is just keep up study regularly, and have fuN! Japanese should be fun!!

Ganbatte-kudasai!!

p.s i don't know if this helps any but i constantly listen to nihon no music. i always get really thrilled when i understand something. It's fun!

[omareduardo]

Hello there,
I'm taking my second semester course in Japanese at MIT and I must say that you really have to be very determined to learn if you want to know good Japanese in two years. You shouldn't focus just on speaking, but you should also learn Hiragana, Katakana and Kanzi at the same time so that your Japanese education is complete.

The best way to learn is to practice. The Japanese program at MIT is structured so that 3 out of 4 classes are all practice, speaking English is forbidden in those lessons. This practice really helps, but it's really hard to be able to learn sentence structure correctly without someone helping you. I use the book "Japanese: The Spoken Language Part I" by Eleanor Hars Jorden, and it's pretty good for a classroom setting. I don't know how good it would be for personal use though.

Well, I'll try to share as much as I can with you. The website for my Japanese class is: http://mit.edu/21f.501/www/index.html

The Study Materials section has a lot of material that I've frequently used.

Let me know how things go.

[markystar]

I hope i will speak good in japanese in about 2 years or more. thats my goal

depending on your dedication, exposure and access to native speakers, 2 years or more may or may not be attainable.

i've lived in japan 3 nears and i wouldn't say i'm a great speaker of japanese. i'm also my own worst critic. but you are young and they say that people under 30 can learn languages faster. so you've got a lot going for you. i'd say go for it! try your best and you will succeed!

as for how you should approach studying thru japanesepod101.com....
everyone is different. i suggest you browse the forums. people ask this same question all the time, so there are loads of opinions already posted with different learning strategies.

if you're a newbie, start with the Nihongo Dojo courses. and try listening to the old Beginner Series and keep up with the current Beginner Season 3 series. that's how i'd do it♪

[Jason]

http://www.japanesepod101.com/toc-beginner