{"id":91928,"date":"2020-05-25T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reallifelanguage.com\/reallifelanguageblog\/?p=91928"},"modified":"2021-02-20T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T17:48:38","slug":"japanese-for-beginners-resource-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reallifelanguage.com\/reallifelanguageblog\/2020\/05\/25\/japanese-for-beginners-resource-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese for Beginners Resource Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Japanese for Beginners Resource Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a myth to say that living abroad is the easiest way to learn a language. I lived in Japan for five years. However, I can\u2019t say I really lived <\/em>in <\/em>Japan. I worked in an American environment teaching Spanish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love languages, and spent what time I could on learning Japanese. My work hours were demanding and not at all in Japanese, so my learning was largely limited to my commute and to my practice in stores and restaurants on weekends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to my job requirements and time commitments, Japanese takes three to four times as long to learn for an English speaker as a language closely related to English like French or Spanish. It was also very difficult to use reading to learn, like I had in every other language learning experience I had prior. In fact, I learned that in order to have the skills necessary to read the daily newspaper, a person must have the equivalent of a university degree. In short, not easily accessible to non-natives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese was by far my most difficult language undertaking. In my five years there, I remained at the A2\/novice-high level. I am sharing a list of resources appropriate to that level.
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There has been much evolution with technology. Here are some great resources to learn Japanese anywhere.Japanese I \u2013 MIT Open CourseWare (Free)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/global-studies-and-languages\/21g-501-japanese-i-fall-2012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online Japanese Beginner Course (Paid)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/online-japanese-beginner-course<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEARN JAPANESE with Rosetta Stone\u00ae (Paid)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.rosettastone.com\/learn-japanese\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nihongo-Pro (Paid)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paid Online Course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nihongo-pro.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn Japanese Online for Free!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese-Lesson.com provides self-study programs produced by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

an experienced native Japanese language teacher.
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http:\/\/japanese-lesson.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Japanese Lessons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.freejapaneselessons.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND USAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/japanese.stackexchange.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JAPANESE LINGUALIFT E-TEXTBOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Learn Japanese Language (limited free resources<\/strong>)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    http:\/\/www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tofugu (Resources)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    http:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Japanese 101 (Free + Paid)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    http:\/\/www.101languages.net\/japanese\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Japanese Pod 101<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Japanese Pod 101 requires a membership, but it does have a free option which will still give you access to a large number of videos, sound files, lessons and their newsletter, with extra lessons and free daily podcasts. The videos are professional and easy to follow and the forum is active and helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    MLC Japanese Language School Resources (Free)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    http:\/\/www.mlcjapanese.co.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Japanese-Online.com (Free)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    http:\/\/www.japanese-online.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    IMABI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    http:\/\/www.imabi.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Learn Japanese<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese<\/p>\n\n\n\n