Ever since I started learning Japanese, I've had to do it on my own. My friend introduced me to the Hiragana alphabet and a few simple phrases, but I've had to learn everything else myself. I haven't taken a Japanese language class yet, but I am planning on it when I go back to school.
So how have I been learning these past four years? Well, its been off and on. But I own this great work book, Japanese from Zero! book one from YesJapan. It teaches hiragana to you slowly so that you learn over time, while incorporating new phrases, grammar, and cultural facts. I would definitely recommend using the Japanese from Zero! series. It consists of four workbooks. One for the Hiragana Alphabet, one for the Katakana alphabet, and two for the Kanji alphabet. If you're wondering why you need two books to teach kanji, it has over 2,000 symbols. Before I used Japanese from Zero!, I had been using Japanese Demystified which was a bit harder for me to use. It incorporated kanji near the beginning which was a bit harder for me to understand. I think people could still learn a lot from this book, but I don't know how well it works for beginners who are learning for the first time.
Aside from book work, I also really like the Kanabattle app. Kanabattle is a great matching game to learn hiragana and katakana. But what I use more these days is the Japanese Listening Practice Easy Japanese app. Its made by NHK Radio Japan. I love listening it to it in the car. It teaches me what I don't learn from Japanese from Zero!. The listening app is only half of the program though. There's also more reading to it. The lessons aren't just audio, but are also written as well. The other half is an app with all the lessons for reading. I didn't use this one as much, so I eventually deleted this, But if you are a reading person more than a listening person, go look up Learn Japanese NHK-Nihongo.
KanaBattle NHK Radio Japan
Hope this helps all of you Japanese learners!
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