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Xenoran:
Has anyone here used Rosetta Stone (the language software) to learn Japanese or maybe not used it to learn but to help them? Or does anyone know if it actually works? I do have some knowledge of the japanese language beyond anime and manga, but I herd that rosetta stone works really well just not for japanese .... does anyone have any recomendation? My college doesn't offer a Japanese language class and in the US there are not many colleges that do offer formal Japanese language classes. So does anyone have knowledge of Rosetta stone or any other places or anything really that I could use?

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I am asking because I am planning a trip to japan after i graduate and save some money .... 4-6 years away ... and i would like to learn now and not sound like a dumb tourist who isnt confident in the language and be stumbling all over my words ... i know that 4-6 years to master a language is a short time (atleast i think it is) but i would like to start sometime soon. ... i might even be considering a job as an english teacher over there someday

Meomix:
Use Triple Play Plus Japanese, and have a Katakana + Hiragana chart on your table. Katakana has two modes, one is the english tuned version "looks more like simple-ish english chars" the other is simple japanese version. Hiragana being the extreme. The one i like is the meiji era speech but that's another story.

KE sounds like KEN. Ken which is the translation for "Sword" OMG THE CHARACTER LOOKS LIKE A SWORD!
Use this tactic to finish this quickly.

Xenoran:
isnt triple play plus kinda old? 97'? still works though?

kaitou-san:

--- Quote from: Xenoran on October 26, 2010, 07:43:14 AM ---4-6 years away
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Save up money and go with a tour group. You won't need to know any language.

Or, buy a book and study. I've heard lots of praise about the Genki series, and the "minna no nihongo" book.

fohfoh:
I'm not a huge fan of Rosetta Stone. Somehow the methods used seem.... odd to me and somewhat irrelevant.

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