Japanese self teaching materials

United States
February 1, 2009 2:39pm CST
I've been trying to learn Japanese in my spare time for quite a while now, and I'm really anxious to dedicate myself to mastering the language. I have a few books here and there, but I was wondering if there are any really good books/software programs to help me learn Japanese? I don't have the money for Rosetta Stone, or anything like that. Is there anything that I can get for a decent price?
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kirei24
@kirei24 (251)
• Philippines
2 Mar 09
they are right. try those they are suggesting. its not only by reading books you could learn japanese language. try watching animes and japanese movies. listen to japanese songs or read manga comics. you could learn something from it and at the same time you enjoy
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rovian
@rovian (1924)
• United States
1 Feb 09
byki.com has a very good program available free to download. You can use it to practice vocabulary and it will play audio files so you can hear how each words are pronounced.
Cheez01
@Cheez01 (37)
• United States
1 Feb 09
That sounds very useful! And it's free, teehee. Thanks!
wintersummer
@wintersummer (18)
• Philippines
4 Feb 09
i've been trying to learn japanese as well for some time now. and the best way to try myself out was watching anime=3
taloninja
@taloninja (54)
• United States
2 Mar 09
for reading and writing, i've found the kana and kanji de managa books are very helpfull..it teaches you enough to at least read a comic book...and soem basic thigns...^_^
sakaeyellow
@sakaeyellow (6)
• Hong Kong
2 Jul 10
Try this web site: http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/