はじめまして。

[Reus958]

はじめまして。わたしは Nate です。どうぞうよろしく。

I am a first year japanese student, and I love the language and what I've seen of the culture. I'm trying to learn more japanese so I can become fluent faster. I don't know much though. At this point, I don't know much more than 100 words. I've mastered hiragana (reading and writing, not spelling ), but my katakana and kanji skills have yet to be developed.

Thank you for your time, I hope we'll have some great experiences.

[Reus958]

はじめまして。わたしは Nate です。どうぞうよろしく

I am a first year japanese student, 2nd year of high school (of four years), and I am very excited about the language. I've mastered hiragana, but I know little of katakana or kanji. My goal is to become mostly fluent in as short a time as is reasonable. I plan on visiting japan in about 18 months on my school's exchange program.

I hope we will have some exciting times.

[phreadom]

(I wasn't sure which of these 2 posts you preferred, so I just merged them both together. It seems that lately new users aren't noticing the page that says that first posts are moderated and won't appear until approved by a moderator? I've seen a lot of double first posts in the past 2 weeks or so.)

None the less, WELCOME! I'm pretty sure that most people will recommend that you get a textbook... something like Genki, or Japanese For Everyone. While it is possible to self-study, a textbook is a huge help and provides a solid structured system to move you forward in a way designed to reinforce what you've already learned etc.

TJP member Infidel has done a write-up on the pros and cons and information on many of the well known text books.

Selecting a Japanese Textbook (see also Japanese Textbook List for some more rough draft info on more textbooks)

I personally own both the Genki and the Japanese for Everyone books... along with the Genki workbook, answer book, and audio CD for level I. I haven't made it to where I need Genki II yet.

Feel free to ask any questions you might have and we'll try our best to answer them.

TJPへようこそ！ 「Welcome to TJP!」 どうぞよろしく。

[Reus958]

Thank you for the welcome. I didn't notice the page that said that until I had submitted the second one. That's something I shouldn't have missed.

I fortunately already have a textbook because of my school's course. It seems to be a better textbook then I've seen in spanish classes. It's called Adventures in Japanese 1 and has been pretty good as far as I've read. Also, if I need help, my grandfather speaks fluent japanese due to his work. I don't think he is literate, but I would rather have fluency than literacy.

[chikara]

TJPへようこそ