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I often get asked how I learned Japanese and how I would recommend learning Japanese, so I decided to condense my responses into a brief guide. This guide is purely based on my own experience of learning (8+ years), and talking to many of those who have successfully self-studied (n=~15). The principles here are the same as in my guide to studying Mandarin. This guide assumes you are great at setting up habits and systems and following them, and are sufficiently self-motivated. If that’s you, rejoice! This is going to be very efficient. If that’s not you, my recommendation would be to go to Japan and join an immersion course for 1-6 months that starts from zero. Casual language classes are mostly useless. The approach in this guide prioritized reading and listening ability over speaking and writing. The assumption is that your first 6+ months are mainly spent on learning how to understand Japanese, and speaking ability will come mostly on its own, or more easily with some practice later

How to self-study Japanese | Peter's blog All Posts & Projects How to self-study Japanese Sep 11 2024 9 min read I often get asked how I learned Japanese and how I would recommend learning Japanese, so I decided to condense my responses into a brief guide. This guide is purely based on my own experience of learning (8+ years), and talking to many of those who have successfully self-studied (n=~15). The principles here are the same as in my guide to studying Mandarin . Disclaimer This guide assumes you are great at setting up habits and systems and following them, and are sufficiently self-moti

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