Whats the best way to learn Japanese
 

I need help!I'm learning japanese and I have a course book,but how should I start.They give me a list of words that I have to study,but memorizing it is a pain.Any suggestions?

its takes a lot of practice, I know that.
I think just patience would help, learning a language isn't easy.
Also, getting Language CD's help a lot too. You can hear the
pronounciations and everything.

Thanks^^ my course came with Cd's
my frieds suggested flash cards maybe they both will help

i usually just review it in my mind.
If I cant figure out a pronounciation and it sounds wrong on the CD, i go
online and hear it spoken in a sentence. That helps me understand how
it is spoken casually.

Yeah I actually do better with online lessons
but I try to learn when I have free time.Mostly in class though lol

haha, same here. I do with most of my free time.
I was watching a tv show and they slipped in a few japanese words that i wasnt expecting. and I completely caught on and picked it up.
^_^

If u are native english speaker the sounds may be a bit hard at first, but i think the best way to memorise vocabulary is to have something like cellphone with it or something writen with u all the time, and if u have free time just look at it and try to memorise. ohh and reading conversations helps, i catch things here.

I try to drown myself in japanese for a day and sometimes I catch words in songs from like an cafe and I know what it means.
I know greetings and a few random things from anime lol

well I guess its no so much as pronouncing but memorizing thats all

when I learn a word I use it every chance I get to learn to use it when I need it.

Best way to learn any language is to immerse yourself in it completely.

But since most of us don't live in Japan or in Japanese communities, the best bet is to get as much material as possible that allows you to hear native speakers and just listen. Learning vocabulary out of a book is useful, too, but it's pretty weak unless supplemented.

Rosetta Stone is supposed to work great, too! Go to their website and try their free demonstration--I believe it's done in Flash, so you'll need that. But it basically takes you through a full lesson in Turkish. And it worked. I now know how to say "girl," "boy," and "man" in Turkish. This was from a five minute demonstration O_O .

Also... learning at high school/university etc. is probably better too. That way you are in a class with other people learning the language and you are being guided by the teacher who you can also ask for help from.

Amnell
 

A person should know turkish first you mean?
@Amnell