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I can equally provide anecdotes that students at my school, where romaji was stricken from the classroom after the first week, frequently tested much higher than students at other schools when we went abroad. And we tested into higher level classes largely because our grasp of the written language was so much greater as to be equivalent many of the Chinese who had gone to study in Japan as well. Of the thirty students while I was there, only four tested into level five (out of six, where level six was reserved for completely fluent students), and two of those four were from my university. That was, incidentally, 100% of the students from my university. In any case, my point is that it's a waste of time to use romaji once you can write/read kana, and a book that forces you to keep using romaji is retarding your progress. I hope we can at least agree on that much. Yes, I shouldn't have made such a blanket statement. And, for the benefit of ThaDuke, romaji is Roman characters (A-Z). |
Thanks, guys. I knew I had known of that from somewhere.
It seems to me that it would greatly benefit you not relying on romaji when trying to learn Japanese. Sure it's a good way to start, but if you want to advance yourself you should learn hiragana. This way you are learning two things at once. Quote:
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I'm sure it's just for the first week, really. Like a young boy, or girl, starting a new grade and for the first week, easy stuff.
Yookoso is primarily hirigana and katakana, so there are no worries about there being none of that. But, if anyone could give me tips on learning hirigana, that'd be great. |
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