[Demonskid]

Pictures do help teach people. =w=

What this thread needs is a steady lesson plan D:

[Feythfull]

yes a lesson plan would be helpfull!

[Azrael]

http://productsearch.barnesandnoble....&pos=-1&ugrp=2

Okay, they aren't PDF but the hard versions you'd have to buy. On BN they don't look too terribly expensive. The workbooks are damn amazing, though. They're really helpful. Er, but they don't seem to have the actual textbook. Let me check amazon..

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...nese+1&x=0&y=0

There, amazon has it. Not too terribly expensive, either.

[Demonskid]

very very helpful it would be, yes.

Az - thanks :3 I'll save up for them <3

[Azrael]

<3 Definitely get the workbook at some point, too. It's a good way to help reinforce the sentence structures. I'd suggest -if you have the ability- making copies of the pages, too? So you can go back and practice if you need to. I wish I'd had my old book but I don't know where it went x.x'

Anyway on Amazon you can look and see the sort of style of the textbook. It's pretty organized, I like it.

[Lucid:]

I agree with Az. Romanji hurts my head. @.@ but I can read Japanese very well in Katakana. I'd say don't start worrying about Kanji yet for sure, but knowing the kana for words definitely helps with pronunciation and grammar.

[Demonskid]

the books on amazon are so expensive ;-;

[Azrael]

;-; I... didn't think that was a lot for a book... x.x' But... then again, I guess since I have a job it isn't too much to me x.x'

Hey there's some used ones for 30$?

And yeah, definitely don't worry about Kanji right off. Kanji -to me- is useless until you have the basics down.

[Demonskid]

right now I just wanna learn the katakana and higarana.. I saw kana cards at borders but.. I didn't have enough.. I'm hoping if I print out the cupon i got.. I might have enough for them..

I saw some learning stuff on J-list that looked helpful I wants D:

[Azrael]

Oh lord don't buy kana cards, make your own. >3< Just look up a chart online and copy them onto some flashcards. No need spending some money on something you can make yourself.

[Demonskid]

I'm out of ink! ;-; I can't print out anything .. *stares at copies of japanese blank notebook pages* ._.,

[Azrael]

XD You don't have to print anything. Just look up a chart online and copy it onto some flashcards.

like
"A
(ah)" on one side and "あ" on the other side or something like that. ("a" being it's romanji and 'ah' being how you say it)

[Demonskid]

xD My handwriting is bad at first so writing it out is a no no for me until i've practiced writing =w=,

and I'd need Index cards or something to make the flash cards... which I'll try to get sometime this month. I might have some messed up kana charts I printed out somewhere..

If something isn't printed out perfect.. I won't use it ._.,

[Azrael]

XD Dork. But I wouldn't waste your money on something you can make yourself. I've seen those and they're damn expensive.

Also, guys, I think I'm going to order the 2 and 3rd edition of the Adventures in japanese books. Both for the sake of having them... and I got paid today. XD

[Demonskid]

Scan them for us! 8D

The kana cards I REALLY want are on J-list >< but the person who buys me my stuff.. reFUSES to shop online or give me the money to do so myself D< frikken *** he is D<

[Azrael]

eh, I can sorta see it. My mom doesn't like online shopping, either.

and I can't find a cheap one for the third one. Oh well.