| In this Japanese learning guide, I'd like to give you | | | | hope to acquire the ability to speak Japanese. You |
| three quick tips on what you should be focusing on | | | | must practice your Japanese by actually speaking |
| when first starting out in order to get your Japanese | | | | your Japanese out loud. |
| language learning off to a flying start. | | | | Many beginning or unsuccessful Japanese language |
| 1. Focus on the Spoken Japanese Language | | | | learners mistakenly believe they can simply read |
| Many beginning students of Japanese want to know | | | | textbooks or listen to tapes and repeat the Japanese |
| whether they should start out learning hiragana, | | | | they read or hear in their heads. This is a major |
| katakana, and kanji, the three sets of scripts that | | | | mistake. You must speak the Japanese you learn out |
| comprise the Japanese written language, or whether | | | | loud, and by out loud, I don't mean whispering. |
| they should focus on the Japanese spoken language. | | | | You must speak loudly and clearly, as you would if |
| The clear answer is that you should definitely focus | | | | you were actually talking to someone, so that you |
| on the Japanese spoken language when starting out. | | | | can learn to voice the correct pronunciation and |
| There are a couple of good reasons for this. First of | | | | actually produce the language out loud. If you just |
| all, the natural sequence of language learning is to | | | | practice Japanese conversations in your head, you |
| acquire a grasp of the spoken language before | | | | might think that you have them down, but they |
| learning to read and write. In developing our native | | | | won't come out right, or at all, when you actually |
| language skills, we ordinarily focus purely on the | | | | attempt to use them. |
| spoken language and are already quite fluent before | | | | 3. Repetition Makes Perfect |
| we begin learning to read and write. | | | | Many beginning learners of Japanese radically |
| Secondly, it is far easier to learn to read and write | | | | underestimate the importance of repetition in their |
| Japanese, or any other language, after we already | | | | practice of the language. Now that you know that |
| have gained the capacity to process the spoken | | | | you should focus on the spoken language and that |
| language. Think about it this way. What is the point | | | | you must voice the Japanese you learn in a loud, |
| of learning the characters and the scripts if you have | | | | clear voice, the next thing you need to know is that |
| no clue what the words mean and no comprehension | | | | you must practice the new Japanese you learn over |
| of the grammar used to form sentences? | | | | and over again until you have it memorized and can |
| So for these reasons, your overall Japanese language | | | | perform it easily. |
| learning will progress much more smoothly if you | | | | It may require that you repeat a Japanese dialogue, |
| initially focus on the spoken language. | | | | or even small chunks of dialogues, 20 or 30 times or |
| 2. Voice Your Japanese Out Loud When Practicing | | | | even more until you get them down cold, but that's |
| Now that we know that we should first focus on the | | | | just fine. The main point is that you shouldn't expect |
| Japanese spoken language, the question becomes: | | | | to master new Japanese you learn after hearing it |
| how should we practice? Well, regardless of the | | | | and practicing it once or twice. When it comes to |
| Japanese language learning tools or courses you are | | | | learning Japanese, or any other language, repetition is |
| using, there is one cardinal rule you must follow if you | | | | king! |