Advice for someone trying to learn the Japanese language?

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Hi there Not1bit!

First advice: DON'T take any Japanese classes. Don't waste your time and money; they can not only be very boring but they are terribly ineffective. They don't work no matter what everybody tells you.

Second: Stay FAR away from traditional educational material, like Rosetta Stone, Plimsleur, Tell Me More, Shin Nihongo No Kiso, etc. This kind of materials don't reflect how real Japanese people talk and interact. Once again, no matter what teachers tell you, educational stuff doesn't work for actually achieving fluency.

Third: Embrace native Japanese media. Listen to music and podcasts in full Japanese. Watch Japanese TV shows and anime in full Japanese. Play videogames with lots of text in Japanese. Look at manga, novels and websites in full Japanese... all of this if you don't understand at first all those damn squiggles and the "glibberish" that you are listening.

Here, check out this resource:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Learning-Japan…

Read it and follow the resources at the end. Read them too and follow them with a passion!!