Yesterday I got 2 books I will need for learning Japanese at my Uni during the fall semester. They are called... Genki(?). Anyway, I looked them over a bit, and my initial reaction is that they seem a bit confusing. I see a lot of Japanese submersion right from the get-go and I can't really follow along much (as I don't know what the heck is written).
Are they any good? I sure hope so.Hiragana Update: Still working on the 15 first symbols.
QOTD: Did you use Genki to study Japanese? If not, what textbooks did you use?
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Hi sebby,
I used "Teach Yourself: Beginner's Japanese Script", which i found useful, though some said that starting with kanji wasn't the best thing for a beginner, but i don't think so. My JAP teacher scanned a book for us and i think it is like yours /red.
Regards,
Maryam@JOL
My university uses 'Minna no Nihongo', for beginners at least. However, I do keep hearing that Genki is a good series too.
A lot of selfeducators also benefit from books like 'Japanese for Busy People'.
cheers,
Ank
My University (Rutgers) uses Genki. I actually recently finished genkiII and started "Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese", which is okay, but I miss Genki >__<;;;
Either way, it was awesome! I thought the ongoing story from GenkiI to GenkiII was clever and interesting. Hope you enjoy it!
がんばって！！！
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