« What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Cognitive approach in psychology?
How to approach a popular publisher of science-related work? »

Best Approach to Learning Japanese with Rosetta Stone?

Hi, okay so I have Rosetta Stone Japanese and was wondering what is the best approach to learning it? Like, should I learn the grammar and all with Romanji (letters) then learn the hiragana or just do it with hiragana first. This is really difficult with this language because it would show a picture of something that you may think means something but it turns out that its different. Anyways yeah, anyone have experience with the program?? Thank YOU!

I have lessons 123 I think it’s really good, but I believe that it’s a hard place to start. I would supplement it with a basic Japanese Grammar book, and a dictionary. Those two things will help tremendously I learned most of my Japanese through reading books, and when I started Rosetta stone I already knew most of the things that were presented to me. It’s a really nice program though that helps you understand and speak, but it does need to be complemented with some other things.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 4:47 pm and is filed under learning approach. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Best Approach to Learning Japanese with Rosetta Stone?”

  1. erlampo Says:
    August 5th, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    First of all, it’s romaji, not "Romanji".

    Rosetta Stone – Japanese is OK; as you point out, sometimes it is not the least bit clear what the photo is trying to convey, and indeed there is a certain built-in ambiguity because there is virtually nothing in the way of explanations of grammar, etc. You’re supposed to intuit everything. If you’re going to use RS, you need to realize that it will simply provide you with a conversational base. If you really want to LEARN the language (and not just study it), you’ll need to supplement RS with grammar books and other learning aids. RS alone will not do it.
    References :

  2. Mr.what Says:
    August 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    I have lessons 123 I think it’s really good, but I believe that it’s a hard place to start. I would supplement it with a basic Japanese Grammar book, and a dictionary. Those two things will help tremendously I learned most of my Japanese through reading books, and when I started Rosetta stone I already knew most of the things that were presented to me. It’s a really nice program though that helps you understand and speak, but it does need to be complemented with some other things.
    References :

  3. Y!A User Says:
    August 5th, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    You should give up and spare yourself a half year of agony. The kanji will slowly murder you like they did me! LOL
    References :
    You need to be born Japanese to learn Japanese.

  4. Siver C Says:
    August 5th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Don’t buy it!
    References :

Leave a Reply