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Have someone read you single Hiragana, then try to write them. The writing part is more difficult to facilitate. It is very important that you practice both reading and writing Hiragana. If you come across Hiragana based stuff please let me know. 'Human Japanese' and 'Human Japanese Intermediate' have some Kanji but very little and it is introduced at the intermediate level. First several lessons are based on Hiragana. Duolingo online course- I use it myself.
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'Human Japanese Intermediate '- phone application It is Hiragana/Katakana, but predominantly Hiragana. 'Japanese for Busy People 1'- it has a Kana version. Here is what I was recommended (in terms of Hiragana based sources): I do not hide that I asked the same question at other forums for Japanese learners and teachers. I learn Katakana but very slowly (or should I say occasionally).Īt later stage I do plan to learn Katakana and Kanji. Indeed, I feel that I would be overwhelmed if I try to master all three Japanese 'alphabets' at approx. I feel now it is right time to practice it by writing sentences and simultaneously learning more words. I think that I mastered Hiragana 'alphabet'. Although, I think that in my case time limit is the biggest problem. (And any student who does not sometimes practice writing out kana as he/she hears them is missing out on an important type of practice.)īasically all you wrote about Hiragana and learning Japanese concerns me. I also do not see an advantage to using furigana-based examples when having students practice "taking dictation" and having them write out complete sentences from listening class used as "dictation practice". The second example is much better reading and writing practice (and "dictation practice") for beginners than the first example is. The only way, then, is highly repetitive "dictation" practice in kana only.Īdding spaces is also important for beginners.
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Giving them 'dictation practice' with these kinds of words can be downright painful. Regarding Katakana, they need practice with very difficult renderings of English into Katakana, for example, rendering "Wake Island" or "virus" or "format" or "liquid" into Katakana, which can really throw beginning students for a loop. There are Hiragana-only resources on the Internet. I strongly recommend reading and writing in Hiragana-only for beginning students who are struggling. He just handed out copies of Hiragana and said, “Learn it on your own.”) It really affected my final grade for first semester Japanese, making it much lower than it might have been otherwise. I myself took Japanese in college and struggled greatly with Hiragana all through my first semester. For 99% of English speakers who are learning Japanese, this is the first time they have ever had to use a writing system other than ABC’s, and for many people it is indeed a huge struggle. Time and time again I have seen English speakers who struggle terribly with Hiragana. I usually teach English to Japanese people, but once in a while I teach Japanese to English speakers. This is all well and good, but there are also students who struggle with learning Hiragana, then struggle even more as they try to learn Katakana, then become downright overwhelmed as they move onto Kanji. I think we have all heard ‘miracle’ stories of people who learn Hiragana in three days. It's at no extra cost to you, and please if you have any questions related to this learning course, please let me know and I would be happy to answer them for you.I may be in the minority, but I think it is a great idea for some beginning students to practice reading and writing in kana only. Although these words describe the body parts of human being, some of them are also applicable to animals.Īnd if you want to learn more on different body parts in Japanese and they're pronounced, make sure to check out this extra vocabulary list on body parts.īy the way, this link above is an affiliate link, which means that I would earn a commission if you do end up purchasing the related learning course. The above are the names of various Japanese body parts.