Learning Japanese

[Andromeda18_]

I know lots of people who are immigrants and they speak good english. All them learned english before they came to america though. I agree that if I go somewhere at least know the language of the land as that is the most important thing in order to get around.

The main reason many colleges/high schools don't offer japanese is because many people are imtimidated by kanji which really don't come into the picture till your 3+ years into learning japanese. I found that japanese came to me quicker as I worked at my own pace.

I've noticed japanese language camps have become increasingly popular but I don't think anyone should spend that much time or money to learn something like japanese. If anything japanese is an acquired taste/talent.

I think Andromeda can testify to the ease of learning japanese. She doesn't know as much as I do but she does know alot.

Yeah, Japanese isn't hard. It takes dedication that it does but then again learning a language whatever it is takes dedication. I think having a good memory is quite important what with all the kanji one has to memorize plus the hiragana and the katakana but that's where the difficulty ends in my opinion. For instance, the grammar is rather easy, especially when compared to other languages, particularly latin languages. Having a natural inclination towards learning languages also helps a lot.