I have a question for those of you who have studied with Minna no Nihongo, and especially for those who have also used Genki and/or Japanese for Busy People. As the book has also been made to match the degree of progress of learners using Minna no Nihongo, they can also practice listening to the words and sentence patterns they have just studied.

As soon as I finish this first book, I’ll pick up MNN2 assuming I like this one, and I’ll keep Genki 2 around to briefly progress forward in the meantime. Zusätzlich hatten wir auch von dem einen Arbeitsheft Übungsblätter ausgedruckt bekommen und auch unsere “Kanjitests”.Also recommend turning the subtitles on in case you have a hard time understanding her strange voice. In any event I don’t think it’s going to make or break your studies, so I wouldn’t worry about having made the “right” or “wrong” choice.

There are textbooks for grammar, vocabulary, kanji, and even culture, so you can be sure that you’re getting a well-rounded education in all aspects of the language. It's not until the te-form is discussed that the groups the verbs belong to are indicated, so all lists in my copy have the dictionary forms scribbled next to them. Requiere un esfuerzo extra el hecho de que no lleve nada en inglés o español, pero si yo he podido sola, cualquiera se lo puede sacar. Studying with the main, all-Japanese textbook will force you to figure things out through context and use your brain a little more. I feel like I learned a lot (I probably wouldn't be able to get just from the main book's context) thanks to this companion book.Japanese Now): Für die High School, schon etwas älter, aber mit langen Texten/Dialogen in Alltagssituationen und ab Band 3 mit Texten über die Geschichte Japans. Where as for self study I'd just go with Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese as I think that's better nowadays. Another great benefit is that the series includes both textbooks and workbooks, so you can practice what you’ve learned as you go along.

One of the biggest advantages of studying with the Minna no Nihongo series is that it covers such a wide range of topics. Excellent book for studying Japanese) however, it is necessary to have at least a dictionary to use this book. If you're more academic and want to learn as much as possible, this is a great option for you because you can take your time and soak in the knowledge. Second, even though some activities are designed to be done in a class environment, those books can also be used for self-study. You get to learn Japanese in Japanese, and there’s more immersion, as opposed to Genki, which likes to communicate to you in English too much.

Please go to " User Registration" in the bar above to register your name, e-mail address and postal address. You’d probably be better off just picking up the grammar points you missed through reading manga or other native materials, or through other sources like A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, since MNN would contain a lot of stuff that’s redundant for you. Both textbooks are about the same size, but across their 2 volumes for beginner level, Genki is composed of 23 lessons while Minna no Nihongo features 50 lessons. The fact that it’s harder to look up what the sentence means, for me, means that I’m more likely to think about it and work it out before I look at the answer, which usually helps things stick better.

Generally speaking, most people who use textbooks in a classroom can expect to finish the series within one year.I think the intention of the book is to provide learning material along side with a real life teacher class. If you’re having trouble understanding the material or doing the exercises, you can do a few things. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. They’re both meant to be used in a classroom, so the structure isn’t necessarily super conducive to self-learning, but you can make it work.