Learn Japanese; Michel Thomas review - my top recommendation!

[SakanaJin]

For anyone unsure of whether they should or shouldn't get the Michel Thomas Japanese you should definitely get the "Total Japanese" course for beginners to intermediate! I have been teaching myself as well as getting lessons since September and I only just got the Total Japanese pack the other day and it's terrific! You learn so much so fast and it gets you talking at home, which for me was a weakness as i'd find it hard to encourage myself to speak Japanese at home! A must buy!

[dwfp21]

Personally, I find Michel Thomas quite tedious, but most people in my French class find it really effective. If you can try it out first then do so.

I use the 'Japanese for Busy People' books/CDs to learn. They're more useful if you have someone to practice with, but by all means you could use them alone, or in conjunction with other materials.



[thelostgirl101]

I was thinking of getting the Michele Thomas Japanese for beginners 8-CD set. I never learned Japanese, but became interested after watching alot of anime in Japanese. Would you recommend anything else with this or just study this first? What about the written part of Japanese? Should I study that after learning the conversational part?

[ChelskiBonjourino]

I agree. I'm using Advanced Mandarin with MT & have found it excellent. The information is so easy to absorb & you begin stringing together sentences as if you were a pro :)

Having used other language tools in the past, I would also recommend MT.

[katanamanatee]

While I love the MT method, the Japanese discs do get rather irritating sometimes because of one of the students who makes so many mistakes and often the same ones over and over again, that it begins to detract from the learning experience.

If you can get past the wanting to shout at the woman for making the same mistake for the nth time, then it is a great start to learning Japanese.

I definitely recommend it but you will need some amount of patience at times!

[MrFisheh100]

I've just completed the michel thomas japanese advanced course, and now im wondering where to buy next?

[McBren]

He was a polish dude not a french dude ;)

[jakuthu]

Genkijapan = epic

[dowhatthouwilt911]

Thanks for an enthusiastic review!  I also think the Michel Thomas Method is great. I am learning German and began his course recently when I was about halfway through Pimsleur.

I have learned much from MT in a short time. And I am happy that I did not wait until finishing Pimsleur since MT begins with the assumption that you are an absolute beginner with no prior knowledge of the language.

I personally think that alternating between the 2 courses works great

And, Thomas was actually polish

[KyleCom]

Richard you've been gone for a month,

It was the last time you got a video out for us anyway. I hope your eyes healed up just fine and that everything is still Genki!

[UltimaMan1]

can u also show us some good how to learn japanese books please

[109mytiger]

Unrested just got laser eye surgery too.

[MaLIbby]

neat!

[AnimeHoshi]

go go go Richard !! Good stuff good stuff ^^

[metrik66]

kool katana in the back

[xxHartBrokenxx]

I allready learned allot of your website : D

Im able to read a lot more katakana and hiragana c: .

Thanks for that n___n

[x08]

How does the Michel Thomas method compare to Pimsleur?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Personally I think I prefer it to Pimsleur, you're able to say a lot more things with Michel Thomas. But Pimsleur is also really good and a great start.

[RinoaHatake]

New stuff wooh!! Cant wait!

Ps: You need an official Facebook account! :D

[GenkiJapanNet]

What would we use Facebook for??

(Honest question, I've never got round to it yet!)

[Raener]

I was wondering what I should be getting for Christmas and this might just be it.. Thanks!

[japanman33]

how hard is it for a british person to live in japan with hardly no grades.

[MGOotaku]

Good to see you again! :D I missed your nice energetic voice xD

[InSpaceAndTime2012]

Eyes lasered?

[CalicoVall]

Lazik, probably.

[shildrine]

laser eye surgery

[SCE2AUX]

LASIK no doubt.

[KyotoHimura]

Laser eye surgery.

[malibu601]

My BFF and I made a video on how much we love genkijapan and how easy it really makes to learn japanese!! Im trying to post it up but my computer is being really retarded!! Keep up the good work and hope ur eyes get better!

[zeROArts]

Thank you really much ! I owned the audiobooks for the basic, intermediate and advanced-course.

Audiobooks which I started at were the "pimsleur" ones. Trying to teach a language as children learn their first one to speak is greate as well.

mata ne richardo!

[Bekll]

I recommend Ultimate Japanese Beginner-Intermediate by Living Language (comes with CDs). :)

But this one sounds おもしろい！

[Tikibird79]

Can't wait for the new songs!

And I am definitely gonna look into getting that Michel Thomas program!

[qMermaidq]

how come you travel all over the place? i had thought you were a english teacher in japan?

[RachelErmWhat]

Sounds cool! Def going to check it out! :D

Hope your eye get better soon! ^^

[parsnip02]

gonna try it^^

also why u get lazered :O :O :O

u looked awesome wid glasses

anyways

keep the faith

josh

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yeah Rosetta Stone's not bad, it's certainly the best computer software out there. The problem I always find is with the lack of translations, you can often get confused as to exactly what you are learning. Plus there's less emphasis on speaking compared with Michel Thomas!

But if you have the cash the rule is usually to buy as many different systems as you can afford - it's certainly cheaper than college!

[MadHobbit]

I had my eyes lasered two years ago, best thing I ever done. Highly recommend it. Cool movie btw

[TokyoNerd]

My best recommendation would be: Rosetta Stone Japanese.

[Dragon22873]

Also, i hope your eyes get better Richard!

[GenkiJapanNet]

Thank you!

[slayer544]

sounds good. definitely gonna check that out. thanks Richard!

[yuriythebest]

currently just finished Pimsleur japanese 1 (there are 3 in total each 30 lessons 30 mins each), after I finish pimsleur japanese will try michel thomas as well as I hear it's splendid also

[ITsHardstyle]

great:) will check this out!

[MATTx243]

thanks il check them out

[Dragon22873]

Yeah, this is what you recommended that i bought! It's wonderful!

[Pringos]

wow, how many languages do you speak??

[GenkiJapanNet]

Just 3 fluently, but with all the travel I do I have to keep learning new ones all the time.

It's good for work though as I get to learn using lots of different methods and see which ones are the best (and worst of course!)

[stoffer03]

If I may ask, what's your profession ?

[Gyroglle]

I'm really looking forward to those new songs! :3

[linkyoo]

I'm trusting ya !

[ninjahoboparty]

how do you feel about rosetta stone?