Danilo asks: "How should I get started learning Japanese?" Episode Summary: What happened to me: I learnt to say a bunch of things, but never really understood the language I never spent enough time listening After moving to Japan, I continued studying, gradually building up my knowledge, but it took forever It wasn't until I began speaking very often that I really began to crack Japanese, and become comfortable with it's logic My suggested plan of attack: Avoid lessons at the start, unless you can find a good teacher Choose a textbook you like and work through it, focusing on the dialogues Learn hiragana and katakana immediately Once you've completed your textbook, look for an iTalki tutor, and set up 2-3 speaking sessions a week Do as much listening as possible! Resources In Today'

---

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwillteachyoualanguage/message