thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 My new 7th and 8th graders both would like to learn Japanese. Any suggestions for curricula/programs? Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 My new 7th and 8th graders both would like to learn Japanese. Any suggestions for curricula/programs? Thanks! Yup! Irasshai. Awesome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Yup! Irasshai. Awesome. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 You're welcome. It's what my son used in the middle school years. He speaks fluently in Japanese now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Yup! Irasshai. Awesome. This is what we use. We also bought flash cards online for hiragana,katakana and kanji. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waa510 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Japanesepod101.com has great podcasts and videos. Genki is a great series too. We like Dr. Moku's app for learning hiragana/katakana easily and quickly along with the Tako's Japanese app for writing/reading hiragana/katakana/kanji (200 or so of the most commonly used ones) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Yup! Irasshai. Awesome. Ds used it for 2 years before taking Japanese at the local state U his Junior year of high school. LOVED Irasshai. You need the videos (available free), textbook and workbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarabellesmom Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thank you for asking this question Lynne! My daughter has asked to learn Japanese and I've had no idea where to start. Really excited about some of these resources everyone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 My son has used some Irrasshai along with Dr. Moku to help him learn hiragana. He also attended a Japanese immersion camp this summer in Minnesota. However, he has by far learned the most from tutoring with a native Japanese speaker. For the last two years we found a local tutor who taught him and several of his friends once a week (the availability of tutors is one of the perks of living in a college town!) Having a group tutoring session kept it affordable as well. This year the group has broken up due to schedules not aligning, so he's doing tutoring sessions online via Skype using iTalki. We did several inexpensive trial sessions with different tutors on italki until finding one who my son liked best. We've been very pleased so far and you can't beat the convenience of not having to drive across town to meet tutors! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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