Not bad but ... 126

I purchased this book for over two years. Since it's the holidays, I went back to start again and I wondered why I stopped by early (lesson 3) while I was rather diligent (I still know by heart the hiragana and katakana after these two years without practicing!). The answer is simple. When you're starting out, there is the risk of getting lost in grammar and even if I find it nice to do a bit of writing (chap 1-2-3 reserved for that), it can demotivate beginners who don ' teach that very little vocabularies. If you are a perfectionist, this is all the more hassle when it comes Lesson 3: kanji. It's a bit like the guitar and learn that the agreements separately without launching into a small piece to motivate themselves and say "I progress, I am able to do something nice with three chords!" You see what I mean?

So I think this book is to work with a more intuitive method of type or assimilated the lessons of the NHK. I have not tested these methods to the Japanese, but for other languages ​​(German Basic beginner, false beginner Spanish) and I did not let go. With such methods, it builds up grammar and vocabulary both by not practicing about 20 minutes a day texts on everyday life and progress are enormous (short, we made lots of phrases, increasingly complicated over the lessons without it seems insurmountable when there is first the hardest: writing). That's why I think "Japanese manga" requires this kind of supplement given its grammatical approach.

In conclusion, I would say that it is well structured but free her grammatical approach can demotivate beginners. To overcome this, it is better to work this method with another, more intuitive, in parallel. Anyway, that's what I'll do to not let go this time. ^^