Re: So I've been trying to learn another language...

Trigle_Shot <LuisMartinezTorres@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

I believe that Japanese should be a challenge to learn, as well as be
useful in some later point in time. [...]

So my question to all you that are reading this is "What to buy and
what to avoid?"

What you buy will have far less effect on your learning than what you
do.

Of all things to learn, a language is particularly insusceptible to
learning by buying materials and self-studying only. Your first
priority should be to find other people who speak the language, at a
level higher than you, with whom you can converse face-to-face;
ideally, native speakers of the language.

--
\ "I was stopped by the police for speeding; they said 'Don't you |
`\ know the speed limit is 55 miles an hour?' I said 'Yeah I know, |
_o__) but I wasn't going to be out that long.'" -- Steven Wright |
Ben Finney
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