Re: Does anybody else think that learning to write kanji is over-prioritized in language classes outside of Japan?



Marc Adler wrote:
[...]. You need to be able to read kanji to achieve
fluency in Japanese (thought experiment: imagine trying to acquire
French vocab without ever reading it), and the quickest way to learn
the kanji is to write them out.

And if you're blind (fortunately, very few in this group are, I bet) forgeddaboudit!

Don't even think about going to France, or even talking to *any*one, for that matter.

Bart
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