Kenneth Said:

Where is a good place to learn Japanese for free/ a decent price?

We Answered:

YES!!!!! Human Japanese is a KILLER program that i used and it wsa totally fun!! I learned it using Human japanese as an application on my ipod touch and it was like 12$ Or you can get it online for 24$

Human Japanese taught me quickly how to read Hiragana & Katakana in like 2 weeks and then i just used these sites:

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kan…
&
http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary…

to learn how to read and recognize Kanji symbols!!

I loved it this all took me about a year to master and i'm just in high school. So basically in a 1 school year i learned to speak an entirely different language, while IN school i can't speak a word in my spanish class.

Human Japanese is great i hope you love learning this killer language as much as i did.

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Jenny Said:

Where to learn japanese free with audio?

We Answered:

Not all of these have audio, but I know a couple of of sites:

With audio:

http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/menu.…
http://japanese.about.com/library/blphra…

No audio:

http://learnjapanese.elanguageschool.net…

I think the best place to learn it is here:
http://japanese.about.com/

because just about every little article is filled with audio



But I think the best way to learn is really to learn kana first, because then you really don't have to worry about the audio, and you should be able to pronounce things as soon as you see them written

If you want to do that, then there are many, many sites on kana, and most come with their own audio, too

For example:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/jp…
http://www.umich.edu/~umichjlp/Hiraganap…

Hope this helps!!

Nellie Said:

What are some good sites where you can learn Japanese free?

We Answered:

Well firstly you need to ask yourself how you learn best.
A lot of people say they learnt Japanese better through a tutor rather than learning on their own, but for me that wasn't the case. You can get a tutor if you want to, but i'll tell you how i am learning it.

There are two sites i familiarised myself with at first.
The first site was http://www.learn-japanese.info/ or 'Nihongo o Narau' as it's otherwise known. Obviously, learning the alphabet would be your first priority (just the hirigana and katakana... ignore the kanji for now) Make sure you can read and write the alphabet before you go on to the rest of your studies. I ignored the vocabulary section at first and went straight into the grammer section. I learnt from that section, how to structure my sentences and use sentence particles. After that, i used the vocabulary part of the site to build up on my list of known japanese words. Once i did that i used a slightly more complex site which you can access here: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/gra…
This site is full of grammer too, but it's more complex. It tells you how to make bigger sentences and elaborate things in more detail. This site however, uses Katakana and Hirigana, so make sure you can read those before you move on to the intermediate site. By the way, the Kanji used on this site is everywhere! But to see the words in hirigana or katakana, just hover your mouse pointer over the kanji and it will translate for you.
Once you know everything on those two sites and can structure your own sentences, it's a case from then on, of building up your vocabulary and Kanji (the chinese characters).
There are also things you can do in your spare time to inhance your learning:
1 - Watch anime, this will help your Japanese when it comes to speaking and abbreviating words. If you have a wide knowlege of Japanese words, it can also help with your sentence structure... on top of that, it's fun.
2 - Read japanese Manga, i'll give you the link to a site the offers this freely, if you ask for it. This can help you build up your reading skills and even earn you a few ideas of how words are written in kanji.
3 - Actually want to learn it. If you don't then you will lose faith in picking up the language because it is difficult. Also, make sure you surround yourself with it, either through posters, books or a daily dose of anime... just make sure it's a part of your EVERYDAY life, and you should be able to learn it with focused ease.

Dwayne Said:

can a english speaking child immigrate to japan and learn japanese for free in a public school?

We Answered:

Japanese schools now are teaching more and more English to Japanese children at school. But I would say it is not likely for school to offer Japanese education to English speaking children. As long as the child is a legal resident of Japan, he/she can go to public school and take all the classes, and Japanese IS one of the requirements all the children have to take. But it is not likely for the child to be able to keep up with any of the classes without knowing any Japanese Or it's not like for schools to offer any kind of tutoring or slow down classes for him/her. If the child is young, he/she will pick up Japanese quickly and will be able to keep up with classes eventually with his/her natural ability. But if he/she are a little older and need to learn all the classes fairy soon, then it's parents or the child responsibility to find tutor or private language school to study Japanese on his/her own.

Leo Said:

How can i learn to speak and understand Japanese for FREE and ONLINE?

We Answered:

Hi,

Try a language exchange or a private class. Post a message in this language site, probably you'll find someone to help you:

http://www.babelan.net/babelan.php?lang=…

Good luck

Misty Said:

Is there any were I can learn Japanese free?

We Answered:

LiveMocha. It's a social networking site for learning languages. You can speak to native speakers and they'll correct your pronunciation, which is important. They have Japanese, along with other languages.

The basic classes are completely free. You can pay for a subscription and get added benefits. I find the free stuff is quite adequate.