Fun Ways To Learn Japanese
Japanese pop culture has become increasingly famous around the world, making many people being interested in Japan and its language.
So if you’re wondering how to learn Japanese, I recommend working some fun into your study schedule right from the beginning.
Don’t put up with boring. Let’s find out some actually fun ways to learn Japanese!
1. YouTube
YouTube is an incredible resource for Japanese learners. Or in fact, for everyone! Whatever you want to learn about, you can guarantee somebody’s uploaded a useful video for you.
JOI has a great video channel for this too!
2. Video Games
If you’re a gamer, did you know you can also learn Japanese through video games?
In fact, you’ve picked one of the best languages to learn, due to Japan’s influence in the video game world 🙂 Or maybe this is why you choose Japanese? Whatever, Japan is the world leader and innovator in video gaming, and that’s why there are so many awesome games available in Japanese.
3. Songs
You know how sometimes you get a song stuck in your head? And can’t stop singing it for days? Imagine if that song was in Japanese. You’d remember the lyrics perfectly.
But the most important thing is, music is super fun. Whether you’re studying the words to a children’s song or just bopping along to AKB48 in the car, you’re enjoying learning Japanese, and that’s great!
4. Movies
Watching is a movie isn’t work, right? Watching a movie is fun. That’s why watching a movie in Japanese can be one of the top fun ways to learn Japanese.
Just try to not be too reliant on English subtitles. Once you’re reading skills are good enough, we recommend switching to Japanese subtitles if you can.
5. Apps
You can learn Japanese through mobile apps. That’s right, there are apps not just for the ‘mainstream’ languages like French, Spanish, etc., but for Japanese too.
There are apps for grammar and vocabulary, sure, but there are also fun games to teach you Japanese like the super cute Japanese by Mindsnacks. Why waste your time on something like Candy Crush when you could be playing something equally addictive but learning Japanese at the same time?
Do you have any more fun ways to learn Japanese? Let us know in the comments!