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Good online Japanese courses?

Postby Gamma » Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:47 pm

Hi, I tried to learn Korean and Swedish in the past with books only but I noticed that I don't enjoy learning by reading books only, and for both languages I ended up giving up after a month or two. So this time, I'm looking for online Japanese lessons; that preferably include video or audio, and I need something serious. What I mean by serious is complete lessons that includes grammar, vocabulary, spoken and written language and exercises. I don't mind paying for them as long as they're worth it.
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby stelingo » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:34 pm

http://yesjapan.com/YJ6/

The first book is free.
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby Josquin » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:43 pm

Are you familiar with JapanesePod101? If not, I highly recommend it!

https://www.japanesepod101.com/
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby Kamlari » Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:48 am

http://www.coscom.co.jp/index.html
They've got everything there for a beginner. It's either free or cheap. They update the site frequently. Almost every day.
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby Kamlari » Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:23 am

Ah, good luck!

Ken Shimura - English Lesson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic53hhFllPM
He teaches English and some Japanese.
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Postby Kamlari » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:26 pm

Japanese Ammo with Misa
A Japanese native speaker. She speaks English.

Japanese Characters (Hiragana & Katakana)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... uvcUFYxeaw

Grammar Lessons for Absolute Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... OfVXlTkr3N
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby Xenops » Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:59 am

ロータス wrote:There is an Udemy course that teaches N5 through N2. They are working on N1 now.

There is also Jplang. Google search that. Don't have time, need to get off ferry


How is the Udemy course? I see that they have a 93% discount off of their course ( https://www.udemy.com/japanese-n5-course/ ). Is it common to have such a steep discount? How does this course compare to just using a Genki book and CD?

The Coscom site looks promising too: you can have slow audio with romanji, kana and kanji transcripts.
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby dampingwire » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:22 pm

ロータス wrote:That's Udemy for you. Never buy a course full price. They do the 'special' 10 dollar course deal all the time.


I hesitated. They've upped the price to £15. I guess I get to wait a little while :-)
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby dampingwire » Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:05 am

ロータス wrote:It doesnt say this at the top of the screen:
"New student discount—6 hours only!Change your life through learning. Over 40,000 courses are $10 each for a limited time." ?


Solve Your Challenge with an Online CourseJoin millions of students learning on Udemy every day. Get your next course for £15.


It presumably knows I'm in the UK and so offered the price in pounds - it's nothing I did.

ロータス wrote:Try ths: https://www.udemy.com/japanese-n2-course/


Still £15. So I followed that link with Firefox (rather than Chrome) and I'm now signed up for £10! (Sneaky dynamic pricing!)

Thanks!
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Re: Good online Japanese courses?

Postby AndyMeg » Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:37 pm

Free website by Japan Foundation: Erin's Challenge

Easy Japanese: a free course by NHK World.

Marugoto: A free website that accompanies a series of books with the same name. And they seem to have launched an online course too: Marugoto Japanese Online Course (not sure if the course is free or paid)
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