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<blockquote data-quote="Neil.T" data-source="post: 599255" data-attributes="member: 4160">Yeah, I've been recommended Duolingo by a few people now. I still haven't looked into it properly, though. Just... only so many hours in the day! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😆" title="Grinning squinting face&nbsp; &nbsp; :laughing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" data-shortname=":laughing:" />You've got a good mix of resources there. Me, I started with a library book called Japanese Phrases for Dummies and then moved on to the more demanding Teach Yourself Japanese. Humble beginnings, but it gave a really good grounding.I once signed myself up for a six-week summer short course but it was cancelled due to lack of applicants. (This was at Dundee Uni a few years ago.)Another resource that's worth a mention is the website Maggie Sensei:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://maggiesensei.com/[/URL]I've dabbled with that and enjoyed it.Oh, and... watching anime and Japanese films, of course! That's useful too. I've never had the opportunity to use Japanese conversationally, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neil.T, post: 599255, member: 4160"] Yeah, I've been recommended Duolingo by a few people now. I still haven't looked into it properly, though. Just... only so many hours in the day! 😆 You've got a good mix of resources there. Me, I started with a library book called [I]Japanese Phrases for Dummies[/I] and then moved on to the more demanding [I]Teach Yourself Japanese[/I]. Humble beginnings, but it gave a really good grounding. I once signed myself up for a six-week summer short course but it was cancelled due to lack of applicants. (This was at Dundee Uni a few years ago.) Another resource that's worth a mention is the website Maggie Sensei: [URL unfurl="true"]https://maggiesensei.com/[/URL] I've dabbled with that and enjoyed it. Oh, and... watching anime and Japanese films, of course! That's useful too. I've never had the opportunity to use Japanese conversationally, though. [/QUOTE]

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