Japanese From Zero! 2: Proven Techniques to Learn Japanese for Students and Professionals 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition

Just finished book number 1! I was impressed by the simplicity and engaging way of learning Japanese through this book’s layout. I would have never imagined, I’m able to write and read hiragana with confidence 🤩 Already started book number 2 and it seems that learning katana is going to be a breeze as well.

I never write reviews but I wanted to write this one. I started studying Japanese after my first trip to Japan in 2019. I found George on YouTube and started with book one. After covid hit and life happened I only finished book one and progressed to book 2 last year. After visiting Japan for the second time last year, I realized I was able to read and even understand quite a bit of Japanese. Katakana is everywhere so it is very useful to know. I realized how much though was put into the book to make the information digestible and focus on the most useful things. Thank you George for the book and the YouTube videos. よくできました

My teen son has been homeschooled since eighth grade. One of his main interests in languages. In his first couple years of homeschool, he attempted to learn Japanese using Rosetta Stone (he went through the full first level and most of the second), by using the first Genki book and workbook, various other beginner books (as I scroll through the popular books on Japanese language in Amazon, I see we now own many of the titles...), and by doing a few other things like us just going through flashcards of hiragana and katakana.Partway through last school year (Jan 2017), he told me he feels like he's learned a lot of Japanese, but said he felt he wouldn't be able to put together even the simplest sentence - written or spoken - if he was put to the test. As with all things homeschool, there's some trial and error, and we occasionally try something that doesn't work. This was definitely one of those things. I knew he was frustrated, but not at all ready to give up.We came across Japanese From Zero! Book 1. When he started using that first workbook and discovered the hundreds of free videos the author, George Trombley, put on YouTube, I mean, this kid was transformed. He ate that book up, and book 2. By the end of that school year (June 2017) he'd gone from saying he couldn't say "How are you?" to being comfortable enough to converse with teens in Japan. In the summer he completed book 3. This school year (starting September 2017) he began Japanese From Zero! 4 and Kanji From Zero! 1, and he's working his way through both now. He keeps up with the supplemental videos from George. When George asks a question, I'm continually impressed at how my son replies correctly, without fail, before George supplies the answer.My son just asked me what I was doing, and I told him I was typing up a review for these books -- he said I should say he doesn't feel he started actually learning Japanese before he opened the first from Zero! book.These books and the free supplemental videos are by far the best system we've found for any English speaker who wants to learn Japanese.UPDATE MAY 2019:My son graduated homeschool Spring 2018. He asked if he could take a placement test for Japanese at the university he was planning to attend. Recall he’d only gone through George Trombley’s Japanese From Zero! books 1-4 plus Kanji from Zero! book 1 and the free YouTube videos. From the placement test, he was put in 3rd semester Japanese. He likely tested into 4th semester, but as that class is only offered each Spring, he was happy to go into 3rd semester.How did he do? He got straight As - a 4.0 in both 3rd and 4th semester. Each class is worth 5 credits, and for the two classes he skipped, he was given 4 credits each. So for 3rd semester he got 13 credits for his one Japanese class, and another 5 in 4th semester. Just from self studying these books in homeschool.

My homeschooled teen used the first book in this series last year for learning Japanese and enjoyed it so much that we're continuing with this second book. It takes off where the first one ended and dives more deeply into the language, now that she understands the very basics. The videos to this series are available for free on youtube, which is nice. We do, however, use this book in conjunction with the online class, since it offers quizzes, extra practice, some support and more. It's a great series for those wanting to dig into the language and still enjoy it.

This is the 2nd book in the series and I'm going to get the 3rd soon.I tried so many other learning Japanese products including Rosetta Stone and the most I could do was count to 10 say hello and good bye. This book series allows you to learn at your own pace.I can now speak and understand full sentences.I can understand what is going on in anime and other movies without having to constantly look at the subtitles. I can read most Japanese writing, but I still don't know all of the words and Kanji. In book 3 I am sure will widen my vocabulary and understanding.I recommend getting a Japanese copy (writing) book to go along with it if you really want to write in Japanese.As for pronunciation, I probably sound horrible. I have been watching a lot of youtube videos on getting that right. I suggest watching educational Japanese videos for kids, because they repeat things over and over so you can remember things and have Japanese subtitles at the bottom so you can read in Japanese what they are saying to get you word recognition up to speed. My whole family can recite Twinkle Twinkle little star in Japanese and Oni No Pants... fun times.

Cannot thank you enough George Trombley. ほんとにありがとうございます！These books are easy to follow, and understand I’ve used them along side the corresponding videos on YouTube/FromZero website.

Es un buen libro para autodidactas.

This is a great book to learn Japanese and George is a fantastic teacher!

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Studio giapponese da autodidatta da un paio di anni ormai, ho provato diversi libri (italiani e non) e stavo quasi per mollare perché non riuscivo ad apprendere bene i concetti, trovavo le spiegazioni molto complicate e incomplete e mi stavo scoraggiando, quando un giorno per caso ho trovato il primo volume di questo libro.Ho deciso di acquistarlo e dargli una possibilità e devo dire che sono felice di averlo fatto perché questo libro è assolutamente il migliore su cui io abbia mai studiato.Se non lo avessi acquistato probabilmente ora avrei mollato questa passione per la lingua giapponese.Nonostante sia in inglese è comprensibilissimo e le spiegazioni sono fatte molto bene, a differenza di molti altri libri di testo che spiegano le cose in modo un po' approssimativo lasciando mille dubbi allo studente.L'ho trovato talmente prezioso che ho acquistato tutti i volumi di questa serie e se state iniziando a studiare questa lingua partendo davvero da zero ve lo consiglio vivamente!L'ho trovato interessante, piacevole e ricco di nozioni.Attualmente sto studiando sul terzo libro di questa serie e non vedo l'ora di andare avanti nello studio.