Master Japanese: How to Learn Japanese Through Anywhere Immersion

by John Fotheringham

Master Japanese provides step-by-step instructions for creating a personalized language immersion environment no matter where in the world you live. Forget expensive classes and boring textbooks. The Anywhere Immersion approach is more fun, more efficient, more convenient, more natural, less expensive, and highly personalized. The book also shows you 1) how to learn Japanese by doing instead of studying, 2) how to optimize your memory, 3) how to overcome your fears and stay motivated, 4) how to choose resources that fit your unique interests, goals, and learning style, and much more. Today's the day to stop wasting time and start making progress. Begin your learning journey now with Master Japanese as your guide.

566 pages, ebook

First published December 22, 2010

About the author

John Fotheringham is a linguist, author, and entrepreneur from Seattle. He's been learning and teaching languages for over two decades, including studying Linguistics at Western Washington University, teaching adults in the U.S., Japan, and Taiwan, presenting at multinational companies, working as a translator and interpreter for the Japanese government, and now blogging, podcasting, and publishing books on independent language learning. He has dedicated his life to empowering language learners, making language acquisition more fun and effective, and helping others avoid some of the mistakes he made along the way.

Reviews

[Audrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vraiment super intéressant avec plein plein d'exemples de matériels pour s'améliorer :) Il y a plus qu'à :)

[Randall Wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Master Japanese is a useful handbook on how to learn a language, and Japanese specifically. John offers many tactics and links to media on how to create an immersive environment to learn languages at home. He provides tips to help improve your odds of obtaining a functional use of Japanese. Most, if not all, of his study tools he recommends is free also. I highly recommend his book!

[Carolyn Strong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Master Japanese is the most helpful book I’ve found in my two+ year effort to learn Japanese. The book is focused on helping a Japanese language learner be successful by providing practical hints, tips, tools, apps and advice. There are hundreds of links to excellent resources. The author provides learners with helpful strategies to approach the learning process, which can be overwhelming unless you can figure out how to make sustainable progress continuously. This is a very comprehensive book. Want to learn Japanese by watching movies, listening to music or podcasts? The author provides links to all these resources, along with specific tips for success. I am so grateful for this book. Although I purchased a paper copy, I highly recommend the digital version for ease of clicking through to the numerous links. The author was kind enough to provide a digital version as part of a promotion and is truly interested in feedback from his readers. Can it get any better?

[Alex Linschoten · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of some tools, strategies and pathways beginner learners might take in their study of Japanese. Thankfully it's also geared towards those who chose some kind of self-study. Note, this isn't a textbook, but rather something beginners can use to chose where to focus their attention.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas, but this is one of those books that takes forever to finish - constantly interrupting to implement the actions they suggest.