Learning Japanese and kanji is really difficult for many of us native English speakers because it such a different language. At least with other languages, the grammar structure is similar and words depict the same meaning. This is not true of Japanese. To further complicate things, Japanese uses Chinese characters - kanji. But this is also WHY I LOVE TO LEARN JAPANESE. It's opened up the way I think to look at ideas from a different perspective. Realizing how difficult English is learn for Japanese people and the benefits of learning, Japanese is equally useful to learn even if you don't live in Japan. In this deck, we'll introduce you to strategies that we KNOW work well. People learn at a different paces. Some people want to be thorough and some people want to just understand the gist of things. So read this deck and see what style fits you best. Then go learn Japanese or any other language and watch it really benefit you in ways you wouldn't have imagined.