When you are studying Japanese in a classroom, you follow a set of programs that is laid out by your tutor and it is most likely to teach you grammar, vocabulary, and written Japanese. You will get numerous benefits from this and also you will have a community of people to practice with. You get to learn spoken and written Japanese as well as some literature. But only learning and studying in the classroom limits your immediate learning outcome. Here you are restricted to just following one program. Whereas learning Japanese on your own will help you to achieve your goal at your own pace and learn the language actively. It is just a fact that classroom teaching is fundamentally insensitive to the acquired skill level of every individual student. Self-taught Japanese is different for this very important reason. While learning Japanese, you will often feel that you have something specific that you want to learn. In this case, it is most important to learn Japanese yourself. You can set a personal goal that you want to reach using various tools. You can simply start using them and sit back as you watch your Japanese become better and better at a pace you didn’t dream of. In this blog, we will be discussing the methods that will help you to learn Japanese on your own efficiently. 

You need to take time and find out why you are learning Japanese and set your goal and then you need to start focusing on your goal. In most cases, you don’t need to be 100% fluent. You don’t require to know every word in the dictionary, and you don’t need to write in perfect calligraphy. While learning on your own you can set your goal on what you really want to learn and also focus on that particular thing only. 

For learning Japanese on your own efficiently you need to buy some good textbooks and also some good audiobooks. Listen to the audiobook and pause and repeat aloud while you are following in the Japanese book, if you do not understand, use the English book so you don’t spend all your time looking words up. 

Hiragana and Katakana are two basic 30-letter Japanese alphabets. They provide two ways of writing the same sounds (the sound ah is あin Hiragana and ア in Katakana). Hiragana is the general alphabet, whereas Katakana is used for foreign-derived words. Learn these two first and then move on to Kanji characters. 

You need to learn the most common words that are used in Japanese. When you want to learn Japanese yourself, the most important things you should do is build a core vocabulary. This fundamental vocabulary is essential for reading, writing, speaking and listening. It is what will allow you to build skills on what you already know. You need to begin with the very basics to build this core vocabulary. Attempt to learn a few new words daily to increase your vocabulary stock. 

Every Japanese learner wants to speak and understand Japanese well. And for speaking and understanding Japanese, at first you need to listen to Japanese properly. For a self-learner, there is nothing better than Audio and Video Lessons. Here you can hear, learn and master Japanese conversations. And you can even re-listen as much as you want until you get better. Speaking is for sure the ultimate objective. You need to speak to yourself or find a language partner or a native speaker to brush up on your Japanese speaking skills. Speak as much as possible. For learning Japanese reading and writing just get a beginner Japanese textbook. Textbooks are organized to get you learning from knowing nothing to learning the alphabet, reading, writing, basic grammar, vocabulary, and much more. A textbook will be very useful and will serve as a friendly guide to the language. You can take the help of the internet to find out good Japanese reading resources and also read short stories or comics to enhance your reading skills. Writing is also a great way to fix your grammar learning, make mistakes, correct in an iterative approach, and gain confidence. You can try to write small passages on various topics, letters, short stories. You can join various Japanese communities online where you can get your Japanese writings corrected by Native Japanese speakers. 

You need to concentrate on basic Japanese pronunciation to speak fluently. Relisten to Japanese audios and speak aloud and record them. Replay your recording and match it with the original audio. Try to figure out the differences and record them until you sound perfect. This will help you to master Japanese pronunciation faster. 

You need to be consistent in the process of your learning. Try to set small goals and achieve them. This will keep you motivated throughout the process of learning. You need to dedicate a certain number of hours of concentrated learning without any kind of distractions to achieve better results. 

The ultimate and the most important part of self-learning is practicing. Practice will make you perfect in every sector and you will get the desired result. Keep on practicing whatever you are learning regularly. Regular practice will make you learn efficiently.

Follow the above-mentioned methods to learn Japanese efficiently on your own. Along with these, you can take the help of various online resources that will additionally help you in your self-learning process. You may face many difficulties while learning but don’t ever give up. Instead, try to find out innovative processes for better and active learning.