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Originally Posted by filiadragongurl
To be honest, my professor said that Genki isn't a very good series for learning Japanese... I never used Genki 1, but used Genki 2 when I studied abroad in Japan and I guess it was okay, but I could kind of see where my prof was coming from. All the dialogues are kind of silly, especially considering that by the time you really learn Japanese you'll want to be using it for business, not for being an exchange student in high school... But by all means, it *is* a place to start, so go for it. I just wanted to mention that side too.
Oh, and the work book is filling out questions for listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and sentences for learning vocab and grammer. Also in the back is kanji practice.
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The genki series is good for exercises, but everything else could be better. It's really hard to self-study because, although is brings back certain things sometimes, I find myself forgetting some of the grammar that I was taught earlier in the series. Take this from a person who's on chapter 21 out of 24 (I think it's 24. BTW, I'm in Genki II right now). Genki will not leave you ready for the "real Japan". I know I will still have to find more Japanese study books to be really ready.
The hardest thing about Japanese after kanji is the vocabulary. Almost no Latin or Greek roots (thank God for those few imported words!)...