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Originally Posted by steven
Sometimes I think that beginning students shouldn't even be dealing with kanji though. When I was studying Japanese in school I always studied kanji and I could never remember any of them. It seemed pointless after a while (and incidently it was)
I eventually just gave up on writing and focused 100% on speaking and listening and now I'm pretty fluent (although my writing/reading isn't that great). However now I can pick up kanji much quicker, and when I read stuff and can better picture what is going on.
You are definately right though... a student who is just beginning writing should probably be careful of stroke order as it can look like a mess otherwise. I've had a couple of Japanese students who's writing looks terrible (I suspect stroke oder as well as some other problems) and they get made fun of for it.
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I agree, considering that each Japanese Kanji has at least 2 pronunciations.