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06-23-2011, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyororin View Post
Japanese elementary school by age;

1st grade - 6 to 7
2nd grade - 7 to 8
3rd grade - 8 to 9
4th grade - 9 to 10

9 to 10 year olds learn romaji as part of the 4th grade curriculum. Children who are under 9 or 10 are far less likely to be able to read it. Anyone above that are is pretty much guaranteed to be able to read it.
I guess I misread that Japanese kids would be likely to be able to read romaji before hiragana, and I knew that couldn't be right.
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