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Originally Posted by JohnBraden
That would require learning a completely new alphabet as well. Wouldn't that be a bit too much? Or is that preparation for when they learn English?
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Not at all. This is not the alphabet that you are thinking of.. .i think. This is romaji.. the romanized version of Japanese letters, so honestly when you take English phonetics out of the picture it is really just about learning 26 new characters and their associated sound in Japanese.. not too much to ask of kids who are learning tons of new kanji all the time anyway, I would think.