Introduction

こんにちは。はじめまして。ジョーンです。アメリカから　きました。わたしは　じゅうはつさいです。しごとは　だいがくせいです。サンフランシスコだいがくの　がくせいです。いま　いちねんせいです。せんもんは　ビジネスと日本語です。どうぞ　よろしく。

Translation: Hello. How do you do? I'm Joan. I'm from the US. I'm 18 years old. My occupation is a college student. I'm a student at the University of San Francisco. I'm now a freshmen.  My majors are business and Japanese. Nice to meet you.

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(Excuse the poorly worded intro in Japanese. So far, I've been studying it for a month.)

Hello~ I'm Joan. Welcome to my new blog! This blog will all be dedicated to the methods and ways I learn Japanese. I will review and share books, resources, and websites for Japanese learners of any level. Since I'm trying to avoid the conventional method of studying Japanese solely with a textbook and learning from rote memory in a classroom setting, I am going to share more fun, alternative, and effective ways to study this language. Although this blog isn't meant for providing Japanese lessons, I will write in Japanese with English translations on some of my posts so that I can practice my Japanese writing skills and viewers can practice their reading skills. Once I'm more advanced, I will provide a section for Japanese lessons.

I just started learning Japanese on the beginning of June, Summer 2012. As you can see, I'm still at a beginner level. I just declared a double major in Accounting and Japanese. Even though I had no prior knowledge of the Japanese language, I've always wanted to be fluent in it since high school. Let's see how much I'll progress.