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If you’re a complete beginner to Japanese and don’t know where to start, never fear! We’re here to tell you what the easiest way to learn Japanese is.

It's easiest to start by learning how to write Japanese characters, before moving onto studying both the hiragana and katakana alphabets. Once you've mastered these you can move onto kanji by studying individual radicals, before finally taking the plunge to start speaking!

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We’ve discussed in other articles whether Vietnamese is difficult to learn. We’ve also gone over some general best practices when learning tonal languages. 

But what is the best way to learn Vietnamese specifically? The bad news is, there’s no right answer to that. The good news is, there’s no wrong answer, either. Everyone learns differently, so we’ve gathered some recommendations to help you learn Vietnamese in the most efficient way possible, including narrowing down the dialect, perfecting diacritics and finding a learning buddy.

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Music, they say, is good for the soul. As it turns out, it’s good for the brain, too!

You absolutely can learn a language through music—you’ve probably even done it once already. In this blog, we’ll discuss just some of the reasons why language acquisition and music go hand in hand.

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Japanese has a reputation for being one of the hardest languages to learn, and it's no surprise why.

Japanese has over 500,000 words in its dictionary and uses three different alphabets. According to the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), it takes 2200 class hours for a beginner to achieve Japanese proficiency.

Let's take a closer look.

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