For what it’s worth, I signed up for a Japanese course, and found it to be slow. So then I went to Craig’s List and found a native Japanese speaker who is willing to give me private lessons for essentially the same cost as the tuition for the course. I work through a unit in the textbook on my own over a week, and then we meet to review the grammar points, practice the exercises, and have a conversation based on that unit’s material. My tutor is a wonderful person, young and energetic, and proud to share her culture. I’d really recommend this way of learning.

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