Hi guys, 20m here, I currently a university student pursuing my Bachelors in Japanese, in my 3rd year right now. I've observed quite a lot of people trying to find a little guidance when starting out there journey of learning Japanese. Through YouTube, free online apps like duolingo or Busuu. But they can't seem to get a foothold or stay consistent. I think that's because at the end of the day these free sources are just businesses and providing content which gets the unsuspecting person "Hooked" for a short amount of time. They start out by teaching short and quick phrases which anyone can pick up which gives the person a sensation of "Oh wow, this is so easy" and gets the person hooked on using their app or watching their videos. But this is not right, because these "hooks" are short lived bursts of encouragement and nothing else. They don't provide a proper foundation like learning about the history, the background, the evolution and everything else. Which is important (and even more importantly fun to learn about if you're interested!)
To counter this issue, help out some people and spread a little awareness, I'll be holding a free online class for absolute beginners in Japanese on discord. I'll try and provide every bit of knowledge and foundation establishing rules I learnt myself while studying my bachelors. I'm JLPT N2 certified (Which is the second highest level of Japanese language proficiency, only second to N1, which is native) if that helps to know. At the end I'll be sharing all the relevant material so that the people can help themselves even after the class. Anyone interested is welcome to join, again the class is free, I'll be holding even if just a single person joins. It'll start at 11:30 AM (GMT -4) (US East Coast time) Wednesday, 12:30 AM JST Thursday, just leave a comment on this post, I'll reply back to connect on discord.
by ar_naut