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Has ne1 noticed that anime characters don't say Konnichiwa! any more? Instead they'll say Hi! but with an accent.
This is because in Japan the younger generations are using more foreign (mostly English) words in their speech, plus it can be good English practice since English is a required class i think.
But in reality, they still use konnichiwa and other japanese greetings.
So I'm to lazy to type in Japanese at the moment (trust me, my computer is weird and it lags a bit when i do)
Hajimemashite, watashi wa Kei de, koukou sei desu.
Chuugoku ichinensei kara nihongo wo benkyoushite, kotoshi wa watashi no yonnen desu. nishukan mae nihon he tomodachi to sensei to isshou ni itte, toukyo he itte, nagano he itte, kyoto he itte, nara he ikimashita.
Ongaku wo kiku koto ga suki desu. Yoku uinzu (w-inds.) no ongaku wo kikimasu. Supootsu mo suru koto ga suki desu. Shougakkou yonnensei kara bassukettou wo shite,
@Kairi_angel
Those books can help, but it depends on your learning style.
If you learn mostly by visual cues, then those books are really good cause your looking at pictures and they'll stick in your head.
But if you learn really well by doing something and moving around, writing and saying things over and over can help.
And you're an auditory learner then saying things over and over and listening to people speak (music, anime, dramas) then you can probably pick up words and grammar really well.
That being said, pick up one of the books and give it a shot. Who knows, you might find that it's really helpful even if all you get out of it is how to write and read hiragana and katakana, or it might have a CD you can listen to while you have nothing else to do.