(2016-06-05, 11:19 am)cophnia6 Wrote:Quote:"And to be completely clear, I really doubt James Heisig “learned” Japanese, at least to any appreciable level.
Any evidence to support this?
I met Heisig in Tokyo a few years ago, and in two hours with roomful of Japanese people, he spoke zero Japanese, although he did draw the kanji for "flower" on the board. Nice enough guy, but he's a spinner of tall tales and quite the used-car salesman. When I asked him how he learned how to speak Japanese, he said, "I played baseball with the kids." Fair enough. I learned how to play baseball the same way.
Before you follow in his footsteps, you might want to look for evidence that he does know Japanese. Unless your real objective is to learn how to sell books.