While I was able to successfully use flash cards to learn the hiragana syllabary. Soon comes the time for katakana--a similar syllabary which is used when writing foreign loanwords. For example:
English / Hiragana / katakana
America あめりか アメリカ
computer こんぴゅた コンピュタ
In everyday Japanese, the katakana spelling is used. So how should I prepare my learning of the katakana form?
Unlike my work with hiragana in which I learned that と is pronounced /to/ and じ is pronounced /dgi/, this time around, I believe that a wiser way to study is to stay within the Japanese language system. Thus this time around, ト will match with と and ジ will be paired with じ. Since I already know the hiragana pronunciations, I can both re-enforce my knowledge of the hiragana syllabary and learn to associate the katakana syllabary at the same time. Overall, theoretically speaking, this should be a fairly successful method. (Although not as impactful as a personal need to use the scripts, but it will help.)
Please feel free to make comments, suggestions, or questions!
さようなら！
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