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These videos are live-action recreations of the Dialogues in GENKI that present the textbook’s familiar faces interacting in real-world settings. GENKI 1 Lesson 1: New Friends (01:15)
The sentence patterns studied in GENKI are presented in 132 short video skits covering one pattern each. This video collection can be readily used for a wide range of classroom learning and...
If someone is saying that Genki's language is not real Japanese because it's too polite or formal, that's simply wrong. Speaking as a language teacher, my primary complaint with the Genki language is that it's constructed more to teach grammar and vocab rather than to deliver natural conversations.
The Japanese word “genki” (元気) means “I’m fine”, “I’m well”, or “I’m in good health”, but it can also be used to say that someone is or is doing something “lively”, “energetic”, or “with enthusiasm”.
GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese is a study resource for people who are starting to learn Japanese. It is designed to comprehensively build communication competencies...
初級日本語 げんき オンライン：げんきな自習室. HOME > げんきな自習室 > Genki Movies. *These are movies of “Grreetings” and “Dialogue” in the Dialogue & Grammar section. The phrases introduced in “Greetings” and all the conversations in “Dialogue” (L1-L23) are acted out in the movies. Genki 1.
I would trust the pedagogy behind Genki a lot more, as it is crafted by a serious publishing house for westerners learning Japanese; it is also a popular textbook in major western universities. The following website is designed specifically to supplement Genki, which you might find helpful.
