Romaji convertion (Romaji to Kana): Good or bad?

[Nieves and Co]

Is converting Romaji to Kana considered a good or bad way of learning Kana? And, why so?

 

[Glenn]

You almost have to do it that way, don't you? The only other way would be to have someone pronounce the kana in front of you (or have a sound file do it) while you're looking at it. At least those are the only ways that occur to me.

 

[Nieves and Co]

Hmmm ok, I guess I didn't really look at the fact until now.
Thanks for your insight, Glenn.

 

[haibuihoang]

I think Romaji's still useful for first learners, because that make people 'less scared' of the language. However, when you start learning further, you need to practice a lot and you cannot avoid hiragana and katanana and eventually kanji.

 

[Nieves and Co]

I see, thanks for the info.