Introduction to Japanese

GaijinPot has prepared an excellent material for "Introduction to Japanese"

It covers following topics 

1. Hiragana
2. Katakana
3. Kanji
4. Word Order, Introduction to Particles, and the verb ”to be”
5. Continuation of Particles and Verb Conjugation
6. Introducing yourself and asking questions
7. Adjectives
8. Adverbs
9. Plain form verbs
10. Connective form and how to do requests
11. Giving and receiving objects and actions
12. Politeness in Japanese
13. Particle usage and review
14. Potential form
15. Quoting
16. About The Author

Once you complete the series, you will hopefully be able to understand Japanese as it is used in everyday situations to a certain degree, as well as to read and understand basic Japanese concerning everyday topics. In terms of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, this series should leave you somewhere near level three.