After Two Years of Learning Japanese…What Worked and What Failed
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- I have been attempting to learn Japanese for two years now and have found some methods to be more helpful than others. In this video I discuss what has worked for me, what I believe to be inefficient, and what I will be doing in the future to continue my journey to fluency.
I've been learning Japanese for past 3 years off and on, using similar method like you mentioned - firstly Duolingo and then enrolled an online live session with a Japanese native teacher, however I view it differently when you say the Duolingo plus anime watching input isn't as effective as taking a class, look it's like you kept eating 8 pancakes and finally say to yourself I should have only taken the 8th because the previous 7 didn't help to fill my stomach. :) Having said that, I think it's only fair to point that being able to speak in a class is more impressive, and encouraging, and the pressure of being pushed to speak and try to comprehend in class, can be leveraged really well that when you realized what you are lacking and can be improved, and then after class goes to back to input again, and then go to class to get better performed, I think live class "initializes" the positive learning loop.
English is not my native language. I've learned it withouth speaking with native for years. However I don't suggest anyone do exactly what I did because, let's face it, it's time-consuming and not necessarily fun for everybody. When they suggest "watch anime non-stop", this is supposed to help you get the rhythm and the prosody of Japanese speech initially, so you can emulate it later. Everyone has their own personal way to study a language. Some avoid the written language while they try to speak and listen, some use all the habilities all together. You just have to find your own method, the one that suits you best.
So true…what works for me might not work for you. At the end of the day we can only share our experiences and learn from each other
Did you complete the entire Japanese course on duolingo?
No, I have not. I will continue to use Duolingo but more to keep things fresh than to learn. I believe an in person class in Tokyo will be much more effective
@@MrSoobinOnRUclips I see. I intend to finish duolingo and wanikani to build a foundation and then move on to immersion and anki.
I wanted to use a similar plan like that at first too, but I have been pretty aggressive with Duolingo for over two years and I’m nowhere near the completion. I really think that it should be used in conjunction with other material and not the main source of learning. Do it for a year and you’ll see what I mean. You won’t be close to finishing. I currently have an 884 day streak with over 136,000 experience points. To put that into perspective, each normal lesson is 50 experience points. That’s a lot of lessons. Good luck with whatever you choose to do 🙂
@@MrSoobinOnRUclips Jeeez. How long did you put into duolingo a day?
It does seem like it will take forever but I agree Im combining it with wanikani and immersion.
I currently have 109k exp in japanese and 279 day streak. I put about 30 min a day.