I have quite a lot of reasons for learning. Firstly, the just the language itself is fascinating. The fact that there are 3 different writing systems, they borrowed so much of it from Chinese and all the different quirks like the different levels of politeness and different ways of expressing things. Also there are so many great resources and RUclips channels that it's easier than ever to keep motivation. Then there's all the great Japanese anime, TV shows, movies, games. Being able to consume Japanese media without needing subtitles in definitely a big motivation for me. Also, I could easily see myself living in Japan in the future and at the very least, want to visit there in the next couple of years so that's plenty of motivation too.
I only started learning Japanese because of all the free time the beginning of the pandemic gave me. Soon enough, it also turned out to be a very effective therapy for dealing with my issues, depression and anxiety, which was a marvelous bonus that eventually became my main reason to keep studying the language. Now that I'm busy again with university and all, I'm just too much into it to stop now 😅. I attempted to study Japanese a couple of years before as well, but, due to ineffective methods, I gave up after a month or so.
Yeah language learning was a bit of a silver lining to the pandemic for me as well. I’m not sure if I would have taken the plunge otherwise. I’m so glad it’s been a rewarding and therapeutic experience for you! ❤️
My Japanese journey is really weird. So I loved Nintendo when I was a kid, and then this developed into Japanese food, mannerisms, and sakura. I got my first Japanese book when I was 14, learned it on and off, and now I'm studying Japanese at university! I'm really excited to go there, especially since loads of my family wanna come now, as they're so interested in Japan, but don't wanna go without someone who can speak the language. Also, as you said, Japanese has such an interesting history, and the variety of landscapes that Japan has makes me super excited about my semester abroad next year. Great video!
Part of the motivation for learning Japanese is if I I ever go to Japan, I'm not expecting everyone to understand English, especially outside of major metropolitan areas. If I go to the Netherlands or other parts of Europe, if a lot of people understand English I feel like it is not worth the time to learn the language, from a basic communication standpoint-- but it still might be worth learning it to give me more insight into the culture. Part of the appeal is the difficulty of it. Supposedly Japanese is one of the hardest, if not THE hardest language to learn for native Anglophones. I've always been interested in contemporary Japanese classical composers (Takemitsu and Yoshimatsu being my favorites)--and learning the language might help me better understand interviews, books etc by Japanese composers. And your Anki video was was especially helpful!
@@AliviasNook Ahaha, I was surprised by that was well, but it's fine. Do you think it'd be possible to set up a Discord server at some point? It was really cool being able to just chill with everyone and talk about learning languages and what not, and I think a server would be great for that (and maybe a bit more manageable, since it can be kinda hard to keep up conversation when it's all scrolling by in a chat)
That does sound like a really cool idea! I'll definitely look into it. I've used Discord a few times but not super familiar with what goes into hosting a server, moderating etc etc.
I wouldn't know where to start either lol. I've set up servers, but only for friends so I've never had to worry about the moderation aspect too much. (My friends are usually pretty well-behaved. _...usually)_ That said, if you do get one set up, I'd hop in for sure!
I started learning Japanese because I was really into anime for a time and I found myself picking up a lot of words, so I thought “why not?” Unfortunately, though, I just completely lost my interest in anime a couple months ago and now I find it hard to make much progress in Japanese as I’m not consuming much native content. :(
Aw I’m sorry to hear that :( There are lots of other great native resources that are available outside of anime if you are still wanting to learn, but it’s also ok to step away if it’s not bringing you the same excitement that it used to
There's a bunch of other native content you could consume besides anime! There's J-dramas (Japanese dramas) and Japanese music! I think Japanese music and j-dramas are probably my main motivators for wanting to learn Japanese 1) because I want to be able to pronounce the words correctly and understand what the lyrics to the songs mean and 2) because I'd like to understand what the dramas are saying from the get-go instead of using subtitles. My favorite genre of Japanese music is indie J-pop (here's a link to my favorite playlist: ruclips.net/video/sRiruE1FaIQ/видео.html). You could also go online and try to befriend Japanese people (maybe through a language exchange--you can look up what that means) and maybe you'll be motivated because now you'll have a friend to converse with (and possibly help you as you learn Japanese). And just as Alivia said, it's okay to take a break too or just step away from it completely if you're not feeling it anymore :) Good luck!
I started as a challenge. I thought "why not? " I love challenges and I'm a super curious person. And, coincidentally with almost all the comments below, I started as a hobby now I'm loving it! At the beginning I was studying just to speak in Japanese now I'm thinking to take the jlpt's starting with the number 5. I'm super motivated!!!
Btw, you are an inspiration. I found your channel when I was struggling with the learning process and I started to follow you and then all the other channels that you recommend to watch (even Peppa Pig 🐷) haha and I LOVE THEM!!! Thank you ❤
since I'm a child japanese culture has been a part or me, comes it from anime, Doramas, music, from time to time Japan always comes to my interest, recently I've been wanting to learn another language, cus I'm already bilingual, why not learn one more to make my parents proud or something, o remembered some kids talking about an app years ago and I immediately kind of got up and excited, got my phone, downloaded Duolingo and have a 250 streak right mow
I'm learning Japanese because most of the media I enjoy is either from Japan or in Japanese and I know alot of context gets lots in translation. I've always wanted to go to Japan, especially since alot of my childhood was Japanese influence since my mom lived there for a good bit of time. It makes sense to me to learn. I've tried many times of the years with no success. I restructured the way I'm learning so it's a way I can actually stick with.
I started learning Japanese for a few reasons. First of all I liked its sound, I was actually between learning Japanese or French. Also at that time I started watching anime and I wanna be able to watch it without reading the subtitles. I don't have any Japanese relatives but my friend says I look Japanese (I don't xD) and I actually like judo which is a Japanese martial art and I also like making origami. In addition I'd like to go to Japan sometime and be able to communicate. Lastly I just wanted to learn another language because I already know 3 languages: 1. Greek 2. Russian and 3. English. I also got my friend into learning Japanese but when the lockdown ended she had better things to do. Even though I haven't been learning for long, I can already see much progress 😁
Wow Greek, Russian, English and now Japanese! That's so cool and lots of great reasons for learning! It is really great to watch yourself progress from knowing nothing at all in a language to actually being able to understand, so satisfying!
Hello! I'm just coming across your channel as I'm undergoing my Japanese journey and your story is kind of (loosely) similar to mine in that I took learning languages for granted; in my case, it was Spanish and I didn't see (more like chose not to) the value until I met and became really great friends with Spanish speaking person. In my home country, we don't have "immersion" per se but it was mandatory throughout primary and up to 9th grade in high school, I hated it to the very last day and after which we went into specialized streams based on career choices. Your story resonated with me because the Spanish speaking person was a transfer student/immigrant, and they didn't speak English that well and while everyone else wanted to get to know them, I sillily told myself "yeah that's someone I'm probably never gonna talk to". Fast forward maybe a year and a half later and we're really close after interacting by CHANCE out of school and discovering we share many interests & similarities lool. Turns out Spanish was cool and I guess my beef was just with schools forcing things. That experience made me have a mini paradigm shift and I fell more in love with people & their cultures; the way we all live on this planet. Japanese, I've been interested in the culture for some time and just a few months ago decided I'd give it a shot. It's the first language I've seriously tried to learn and I've somehow managed to stay consistent! The intensity fell off but I'm still getting something in everyday! Hope to see more content from you in the future. Cheers!
I feel you so much on the Spanish. Spanish was my first language I really grinded out and it was where I decided I wanted to push to become a polyglot. The primary issue, however, is that there just aren't that many *exciting* resources (my opinion) that helped drive me by the time I was at a fluent level. Being the weeb I am though I started to push pretty hard towards Japanese because there's just so much content in terms of anime and manga that I actually enjoy consuming lol
I'm learning japanese because I am an anime watcher and gamer, and a lot of the ones I like to play are from Japan. My wife started learning for the same reason and we think it will be fun when we reach a level where we can speak to each other in public without others listening in.
When I went to ensino fundamental "the American elementary school" so to speak, I was the lonely weirdo otaku in my class, a classic cliche. However, I was so mediocre at that time I didn't even try to learn because Japanese is so daunting, and instead I studied English which was fundamental for me because now I can easily find English-Japanese material. So noways, I've been carrying this dream to learn Japanese and realised that if I were to die now, one of the things that I would regret is not learning Japanese or at least try, then my dream to learn it has resurrected just as I'm burning out with English.
You should definitely go for it! It sounds like learning Japanese has always been a goal of yours and that you’re really passionate about it. It can be hard to learn two languages at once but judging by your comment your English is super good and at the perfect level to learn Japanese using English-Japanese resources! Wishing you the best of luck and looking forward to hearing updates on your journey!!
I recently started learning Japanese without any practical reason or any goal whatsoever. People almost always say that "if you want to learn something, you need to have a goal or a reason - just to remind you why you're doing it. That keeps you motivated". And my answer to that is always - no! I don't need any rational or practical reason at all. I have learned so many things, just because it is FUN to learn new things. For example; I learned to play guitar, because I thought it would be fun. And it was, and it still is. Been playing it over 30 years now without any need to be a rockstar or whatever - I play - just because it's fun. That's the best motivation there can be.
@@AliviasNook i understand, glad you’re doing well:) i plan to make a channel based on my japanese learning so if i made a video on good channels to help with learning then i’ll be sure to add you:)
I had a really similar experience, I grew up in English and Spanish bilingual schools and learned a bit of French in school as well. I've always liked the idea of learning languages and have dabbled in several European languages (French, Italian, Swedish, Scottish Gaelic, etc.), but I always reached a point where I got bored before I developed any actual communication skills. Then I started to dabble in Korean, simply because the alphabet looked super cool and I was watching a Korean show at the time and really loved the sound of the language. I was still a beginner in Korean when the pandemic hit and I fully delved into Korean as a way to fill in all that free time I was left with, and to alleviate all that pandemic anxiety. Now I pretty much only read webtoons in Korean, watch Korean TV shows and listen to Korean music. Now I'm dabbling in Japanese, in part due to all its similarities with Korean, and while I'm not taking it too seriously or investing as much time into it, I'm worried I might fall down the Japanese rabbit hole as well
Haha I love that! That is so cool that you’ve been able to fully integrate Korean into your daily life. I’m sure that’s been a really fulfilling experience for you!
I started because I my classmate was Japanese and their mother would teach us songs and make Japanese snacks! As I got older I found about anime. I also learned I have a Japanese aunt! So far have you found any anime that you have liked?
That’s amazing! It will be super rewarding to be able to talks to others in their language. So far my favourite anime has been HunterXHunter, but there’s so many good ones! Which ones do you like?
@@AliviasNook Hunter X Hunter is one of my favorites! Full metal alchemist brotherhood is another good one. Also Ano Hana is great but be prepared to cry!
I really wish language learners stopped using the term immersion materials, it's not you're using native content the content. the only time you did "immersion" was when you were in France for example. Watching Anime is Watching anime
That’s literally what’s it’s called. In an “immersion” class - you’re not actually in France or Japan - unless they offer it by chance - but you are constantly being spoken to in that language, even learning in that language , etc. that’s what an immersion class is. Immersing yourself in that language and it’s way of thinking. That’s the definition of immersing. If you even watched the video she says and uses that term as well. It’s an accurate term and that’s the literal definition. Theres not another word to use . No “watching anime” and “using anime as an immersion technique” is different. your ignorance is very clear. Yes, watching anime is just watching anime. - if that person isn’t using it for immersion. Thats why watching anime and immersing with anime is a completely different thing. Watching anime , no subtitles , maybe Japanese subtitles of course , actually being able to understand words already that way you can learn new words through context . Using them in sentences , understanding the grammar already so you can mix and match, increasing vocab ect - THAT IS IMMERSION. a student who has 0% knowledge of Japanese and just watched anime with no subtitles or English subtitles isn’t immersion dude because they don’t even know enough words to do any of those things or would pick up incorrect anime style grammar due to lack of prior knowledge. They would just be watching anime. Please educate yourself before stating something as fact. Watching older Japanese movies specifically targeted for learning students - for immersion purposes is not only great but used in immersion classes as well. Watching native shows and movies as you progress also helps. You don’t just watch - you have to have intention for it to be immersion. Your normal anime watcher or movie watcher probably doesn’t have a pen or paper or notepad near by or adding cards to decks are they? No… they are just watching. There’s a huge difference
I'm at a point now where I just don't want to quit. lol... I can't stomach the idea of putting this many hours into something and not succeeding, so I just keep slogging forward. But it's a been a grueling crawl
So true, I really want to see this through to the end. But also, remember there’s no rush! You don’t have to always keep the same pace bc sometimes life gets in the way, and try to find fun new resources if it’s been feeling like a chore!
@@AliviasNook That's where I actually feel lucky. I suck at it...I'll forget the same things 50 times...but at least I'm enjoying the process. Hasn't felt like a chore at all
I learned French up through college, and for years it held me back from learning other languages, because when I considered starting I would think “well I already know so much French, I guess I should just keep learning that” even though I had no interest in it. It was so liberating to just say fuck it and let myself study the languages i was genuinely curious about 😄
Good for you! No point in putting more energy into something you have no interest in. Plus having French under your belt will likely make learning new languages a bit easier, even if there's no overlap because you already have an understanding of what goes into language learning!
You should join the learnJapanese subreddit, there are a lot of wonderful people there who I'm sure would love to hear your story. There are a lot of beginners there that could also use your help :) It could also be an opportunity to grow some influence.
Thanks! I actually am a part of it, and used it a lot when I was first getting started. I’m only occasionally allowed share YT videos there though since it counts as self-promo :/
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At first I was like "Mmm why don't I learn Japanese" as a joke
But bro … i don't think it's a joke anymore
Hahaha honestly same 😂
I have quite a lot of reasons for learning. Firstly, the just the language itself is fascinating. The fact that there are 3 different writing systems, they borrowed so much of it from Chinese and all the different quirks like the different levels of politeness and different ways of expressing things. Also there are so many great resources and RUclips channels that it's easier than ever to keep motivation. Then there's all the great Japanese anime, TV shows, movies, games. Being able to consume Japanese media without needing subtitles in definitely a big motivation for me.
Also, I could easily see myself living in Japan in the future and at the very least, want to visit there in the next couple of years so that's plenty of motivation too.
So many great reasons. Thanks for sharing Chris!
Decided two years ago that I will try to move to Japan. So I just have to learn the language but now I´m loving it.
Exciting !!! Wishing you the best of luck
I only started learning Japanese because of all the free time the beginning of the pandemic gave me. Soon enough, it also turned out to be a very effective therapy for dealing with my issues, depression and anxiety, which was a marvelous bonus that eventually became my main reason to keep studying the language. Now that I'm busy again with university and all, I'm just too much into it to stop now 😅. I attempted to study Japanese a couple of years before as well, but, due to ineffective methods, I gave up after a month or so.
Yeah language learning was a bit of a silver lining to the pandemic for me as well. I’m not sure if I would have taken the plunge otherwise. I’m so glad it’s been a rewarding and therapeutic experience for you! ❤️
My Japanese journey is really weird. So I loved Nintendo when I was a kid, and then this developed into Japanese food, mannerisms, and sakura. I got my first Japanese book when I was 14, learned it on and off, and now I'm studying Japanese at university! I'm really excited to go there, especially since loads of my family wanna come now, as they're so interested in Japan, but don't wanna go without someone who can speak the language. Also, as you said, Japanese has such an interesting history, and the variety of landscapes that Japan has makes me super excited about my semester abroad next year. Great video!
Wow a semester abroad! That’s so exciting!!! I also have a special place in my heart for Nintendo. I was absolutely glued to my DS as a kid
I’ve always loved how Japanese sounds. Watched many ninja movies as a kid. (😅) But the culture and the language always intrigued me. 👍🏼
Yeah it does sound really lovely!
Part of the motivation for learning Japanese is if I I ever go to Japan, I'm not expecting everyone to understand English, especially outside of major metropolitan areas. If I go to the Netherlands or other parts of Europe, if a lot of people understand English I feel like it is not worth the time to learn the language, from a basic communication standpoint-- but it still might be worth learning it to give me more insight into the culture.
Part of the appeal is the difficulty of it. Supposedly Japanese is one of the hardest, if not THE hardest language to learn for native Anglophones.
I've always been interested in contemporary Japanese classical composers (Takemitsu and Yoshimatsu being my favorites)--and learning the language might help me better understand interviews, books etc by Japanese composers.
And your Anki video was was especially helpful!
Thank you to everyone who joined the premiere chat! It was lovely talking with you all!!!
Also didn't realize it would end so abruptly lol
@@AliviasNook Haha no problem, its was great! Hoping for more.
@@AliviasNook Ahaha, I was surprised by that was well, but it's fine. Do you think it'd be possible to set up a Discord server at some point? It was really cool being able to just chill with everyone and talk about learning languages and what not, and I think a server would be great for that (and maybe a bit more manageable, since it can be kinda hard to keep up conversation when it's all scrolling by in a chat)
That does sound like a really cool idea! I'll definitely look into it. I've used Discord a few times but not super familiar with what goes into hosting a server, moderating etc etc.
I wouldn't know where to start either lol. I've set up servers, but only for friends so I've never had to worry about the moderation aspect too much. (My friends are usually pretty well-behaved. _...usually)_
That said, if you do get one set up, I'd hop in for sure!
I started learning Japanese because I was really into anime for a time and I found myself picking up a lot of words, so I thought “why not?” Unfortunately, though, I just completely lost my interest in anime a couple months ago and now I find it hard to make much progress in Japanese as I’m not consuming much native content. :(
Aw I’m sorry to hear that :( There are lots of other great native resources that are available outside of anime if you are still wanting to learn, but it’s also ok to step away if it’s not bringing you the same excitement that it used to
There's a bunch of other native content you could consume besides anime! There's J-dramas (Japanese dramas) and Japanese music! I think Japanese music and j-dramas are probably my main motivators for wanting to learn Japanese 1) because I want to be able to pronounce the words correctly and understand what the lyrics to the songs mean and 2) because I'd like to understand what the dramas are saying from the get-go instead of using subtitles. My favorite genre of Japanese music is indie J-pop (here's a link to my favorite playlist: ruclips.net/video/sRiruE1FaIQ/видео.html). You could also go online and try to befriend Japanese people (maybe through a language exchange--you can look up what that means) and maybe you'll be motivated because now you'll have a friend to converse with (and possibly help you as you learn Japanese). And just as Alivia said, it's okay to take a break too or just step away from it completely if you're not feeling it anymore :)
Good luck!
I started as a challenge. I thought "why not? " I love challenges and I'm a super curious person. And, coincidentally with almost all the comments below, I started as a hobby now I'm loving it! At the beginning I was studying just to speak in Japanese now I'm thinking to take the jlpt's starting with the number 5. I'm super motivated!!!
Btw, you are an inspiration. I found your channel when I was struggling with the learning process and I started to follow you and then all the other channels that you recommend to watch (even Peppa Pig 🐷) haha and I LOVE THEM!!! Thank you ❤
Aw thank you so much! I’m also a curious person and it has been a great challenge. Best of luck with the JLPT’s and haha ya Peppa!!
since I'm a child japanese culture has been a part or me, comes it from anime, Doramas, music, from time to time Japan always comes to my interest, recently I've been wanting to learn another language, cus I'm already bilingual, why not learn one more to make my parents proud or something, o remembered some kids talking about an app years ago and I immediately kind of got up and excited, got my phone, downloaded Duolingo and have a 250 streak right mow
I'm learning Japanese because most of the media I enjoy is either from Japan or in Japanese and I know alot of context gets lots in translation. I've always wanted to go to Japan, especially since alot of my childhood was Japanese influence since my mom lived there for a good bit of time. It makes sense to me to learn. I've tried many times of the years with no success. I restructured the way I'm learning so it's a way I can actually stick with.
I started learning Japanese for a few reasons. First of all I liked its sound, I was actually between learning Japanese or French. Also at that time I started watching anime and I wanna be able to watch it without reading the subtitles. I don't have any Japanese relatives but my friend says I look Japanese (I don't xD) and I actually like judo which is a Japanese martial art and I also like making origami. In addition I'd like to go to Japan sometime and be able to communicate. Lastly I just wanted to learn another language because I already know 3 languages: 1. Greek 2. Russian and 3. English. I also got my friend into learning Japanese but when the lockdown ended she had better things to do. Even though I haven't been learning for long, I can already see much progress 😁
Wow Greek, Russian, English and now Japanese! That's so cool and lots of great reasons for learning! It is really great to watch yourself progress from knowing nothing at all in a language to actually being able to understand, so satisfying!
Hello! I'm just coming across your channel as I'm undergoing my Japanese journey and your story is kind of (loosely) similar to mine in that I took learning languages for granted; in my case, it was Spanish and I didn't see (more like chose not to) the value until I met and became really great friends with Spanish speaking person.
In my home country, we don't have "immersion" per se but it was mandatory throughout primary and up to 9th grade in high school, I hated it to the very last day and after which we went into specialized streams based on career choices. Your story resonated with me because the Spanish speaking person was a transfer student/immigrant, and they didn't speak English that well and while everyone else wanted to get to know them, I sillily told myself "yeah that's someone I'm probably never gonna talk to". Fast forward maybe a year and a half later and we're really close after interacting by CHANCE out of school and discovering we share many interests & similarities lool. Turns out Spanish was cool and I guess my beef was just with schools forcing things.
That experience made me have a mini paradigm shift and I fell more in love with people & their cultures; the way we all live on this planet. Japanese, I've been interested in the culture for some time and just a few months ago decided I'd give it a shot. It's the first language I've seriously tried to learn and I've somehow managed to stay consistent! The intensity fell off but I'm still getting something in everyday!
Hope to see more content from you in the future. Cheers!
I feel you so much on the Spanish. Spanish was my first language I really grinded out and it was where I decided I wanted to push to become a polyglot. The primary issue, however, is that there just aren't that many *exciting* resources (my opinion) that helped drive me by the time I was at a fluent level. Being the weeb I am though I started to push pretty hard towards Japanese because there's just so much content in terms of anime and manga that I actually enjoy consuming lol
Yeah! I’m sure there’s tons of quality Spanish immersion resources, but I just couldn’t find them! It’s been a lot easier to find for Japanese 😊
I'm learning japanese because I am an anime watcher and gamer, and a lot of the ones I like to play are from Japan. My wife started learning for the same reason and we think it will be fun when we reach a level where we can speak to each other in public without others listening in.
That’s so great to have a partner doing it with you! That would be super fun
I'm learning Japanese because I'd like to live there one day.
When I went to ensino fundamental "the American elementary school" so to speak, I was the lonely weirdo otaku in my class, a classic cliche. However, I was so mediocre at that time I didn't even try to learn because Japanese is so daunting, and instead I studied English which was fundamental for me because now I can easily find English-Japanese material. So noways, I've been carrying this dream to learn Japanese and realised that if I were to die now, one of the things that I would regret is not learning Japanese or at least try, then my dream to learn it has resurrected just as I'm burning out with English.
You should definitely go for it! It sounds like learning Japanese has always been a goal of yours and that you’re really passionate about it. It can be hard to learn two languages at once but judging by your comment your English is super good and at the perfect level to learn Japanese using English-Japanese resources! Wishing you the best of luck and looking forward to hearing updates on your journey!!
I recently started learning Japanese without any practical reason or any goal whatsoever. People almost always say that "if you want to learn something, you need to have a goal or a reason - just to remind you why you're doing it. That keeps you motivated". And my answer to that is always - no!
I don't need any rational or practical reason at all. I have learned so many things, just because it is FUN to learn new things. For example; I learned to play guitar, because I thought it would be fun. And it was, and it still is. Been playing it over 30 years now without any need to be a rockstar or whatever - I play - just because it's fun. That's the best motivation there can be.
wish you uploaded more but its clearly for a reason, hope you’re doing okay
Thanks Jonathan. I’m doing well but unfortunately no time for videos right now, I hope to come back to it next year!
@@AliviasNook i understand, glad you’re doing well:) i plan to make a channel based on my japanese learning so if i made a video on good channels to help with learning then i’ll be sure to add you:)
I had a really similar experience, I grew up in English and Spanish bilingual schools and learned a bit of French in school as well. I've always liked the idea of learning languages and have dabbled in several European languages (French, Italian, Swedish, Scottish Gaelic, etc.), but I always reached a point where I got bored before I developed any actual communication skills. Then I started to dabble in Korean, simply because the alphabet looked super cool and I was watching a Korean show at the time and really loved the sound of the language. I was still a beginner in Korean when the pandemic hit and I fully delved into Korean as a way to fill in all that free time I was left with, and to alleviate all that pandemic anxiety. Now I pretty much only read webtoons in Korean, watch Korean TV shows and listen to Korean music. Now I'm dabbling in Japanese, in part due to all its similarities with Korean, and while I'm not taking it too seriously or investing as much time into it, I'm worried I might fall down the Japanese rabbit hole as well
Haha I love that! That is so cool that you’ve been able to fully integrate Korean into your daily life. I’m sure that’s been a really fulfilling experience for you!
I started because I my classmate was Japanese and their mother would teach us songs and make Japanese snacks! As I got older I found about anime. I also learned I have a Japanese aunt! So far have you found any anime that you have liked?
That’s amazing! It will be super rewarding to be able to talks to others in their language. So far my favourite anime has been HunterXHunter, but there’s so many good ones! Which ones do you like?
@@AliviasNook Hunter X Hunter is one of my favorites! Full metal alchemist brotherhood is another good one. Also Ano Hana is great but be prepared to cry!
Oooh awesome I haven’t seen either of those two as yet so I’ll add it to my list!!
I really wish language learners stopped using the term immersion materials, it's not you're using native content the content. the only time you did "immersion" was when you were in France for example. Watching Anime is Watching anime
That’s literally what’s it’s called.
In an “immersion” class - you’re not actually in France or Japan - unless they offer it by chance - but you are constantly being spoken to in that language, even learning in that language , etc. that’s what an immersion class is. Immersing yourself in that language and it’s way of thinking. That’s the definition of immersing.
If you even watched the video she says and uses that term as well.
It’s an accurate term and that’s the literal definition. Theres not another word to use .
No “watching anime” and “using anime as an immersion technique” is different.
your ignorance is very clear.
Yes, watching anime is just watching anime. - if that person isn’t using it for immersion. Thats why watching anime and immersing with anime is a completely different thing.
Watching anime , no subtitles , maybe Japanese subtitles of course , actually being able to understand words already that way you can learn new words through context . Using them in sentences , understanding the grammar already so you can mix and match, increasing vocab ect - THAT IS IMMERSION.
a student who has 0% knowledge of Japanese and just watched anime with no subtitles or English subtitles isn’t immersion dude because they don’t even know enough words to do any of those things or would pick up incorrect anime style grammar due to lack of prior knowledge. They would just be watching anime.
Please educate yourself before stating something as fact. Watching older Japanese movies specifically targeted for learning students - for immersion purposes is not only great but used in immersion classes as well. Watching native shows and movies as you progress also helps. You don’t just watch - you have to have intention for it to be immersion.
Your normal anime watcher or movie watcher probably doesn’t have a pen or paper or notepad near by or adding cards to decks are they? No… they are just watching. There’s a huge difference
I'm at a point now where I just don't want to quit. lol... I can't stomach the idea of putting this many hours into something and not succeeding, so I just keep slogging forward. But it's a been a grueling crawl
So true, I really want to see this through to the end. But also, remember there’s no rush! You don’t have to always keep the same pace bc sometimes life gets in the way, and try to find fun new resources if it’s been feeling like a chore!
@@AliviasNook That's where I actually feel lucky. I suck at it...I'll forget the same things 50 times...but at least I'm enjoying the process. Hasn't felt like a chore at all
@@bangkokadventures298 That’s great because honestly consistency is most of the battle. As long as you stick with it eventually the material will too!
I learned French up through college, and for years it held me back from learning other languages, because when I considered starting I would think “well I already know so much French, I guess I should just keep learning that” even though I had no interest in it. It was so liberating to just say fuck it and let myself study the languages i was genuinely curious about 😄
Good for you! No point in putting more energy into something you have no interest in. Plus having French under your belt will likely make learning new languages a bit easier, even if there's no overlap because you already have an understanding of what goes into language learning!
You should join the learnJapanese subreddit, there are a lot of wonderful people there who I'm sure would love to hear your story. There are a lot of beginners there that could also use your help :) It could also be an opportunity to grow some influence.
Thanks! I actually am a part of it, and used it a lot when I was first getting started. I’m only occasionally allowed share YT videos there though since it counts as self-promo :/
What level of wanikani are you on? Just curious 😄
Level 23! My goal had been to reach 30 by now, but I slipped up on my reviews 😓
How did you learn spanish
私は、あなたを愛しています
Because of anime and video games
God was there frm da begining is now n lives forever by his resurrection is proof.u will share his life n glory if u believe. C empty tomb in google..,.