I'm still reviewing those same kanji. But this way via RevTK. As of now, I've tested 133 kanji and failed 24. I will not be able to review them all now because I'm about to go home (I'm at grandma's).
Yesterday I didn't play チューチューロケット, the game itself isn't in japanese, its menu is. And it started "King of Queens", which I love to watch and I couldn't resist.
Well, I still dunno how I will study today, I'll probably try to finish reviewing in RevTK and afterwars I'll learn more kanji or I'll finish Genki. I'm about to enter lesson 12 (already read some grammar and dialog). What I HATE the most about textbooks, is that ok, you can do the wrinteng and all, but what about the fucking oral speech?! Yes, I can make it, and it has oral exercises (though these suck) the problem is that when I'm about to say a sentence using that grammar I have to think quite a bit. This is what's leading me to start Khatzu's method, All Japanese, All The Time, more specifically the sentence mining. I think that sentence min ing is amazing because you train all at the same time. Speech, writing (if you write and read the sentences when they appear - which I intend to do) and comprehension.
Hi Carolina,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your blog! I started studying Japanese around last October, and I began with RTK and then moved into sentence mining/picking. I think that going AJATT is really beneficial, and I hope that you eventually go that route!
The most important advice that I can offer is to always be flexible with how you study. If you're watching, reading, or listening to material that isn't fun or interesting to you, then take note of the fact and act accordingly. When you realize that some material isn't keeping you engaged, don't be afraid to drop it immediately and move on to something more interesting or use the material in a different way. I like that you're using text books, but if you aren't feeling like they're giving you the well-rounded education you're looking for, then start "filling in the blanks" with other materials.
I can assure you that your problems with oral speech can be addressed by reading and listening to more native Japanese. I haven't studied a lot of specific grammar (basically, I've just read through the first half of Tae Kim and "mined" sentences from there), and I'm often surprising myself by "accidentally" using particles and conjugations correctly.
You mentioned that you were having trouble with Anki--is there anything I can help with?
Hey there! And thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo far I'm not tired of my listening material. I only listen to JPop or Genki dialogs, and sometimes to Minna no nihongo 2 oral exercises, I understand some stuff, but there's still some vocabulary I don't know what it is.
I'd say that I only listen to japanese per day for about one hour. My ears get start hurting if I listen with headphones. My only option is to listen in my computer, loudly. Problem is that I listen to the same songs over and over, and my dad kinda gets tired of listening to the same. But I'll try.
Yeah, I feel that Genki doensn't provide the stuff I really want. But maybe I should do the exercises more than once (I do the ones on the mani book and in the textbook).
Thanks for your help with Anki. I don't think it'll be necessary, since I asked for help in some page made for that and already solved the problem. I had to download RTK kanji manually. I will ask now for other stuff like that. I want the Tae Kim sentences to practice grammar. It seems to me that its great to use alongside with Genki.
Yeah. I seriously need to read more japanese. An listen to it to of course. I'm gonna do some research and will provide here, in the blog, some useful links to learning/listening/reading japanese if I can find them. That way it's impossible for me to forget them.
I would like to say much more to you, but now I can't remember what. Don't worry, My nest posts, besides my progress, will report some of this subjects (like the fact that I need to read/listen to japanese). What I'm ought to buy and etcetera. My favorite posts, in other words.
Thank you so much for coming here! Please do continue :)
If you happen to have some blog or something on japanese studies please let me know.
...Unless you're Mentat, because I already know your blog ;)
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