新 Monthly Progress Challenge

WaniKani Tips & Tricks
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#PROGRESS POST #: 3

#WANIKANI
CURRENT WANIKANI LEVEL: 43

IN ONE MONTH I HOPE TO BE LEVEL… 47

#GOALS

LAST MONTH’S GOAL REPORT:
#2 Mar 2017
#1 Feb 2017

  • Being able to read N4 without dictionary, and 多読 [Y]
  • I can read Japanese Graded Reader Lv3 without a dictionary, but with headache. I can read Lv2 without a problem
  • Being able to listen to N4 with good comprehension [N]
  • Still catching up on みんなの日本語（初級） I plan to listen to Tobira next month.

THIS MONTH’S GOAL:

  • Being able to read N3 without dictionary, and 多読
  • Being able to read 国語辞典
  • Being able to listen to N4 with good comprehension

#RESOURCES

CURRENT JAPANESE RESOURCES:

  • FAVE:
  • WaniKani
  • AnkiDroid
    • Core 10k breakdown
      • Kanji sighting → Meaning
      • All possible meanings → Vocab pronunciation (kana)
      • Type-in box is a must
    • Selected vocab from KaniWani (not all)
    • Almost all vocab are looked up in Goo
  • Japanese Graded Readers
  • Everything else I do in my free time, especially スクフェス and ラブライブ!
  • Twitter, Pixiv and other sources of 同人誌
  • MIXED FEELING:
  • みんなの日本語
  • LEAST FAVE:

TRY NEW RESOURCE:

  • Renshuu.org
    • Help with みんなの日本語 and Tobira’s vocab
    • Try Grammar section. “Compose a sentence for a grammar point” - Basic Japanese Grammar
  • Tobira
  • Selected vocab from KaniWani (not all) via CoreNai
  • Additional dictionaries? especially, J-J (国語)

#JAPANESE ABILITY

CURRENT JAPANESE WEAKNESS:

  • Everything
  • Gotta practice writing much more
  • Though, reading is probably the strongest area

HOW I WILL IMPROVE ABOVE:

  • Find a way to improve grammar; that could be made a habit
  • Tadoku
  • Appropriately and adequately use a dictionary

#HELPING OTHERS

TIP/ADVICE FOR LEARNING JAPANESE:

  • What is your goal?
  • Communicating with Japanese people without misunderstanding? Also, gain respect from your Japanese people colleague? – You will need much much more, probably N2 and above. Pitch accent is crucial.
  • Just a 外国人 on travelling or short-term living in Japan?
  • Do you need listening?
  • How long a text do you plan to read? Manga? Visual novels? Light novels? Textbooks? Or just Twitter/YouTube comments?
  • Production? Artworks? Kanji handwriting?
  • 2x2 fields of Japanese supports each other’s learning. Active and Passive.
  • Writing a sentence or speaking helps you learn grammar
  • Knowing a vocab, from EN/concept–>JP helps you learn Kanji
  • N5 vocab helps you learn WaniKani Lv1-10; N4 helps Lv11-30; N3 helps Lv31-60 – So, if I don’t study more, I might eventually fail WaniKani.

Depending on your goal, you might spend a lifetime learning Japanese. Only language I plan to go that far is… English.

So, 頑張ってね〜

//See you next month!// (You better remember! :angrymami: )

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