I have a ton of textbooks, both physical and digital, but I’ve never actually finished a single one of them (outside of uni). For some reason, I find it really hard to sit down and study with a textbook; it feels like too many steps for my brain to handle! As a result, I almost never manage to open them, even though I genuinely enjoy studying with them.
This year, one of my Japanese goals is to finish the Tobira series. I figured I might not be the only one struggling with this, so I thought it’d be fun to start a little challenge together!
So, here’s the idea: let’s aim to complete about 15 pages of any textbook you’re working on every week. Of course, you can adjust the number of pages if needed, even though I wouldn’t go over 15. For me, 15 feels like a manageable amount: even if I procrastinate and leave it all for the last day, I know I can knock it out in an hour or two!
Yah, I did two-thirds of Tobira as part of my uni course, but still haven’t finished it. I probably should get around to the rest of it. Surely it’ll be a breeze for me by now…
I’ll join you too! I hope to finish the Genki series this year. Genki 1 by June and 2 by December. Might be more time than needed but I want to go slow and let it really sink it. 2 chapters per month should do it.
I’ll try to do this. I’d at least like to finish genki 1, maybe also genki 2 this year if there’s time for that. I know I can read children’s novels decently well and they probably use all the grammar in genki so it’s not above my level, I’ve just never made the time to sit down and read through and do the exercises. A lack of self discipline is noticeable in my habits. It’d be nice to know that I have those finished just for the return on investment or whatever. 15 pages a week is about 2 pages a day and Wikipedia says genki 1 and 2 have 384 + 392 = 776 pages total. So 15 a week is 780 pages. I can finish genki this year if I wanted to try doing that. It may cut into wanikani time some but I think around the mid 30s or low 40s I’ve been planning to slow down a bit anyway.
Great idea! May use this topic to log my progress through formal grammar textbooks and stuff!
I also have a similarity bought Tobira I got to drill grammar basic that I haven’t almost touched… Seeing it all finished would be nice.
Love this idea! I have so many textbooks and hardly use any of them.
My goal for the year is to get from my current high N4 / low N3 level to high N3 / low N2 level. I have so many text books and so much material. Time to use it!
I think I’ll make my own log here in this post, complete with all books, and just update the top wiki post with whatever book I’m currently working on. Otherwise it will be too crowded.
Since I have all these N5 books, I’ll go quickly through them for repetition before starting N4 and N3. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to some N2 books too at the end of the year. We’ll see!
Currently working on
Nihongo Sou Matome N5, 6 weeks, 7 days per week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Tobira (15 chapters)
To do
Nihongo Sou Matome N4 (2 books)
Nihongo Sou Matome N3 (5 books)
Nihongo Sou Matome N2 (5 books)
Nihongo Sou Matome N1 (5 books)
Try! N5
Try! N4
Try! N3
Try! N2
Try! N1
Shin Kanzen Master N4 (2 books: Grammar and reading)
Shin Kanzen Master N3 (2 books: Grammar and reading)
Shin Kanzen Master N2 (2 books: Grammar and reading)
Shin Kanzen Master N1 (2 books: Grammar and reading)
Quartet 1
Quartet 2
What’s the difference between a simple post and a wiki? I haven’t been that long in the community, so there are a lot of things I don’t know. Would appreciate the explanation!
A simple post is one that only you can edit. A wiki is a post that anyone can edit. Since you have a table with user names, text books and progress in the top post, I thought it would be fun to be able to add myself to it. If the post is a simple page, not a wiki, then I can’t edit the post and add myself to it.
Not sure if you are aware of this, but if you’re going through Japanese From Zero 1-5, then you don’t need the Kanji From Zero 1 book. As far as I know, the book teaches you the same kanji that it teaches in the JFZ books. As for Kanji From Zero 2, I don’t know.
Do you have the books?
I know that it teaches the Same Kanji. But I thought that it might include more practising and more vocabularies. Or is it exactly the same?
My goal is to finish both Genki I and みんなの日本語 I in the next 3 months. It might be a bit ambitious, but I really want to try.
