PROGRESS POST #3:
(12/06/17)
I’m a few days late, but here goes.
WANIKANI
CURRENT WANIKANI LEVEL: 10.
IN ONE MONTH I HOPE TO BE LEVEL: 12
GOALS
LAST MONTH’S GOAL REPORT:
Progress Report #2
THIS MONTH’S GOAL REPORT:
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Continue with Genki 1, try to get 2 chapters this month. Prefferably put much more time into grammar this month.
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Keep checking my WK leeches, and I have also added “WK quiz” script now so I will use it to test myself on lower level kanji from time to time.
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Use Hinative, keep posting my own sentences that I try put together after learning new grammar points, and also put a voice recording along side it for feedback on my pronounciation.
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Continue with my N5 Udemy course. Review a lot more as well, since I feel I have rushed it quite a bit. So I should go back and review the earlier lessons.
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Keep organizing WK leeches, grammar points, and grammar lessons on my OneNote since it has worked really, really well for early access to work-practices and genki1 workbook.
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Use Hellotalk everyday, since It’s a new app I have started using and It’s absolutely fantastic. Trying to read as much as I can from there, even though It’s very, very difficult. It’s great to see that I can read a lot of words with the kanji that I know, even though I might not now the word yet. Also speak to Japanese people as good as I can, and send them
pronounciations of my sentences that I make.
Also planning to talk a lot more, once I get a little bit more advanced in grammar.
RESOURCES
CURRENT JAPANESE RESOURCES:
Wanikani
KaniWani
Memrise
Anki
Genki I
Japanese from Zero on YT.
Udemy N5 course
HelloTalk
FAVE: Wanikani, Genki, Hellotalk
LEAST FAVE:
TRY NEW RESOURCE:
Tried Hellotalk this month, and will probably not try anything else until I feel like I might need it. Having some more in-depth reading resource would be the best for me right now, but I have a hard time finding anything that works well with my low skill.
JAPANESE ABILITY
CURRENT JAPANESE WEAKNESS:
Grammar. I think my hearing comprehension, pronounciation and vocab is getting better and better, but that’s about it.
HOW I WILL IMPROVE ABOVE:
Sticking to Genki, and Japanese from Zero and actually write down sentences using the grammar I know until I feel It’s getting better, and better. Also keep pushing forward even though there are some things I might not understand fully. But definetely use the things I have learned in practice, instead of just knowing the grammar and particles, without actually using it in speech or writing. Using Hellotalk/Hinative as much as I can so I will improve my usage of grammar points, and vocabulary and also have a feedback for my pronounciation.
TIP/ADVICE FOR LEARNING JAPANESE:
Since I’m very new myself, I don’t have much to input here. But I would say try to keep it consistent, and try to focus on everything in a good manner (something I need to get better at myself, so I should follow my own advice). Also, make sure to learn kana the first thing you do, and avoid ROMAJI at all costs. You don’t need to learn something that you already know. If you get stuck and frustrated, take a break from studying and get back to it when you are more energized, or your mood and motivation will begin to drop. Looking at something fresh again, can help you overcome when you feel burned out. More thant that I wish I knew more about learning myself, sadly.