# Recommendations for Kinesthetic learners **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [July 31, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/recommendations-for-kinesthetic-learners/32018 "2018-07-31T06:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![crumpet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/crumpet/32/285664_2.png) [@crumpet](https://community.wanikani.com/u/crumpet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/recommendations-for-kinesthetic-learners/32018/2 "2018-07-31T09:58:29Z")
Have you tried [JapanesePod101.com](http://JapanesePod101.com)? They have a track on conversational Japanese: [https://www.japanesepod101.com/lesson-library/conversational-japanese-absolute-beginners/](https://www.japanesepod101.com/lesson-library/conversational-japanese-absolute-beginners/) Personally I find it difficult to converse as a beginner without having some further foundation in vocabulary and grammar, hence why I’m using WaniKani/KaniWani/Bunpro to build that up to at least JLPT N5 level. From there I’m going to try and improve my speaking (which at the moment, is pretty much non-existent unless I carefully plan and write things down first). I’ve also heard that in order to improve your speaking skills, you must work hard on your listening skills. Equally, if you want to improve your writing skills, you should work hard on your reading. Because I would like to work on my speaking skills, my daily listening comes from JPod but also Dogen for pitch accent: > **[Dogen | Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dogen)** > > Creating Japanese pronunciation and pitch accent lessons Edit: I should also leave a link to this of course, which has a section on speaking in the table of contents: > [@The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-ultimate-additional-japanese-resources-list/16859): > > This post is a list of Japanese resources and stands as a collaborative wiki gathered by the WaniKani Community. If there’s a resource you feel is missing from the list, please add it by clicking the edit memo button above. Include an edit reason by clicking the information_source button at the top of the edit window. Many of the resources here are free, however, the ones that aren’t are marked with a dollar sign $ or otherwise noted. Click on the triangle symbol ► to open a section’s resou… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/recommendations-for-kinesthetic-learners/32018)._