I didn’t really have any specific goals for 2021 other than “get better” but I did just recently hit 60, and also took the N3 this year (which I’m pretty sure I was extremely overprepared for, and probably should’ve taken the N2). That said! Next year my goals are:
Finish learning the Jouyou kanji
Read 200 pages worth of novels/light novels every month
Start weaning myself off of SRS (less “huge decks,” more “adding in words as I find them”)
Focus more on my spoken Japanese (lots of shadowing, using a “language parent” to learn from, and studying pitch accent)
Take the N1 (might not work out, but I want to see if I can get there in a year)
I reset wanikani sometime last year after an almost 2yr hiatus stopping at level 22. I want to reach 30 before the end of next year at a minimum and if I’m luck I’ll hit level 40. I’ll hit 18 this week so I’m not too far off.
My goal for 2021 was to read 100 活字 books. (So, not manga)
If I allow up to 33% of 4koma in the content, I just reached 100 today.
If I limit myself to up to 20%, I only have 97, and at the strictest level, 96.
I want to count the one with some 4 koma (it’s about the 百人一首 and it was informative enough that I want to keep it in my Bookmeter), but I’d rather avoid the other 3 (first 3 volumes of うちの3姉妹, which is pretty fun, but very light in content).
Anyway, I still have a few days, so I may not need to lower my standards.
I do not know what I’ll do in 2022. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that I’ll be reading some more.
I want to keep going, that’s technically it.
The joy of finally understanding something what has been said or being able to read a random kanji or even a sentence is amazing.
I started in the middle of this year and it’s been rough, but I managed to do at least 3-4 sessions a week on WK.
My goal for 2022 is to keep going the best I can and have lots of fun with the language.
Lots of things changed this past year and I didn’t make all of my goals. However, I feel like I built up a little platform and am peeking over the wall now. Results from last month were encouraging. I need a little more time to finish up what I wanted to acompolish last year, perhaps about two months. I’m feeling much more confident about this upcoming year.
I only seriously started my Japanese learning journey this year (2021) and I didn’t really set out with any goals other than to stick with it, which I did! :3
My 2022 Goals (subject to change) are:
Keep on sticking with Japanese
Get through the remaining 14 chapters of the first Minna no Nihongo book and start Beginner II (or whatever its called)
Get to level 20 in Wanikani
Study for the N5 of the JLPT, maybe take it bc last year they didn’t have the test in my area and I only got 8/14 of the questions right on the sample test (i only got one right in the reading category )
Practice writing and also remembering hiragana and katakana
Complete a so-called Intermediate textbook (either Tobira or Quartet or both, maybe MnN).
Maybe reach the upper 40s on WaniKani (although I am not in a rush here. My main goal is confidence and steady progress). I’m basically on the 5-year plan now.
Finish Tango N3 and possibly start/finish Tango N2
Hm. I’d say I failed quite spectacularly. Most of my failures were outside of my control though.
Original goal: Reach at least lvl 40 in Wanikani, travel to Japan again and travel around, read a ton of books, getting as much exposure as possible. Alongside a host of other non-japanese related goals.
What happened: First half of the year went splendidly only for the second half to be completely wrecked by that damn virus going around. Not only did Japan keep their borders closed but I was infected with probably every strain in existence of Influenza, Covid, common colds and spaceage superborked mega-bacteria.
I’ve been out of both training seriously and studying properly for months on end. My head feels like a bloated sponge, tightly followed by my body in a decrepit second place. I lost my motivation for quite a bit, but I’ve fought back and hopefully next year will be better.
Goals for next year:
Japanese goals for next year aren’t set super high since I got a whole lot of other stuff going on. (Started education, moving, new job, martial arts etc.)
Get to level 40-45 on wanikani.
Keep on doing Italki lessons.
Travel southern Japan for 6 months, praticing Martial arts and Japanese meanwhile.
I only re-started learning Japanese a few months ago, quite spontaneously, so I didn’t have any goals, but for 2022 I will try to:
keep up with WK reviews (should be at 0 when I go to bed every day), keep my apprentice items between 80 and 100 (no set number of lessons per day, I’ll go by how much room I have in my apprentice stack and how I feel)
similarly keep up with bunpro (I just started using it a few days ago, will probably upgrade to lifetime during the sale)
keep taking classes if they’re held
read at least 1 manga/novel
consume more Japanese content in general (tv shows with and maybe without subs, music, audio books, podcasts etc.)
write daily (got a dated journal specifically for Japanese practice)
pass JLPT N4, and if that works out in the summer, try for N3 in the winter
maybe get a tandem partner in my city for more listening/speaking practice
When I started learning Japanese back in February of this year, I didn’t give my self any goals, since I didn’t know I’ll fall in love with this language. Anyway, I did reach N4 though, so for 2022, my goal is reach N3.
And at the end of next year I want to join my first WaniKani book club!
Successfully did all these! Even nearly finished N3 grammar and currently part of the Way of the Househusband bookclub! My progress on WaniKani was pretty poor, however I did stick to doing it every day.
For 2022:
Complete N3 & N2 grammar.
Reach LVL 60 in WaniKani. Time to finish this.
Read a lot more. This time next year, I hope to have completed 3 novels (this is a pretty big goal for me, as manga takes me quite a while).
I didn’t set up any clear goals for this year, as I wasn’t really sure how if I’d keep up with studying Japanese so much. But throughout the year I made some small goals and was very happy to clear them out. Let’s see what next year brings.
what I did in 2021
finished Tobira
I started doing WaniKani in June and have kept on doing it (even though this last month has been very slow)
tried out JLPT N3 (very unsure about passing, but it’s okay)
(But with the help of the WaniKani book club lol)
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