Try the Absolute Beginners Book club on here. It’s called Absolute Beginners, but it’s more like Beginners. They’re currently reading Doraemon, but will be starting a new one soon. You can look at the past manga they’ve covered. It has notes on grammar and vocabulary. I’m a beginner, too. A few sites that are useful and free for reading practice are Tadoku.org , Watanoc.com , and NHK News Web Easy. Good luck with all of your studies
It’s from the grammar learning site BunPro c:
I’m learning Japanese for fun, so there are no pressured timelines for me. What I would like to finish:
-reach Wanikani level 30
-finish the first five book in the みんなの日本語 Level One series (I’m currently at chapter 7 of 25).
-read along with the Absolute Beginners Book Club (Possibly Beginners).
-continue learning to write kanji
Thank you!!! Good luck on your studies as well
Thanks!!!
I managed to get two grammar lessons done in January. That was one of my goals, to do at least two lessons in grammar a month. Now on to February!
My only goal that I posted in this thread was to listen to something every day, and so far this January I have listened to something 25/31 days, which I feel good about.
However I lied, that wasn’t actually my only goal. I also made a goal to start a daily reading habit, and so far in January I read 16/31 days. That’s not too bad, but I’m going to aim for 21/28 days in February.
In the background I am also trying to learn a bit of Spanish, but I’ve been much less consistent with that, I only listened 12/31 days in January. I always feel so guilty spending time on Spanish, like I’m afraid if I let myself fall into learning it I’ll drop everything else. I don’t know if anyone else here is studying multiple languages, but if you are, I’m curious: do you find that you can spend time with both/all of them?
I do study multiple languages. I have a few tricks to make this work.
First, I’m very selective about how many languages I try to juggle at one time. At the moment it’s just three: one aiming for progress, and two aiming for maintenance.
Second, when I’m going to learn multiple languages at the same time, I try to choose languages that are not closely related to each other. This helps to prevent interference between them.
Finally – my most successful trick – I try to translate my goals for each language into tiny sustainable mini-habits that require no decisions or will power to complete.
So, for example, to maintain Finnish, I slap on my headphones and listen to Selkouutiset (Finnish Easy News) while I eat breakfast. I don’t have to think about it; it just happens every morning.
I have a small pad to practice writing kanji placed strategically on a side table in a location that I often pass by. A few times a day I’ll stop and test myself on a few kanji from past levels of WaniKani. (I don’t have any need to write kanji, but I find it boosts my retention.)
I have a lot of these mini-habits, for various purposes (not just languages), and I find they help me avoid the sense of overwhelm and guilt I used to feel when I set overly ambitious goals for myself, which inevitably led to disappointment.