Adding order to my method - Printable Version

Adding order to my method - Printable Version

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Adding order to my method - jordan3311 - 2012-11-28

Hey guys I was just wondering can you tell me how you guys study Japanese. I would like a walk though of how you study. I am trying to add some order to the way I study. Currently I have been bouncing around for book to book and I do not feel that it is working. I thought about adding sentences and grammar points from genki 2 on Monday Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday getting some vocab and phases from Common Japanese Collocations,Quick mastery of vocabulary.Lastly on Friday read a Japanese article and get vocab and sentences from that. Can you guys give me some feedback. I believe that adding some order and structure will help me gain some of my motivation back.

Adding order to my method - undead_saif - 2012-11-29

Here: http://rtkwiki.koohii.com/wiki/Methods_suggested_by_RevTK_Forum_users

Adding order to my method - jordan3311 - 2012-11-29

Thanks Smile

I will check this out. One of my problems I feel that what I am learning not working. I feel that I am learning random things is not really helping my Japanese. I have felt like this for some time and it is very hard climbing over this wall.

Adding order to my method - Babyrat - 2012-11-29

I would also like to point you towards this sticky
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=4943　 which is where users post their learning methods. The wiki above has good detail, but this link has many learning methods posted by users with varying degrees of detail (I marked the ones with higher detail).

Edit: just noticed this link is inside that wiki, whoops. I will leave this post here anyway.

Adding order to my method - Daichi - 2012-11-29

I feel like I have to quote AJATT here.

Quote:Anyone who’s flown on a plane with or without snakes has experienced this first-hand. On a passenger plane flying from Los Angeles to Tokyo, the most exciting (terrifying?) part is the acceleration during takeoff. When you’re up in the air traveling over the Pacific Ocean, though, the speed feels no different than it would if you were riding in the family Ford Taurus. Even though the plane is moving the fastest during the middle of the flight (at about Mach 0.8 — that’s almost the speed of sound, be arch!), it’s always the middle of the flight that is the most boring part. We are faced with the most amazing of ironies: the fastest part of the flight seems the slowest.

Maybe your not learning as effectively as possible, but just because you think what your doing isn't working, doesn't mean your not getting anything out of it. You might just be "mid-flight". Still, looking to improve what you doing is still a good idea.

Adding order to my method - jordan3311 - 2012-11-29

@Daichi
Thanks for the post. Its kinda funny I just read that the other day haha. Yea I think I need to start studying some sort of grammar. I have been trying to run from it but now I think I can not escape from it.

Adding order to my method - uisukii - 2012-11-29

jordan3311 Wrote:@Daichi
Thanks for the post. Its kinda funny I just read that the other day haha. Yea I think I need to start studying some sort of grammar. I have been trying to run from it but now I think I can not escape from it.

You might enjoy "Japanese The Manga Way", for grammar study. The book has a nice pace and provides excellent explanations for the example sentences. A lot of people suggest Tae Kim's Grammar Guide, and it is great, however has a higher learning curve and takes a little longer to digest. Would make a great reference guide for a more intermediate beginner (does that even work? Too much 日本語, even my sentences are starting to sound foreign).

As a plus, JtMW is generally a lot more interesting (as in it uses actual manga for it's grammatical/vocab references, in so you are engaging more senses, which is great for memory) than the typical textbook format.

Adding order to my method - imabi - 2012-11-29

I study Japanese in many unique ways.

The first way I help my studies is by running my own Japanese teaching site where I have compiled and continue to compile all of the important things that I learn.

Another way I help my studies is by tutoring others what I know and answering their questions. I almost always get something out of the experiences.

I also read a lot of Japanese. I have a lot of reading material, so I will go through books with a dictionary at hand just in case and circle new words. After I finish reading a chapter, I go back to those circled words and make sure that I still know what they mean.

I also love reading dictionary entries just in Japanese for hours.

If you're a beginner I would definitely suggest my site as well as any other grammar site. I would also suggest starting to read early on even when you don't have the grammar, Kanji, or vocabulary skills. The point is that you should always go through reading material to see how what you're learning is actually used and why it's important just by seeing it for yourself. Going to NHK or wikipedia is a great way to find tons of free reading material. NHK even has a version in simple Japanese.

If you had one book in Japanese that happened to be 365 pages, you would be done with the book in a year. As a beginner though, you will be introduced to hundreds and hundreds of words, lots of Kanji, as well as many phrases as grammatical structures. Over the course of the year if you keep track with what you've read and studied what you find, you will be much farther ahead than the other people in the class that just do what they have to and nothing else.

Also, join lang-8 and try outputting daily.