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I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - learningkanji - 2014-02-26
It helped a lot but I will have to review certain sections a few more times to truly understand them. Should I keep going with it or should I use another resource? When I got to casual patterns and slang I was pretty much completely lost and don't think I'm anywhere ready for that. Special Expressions and Advanced Topics might be way too hard for me.
Should I use Genki and/or Japanese the Manga Way to go over the same material but with a different teaching method or is it a waste of time?
I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - Dustin_Calgary - 2014-02-27
It could be worth skimming through them and just making sure you understand what they teach, but I wouldn't spend long on re-hashing old material before moving on.
I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - afterglowefx - 2014-02-27
It's my firm opinion that unless you're specifically studying for a specific test grammar should be studied on an as-needed basis. Know all the words in a sentence but have no idea what it means? Yeah, look that grammar up, get yourself some examples. Otherwise don't even worry about grammar.
You can do a hell of a lot more with vocabulary than you can with grammar.
I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - learningkanji - 2014-02-27
Well right now I'm doing core2k/6k and am also doing a Tae Kim grammar deck. Since I'm gonna have more time now that I'm not learning new things on Tae Kim's site, I was wondering what I should do with that time.
I've tried reading native materials and websites but my vocabulary is too low so I'm not sure if that's the best thing to do.
I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - afterglowefx - 2014-02-27
Work on your vocab. There's a lot of ways to go about that. Core is probably the most common around these parts, and it's what I use as well.
I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - Dustin_Calgary - 2014-02-27
"but my vocabulary is too low"
Then I think you know what to keep working on!!
I studied Tae Kim's guide and finished the Essential Grammar section. - andikaze - 2014-02-27
I agree, do the vocab and when you encounter grammar points you don't get, look them up.