nadiatims Wrote:I'm sure someone can recommend you something. I've watched a few but never really got into any of them. The only dramas I ever finished watching are Trick and Hanayoridango. I personally don't think watching drama to be very good for practice unless you're already good enough to follow the plot and enjoy it. If it feels forced you won't continue. In my early days about 3 years ago I often tried and found it tedious. The problem was I just didn't know enough vocabulary to understand it enough for it to be enjoyable. I also found I could understand more if I just listened to it, attempting to sit still and watch it just made me get distracted. Your listening comprehension of authentic (non-learner) content is always going to be dependant on how much vocabulary and to a lesser extent grammar you know. You need to focus on increasing those (particularly vocabulary) through reading and vocabulary study. Listening practice is also crucial for vocabulary/grammar learning but it's important to accept that for a long time most authentic content is simply going to be incomprehensible to you unless you take steps to make it comprehensible, using transcripts/audiobooks or learner content so you can familiarise yourself with the vocabulary. Even then you won't catch all of it on the first listen. It takes a lot of listening to train the ear. For that reason, imo drama (though you may enjoy it once your level is high enough) is not that great a way to improve your listening ability because its density of speech is quite a bit lower compared to audiobooks, podcasts, documentaries and so on. Also if you're trying to do a lot of passive listening to authentic content, which I recommend, accept that complete comprehension isn't the goal and that repeat listening will likely be necessary. For these reasons pure audio content (podcasts etc) that you can listen to while doing other things (commute/cleaning) are more effective because it's just non-stop speech.

chamcham Wrote:Japanese dramas come with Japanese subtitles these days.

They are literal word-for-word scripts.
So they match what the actors are saying exactly.

So they're really good for learning conversational language.

kainzero Wrote:great teacher onizuka!

CarolinaCG Wrote:http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/subtitles.php#Japanese

Could anyone give me any recommendations? Having in consideration the dramas with japanese subs. Preferably with women as the main characters so that I can talk like them.

Thank you so much.

Any genre is fine, excluding horror.

CarolinaCG Wrote:Thank you so much!
I already saw "Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo" and didnt like in in the beggining but ended up enjoying it. I recommend it.

Oh my gosh! Kurashina Kana and Ono Machiko are part of the cast of 名前を亡くした女神! I recommend "Mother", with the Matsuyuki Yasuko (also from perfect report, which I will see soon), those two actress are also part of the main cast in this drama. Where did you download it?

Really, thank you so much to both of you! I'm going to try to see all those dramas!

CarolinaCG Wrote:d-addicts only has the last 3 episodes :p