(2016-04-09, 3:11 pm)RawrPk Wrote: Since I watch shows without subs of any kind, I depend on looking at transcripts outside of my watching time. I do this with sub2srs and kage shibari. I haven't been using kage shibari too long, but I feel like it has helped with my vocab and listening skills. Sub2srs is just for pure listening comp.Oh yeah, transcripts are great. My favorite thing, right now, is radio shows that have Japanese transcripts. I don't even bother with the audio, first time through. I just slap some furigana on the transcript, and read it like a book, as fast as I can...only use Rikaisama if I'm totally lost, otherwise, I just make educated guesses about stuff I don't understand, and move right along. Then, I add the show to my mp3 player, and go for a walk/run/to the gym while listening to it (I listen two, three times). It's great...at the end, I feel like I took in everything, same as a native listener would.
Here's a really easy to understand radio show, and it has full transcripts, and a bunch of pictures, as a bonus (yes, pictures do help when it's a radio show): http://www.tfm.co.jp/clover/index.php?blogid=335&page=2 . It's Momoclo, so it's idols, but it's not "idol topics". They have a "sensei" each episode, who talks about his subject of expertise in a way that's easy to understand for laymen (including children, the show is aimed at a diverse audience). For instance, in one episode, Sakazaki Kounosuke was the sensei, and he ended up sharing obscure factoids about Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles the whole show. Plus, it's Momoclo. They're pros, been around for a long time, and their stuff is pretty high quality. They're more tarento than idols at this point.
Edited: 2016-04-09, 8:31 pm