I've been focusing on the listening, reading and vocab aspect of the language though at a snail pace. Grammar I haven't really touched and figured out that I should actually be scheduling time for it (like marking it on my calendar like my school schedule). I only go to school 2 days a week so I should be able to use my remaining days to catch up on grammar via JTMW.
If all else fails, I could follow this study schedule for a Japanese course that uses JTMW as its primary textbook but I think 16 weeks is a bit too long to go through the book. Imo, I believe I can do it in significantly shorter time but I will just have to plan it out carefully.
Listening I've just been watching raw dramas as my main source. Watched ep 3 of shirokuma with Japanese subs which is a big motivation boost in reading the manga. I think watching animes of the same titles as manga help reinforce what I'm learning. It actually reminds me of the jalup post: Manga Is The Pinnacle Of Japanese Learning where it evolves from manga-->anime-->drama-->etc. I actually am seeing the benefits of first reading the manga before watching the anime with shirokuma. Not much of an update but thought I'd share with all of you
If all else fails, I could follow this study schedule for a Japanese course that uses JTMW as its primary textbook but I think 16 weeks is a bit too long to go through the book. Imo, I believe I can do it in significantly shorter time but I will just have to plan it out carefully.
Listening I've just been watching raw dramas as my main source. Watched ep 3 of shirokuma with Japanese subs which is a big motivation boost in reading the manga. I think watching animes of the same titles as manga help reinforce what I'm learning. It actually reminds me of the jalup post: Manga Is The Pinnacle Of Japanese Learning where it evolves from manga-->anime-->drama-->etc. I actually am seeing the benefits of first reading the manga before watching the anime with shirokuma. Not much of an update but thought I'd share with all of you