Anyone got any good ideas on this? I'm sure some of us have been wondering, lets say you are srsing for only 1-2 hours a day. And the rest is all immersion. What others things can you do to learn more Japanese daily?

For me personally I've found that transcribing anime or drama's helps in acquisition of kanji/listening skills(Like short 1min clip per day would do wonders in the long-run). Also doing journal writing daily. But can anyone suggest any other things to do? I personally do have a lot of free time due to me only taking 3 courses instead of 7 course load last semester(Which killed me in time-wise and even studying Japanese for that matter, but I've always found time to actually do Japanese. But now since i got more time, I'm wondering what effective methods are they in increasing learning for Japanese daily.
(Sorry if this sounds like my other threads, but this didn't really get discussed that much)
-Basically looking for more methods of learning. So basically looking for anyone wanting to say certain methods. Obviously there's the movie method,AJATT(everyone knows this already)
-Also can anyone recommend any books for natives (for speaking/writing, so phrase books,practice writing books for natives)

How many more methods do you need?! There are a ton of ideas floating around the forum.
How did LRing, journal keeping, etc go?

Just want to see how much methods are out there (well in this forum). So i can tweak it to my own studying and get the most out of it (If possible)

Instead of transcribing Japanese dramas you can just download the japanese subtitles from http://www.d-addicts.com. Many of the new dramas now have japanese subtitles.

So you can spend more time SRSing the drama scripts (instead of wondering whether or not what you wrote is accurate)....... :-p

@chamcham
thanks. But what i mean is that, i listen then transcribe. Then check via script or manga to see if i was correct in associated the kanji in the right context. Sometimes the kanji on context might be unusually or rarely used. Especially in mangas such as bleach,naruto,etc.
But i am starting to use D-addicts and using the sentences i',m not familiar with and adding them into my sentence deck.

I listen to the last 50 or so phrases that I put in Anki, when I am on the way. I also carry around the last 16 to 40 words that I learned on post-it notes. I also try to talk to myself or try to name all the things that I see when I commute.

Multisensory integration (scroll down, also a forum search for other comments) in Anki and timeboxing/time hacks. Plus I'm still thinking of ways to salvage my idea of a 60/30/10 media environment based on the maturity levels of Anki cards... where you're getting non-SRS reinforcement via say, an iPod playlist, through the following mixture: ~10% of the audio would be young and/or new, 60% would be youngish mature cards (intervals of 22 to 120 days), and 30% would be very mature (over four month intervals).

I know your title is called "maximizing daily learning" but I think there is this one important thing that you might be forgetting. Rest. Seriously, if you try to overload your brain you are going to have a harder time retaining the things that you have already learned. I'm not suggesting to become lazy or anything like that, but I am suggesting that you take like an hour nap or go on a bike ride or do something that doesn't require "thinking" or "learning" in the academic sense of the terms. That way you mind will be refreshed and you will feel brand new (or nearly brand new).

Depends on level...

at the moment I usually :

read manga
watch drama / movies / random tv
smart.fm dictations / drills
DS kanji kanken
I have a load of books grammar / kanji / drill type i dip into every so often
should be doing more diaries really..

I can only really do about 1.5hrs of anki a day without wanting to give up studying altogether...!

Why not find somebody to speak to? Having a chat in Japanese is a fun way to spend your free time (assuming you find somebody interesting). http://www.language-exchanges.org/ Write a profile in Japanese, and you'll get plenty of requests to chat on Skype. A conversation really is a great way to bring together everything you've learnt, and it's a good idea to build confidence and make stupid mistakes now when it doesn't matter.

How about learning something using Japanese guides, tutorials, and other resources?

bizarrojosh Wrote:I know your title is called "maximizing daily learning" but I think there is this one important thing that you might be forgetting. Rest. Seriously, if you try to overload your brain you are going to have a harder time retaining the things that you have already learned. I'm not suggesting to become lazy or anything like that, but I am suggesting that you take like an hour nap or go on a bike ride or do something that doesn't require "thinking" or "learning" in the academic sense of the terms. That way you mind will be refreshed and you will feel brand new (or nearly brand new).

Yea i hear yea. I just want to see what kind of methods are out there and all. I think going wayyyy to much isn't a good thing. But i'm just trying to find ways that will help me improve Japanese learning. Or it could just be that i just need time/immersion to fix some things.

Javizy Wrote:Why not find somebody to speak to? Having a chat in Japanese is a fun way to spend your free time (assuming you find somebody interesting). http://www.language-exchanges.org/ Write a profile in Japanese, and you'll get plenty of requests to chat on Skype. A conversation really is a great way to bring together everything you've learnt, and it's a good idea to build confidence and make stupid mistakes now when it doesn't matter.

Yup i already have. I try to type in on session and speak in another. I'm finding out in terms of writing my mistakes are minimal. Well that's what she says at least. As for speaking sure i can understand what the person's is saying. But it's still hard to produce japanese flawlessly.