🤔"I'm studying some grammar points everyday and write several sentences for each, but after some days I forget the meaning of each point and the nuances between them." 1 minute answer: Read more. Language isn't math! With math you can do a problem 50x and then be able to solve any problem that follows the same rules. Not Japanese! If you use a grammar point to write 50 different Japanese sentences, you still won't be able to understand the nuances / meaning of the grammar used in the real world. 😠OK Gus I get it --- so what do I do?: Read !!! Read at least 30 minutes a day. It can be news, short stories, literature, lyrics to music, anything. Reading gives you the NATURAL SYNTHESIS that you need to learn and remember Japanese grammar. If you are doing 30 minutes a day and still finding it hard to remember grammar ---- READ MORE! Read 60 or even 90 minutes a day. Will it affect your study time? YES. Will it improve your Japanese more than if you spent the time doing Bunpro, Wanikani, Ankidroid, etc etc? YES. What do I read? Check out my latest posts for things to read. There is a popular idea that everyone is bad at Japanese because they "don't speak enough." This is bullshit. As someone who has lived in Japan for 3 years now, I speak Japanese most of my day every day. Since passing N1 in my first year here, I stopped actively reading and watching Japanese content. You all are probably doing more Japanese immersion than I am. Even though I speak more, my Japanese has NOT grown from N1 level. Speaking helps improve your confidence. It helps you to stop having to think about if you're using the language 100% correctly. It helps your mouth muscles get used to Japanese. It does NOT help you improve your actual Japanese understanding. 🤔"But Gus I learn better when I speak with a Japanese person!" NO! Are you learning because you're speaking? Or are you learning because you are hearing and getting feedback when you try to make the sounds the Japanese person is making? If you spoke Japanese to a mirror, with no feedback, you would not learn. Learning to speak comes from listening + feedback. But here's where most learners fail: YOU CAN BE YOUR OWN FEEDBACK.

This may not apply to everyone. Everyone has a different study plan and different goals they are working towards. Here are my ideal numbers that I aim to hit every day for learning Japanese: ・New Flashcards: 50 New Short Sentence Flashcards ・Old Flashcards: 200 Reviews of Old Flashcards ・Watching: 30-60 Minutes of Japanese Videos with Japanese subtitles ・Listening: 12 Hours of Listening ・Reading: 20-50 Minutes of Reading ・Writing: 10 Minutes of Writing ・Speaking: 10 Minutes of Speaking In my experience: The closer you are to these numbers the higher your likelihood of success! If you are taking a JLPT Test in July: +20 Practice Problems Every Day

1. What do you find interesting in your native language? Can you find it in Japanese? 2. What do Japanese kids watch or read? 3. What do Japanese teens watch or read? 4. What do Japanese adults watch or read? 5. What books are taught in school in Japan? 6. All else fails: YouTube

Today I started to practice something easy because it interests me on how many languages can be taught in so many ways. Here I am listening to the audio, following the IPA so I can get the pronunciation as accurate as possible by shadowing. Language Series 02 Mini Part b. i. - 20 Questions. After learning the method, I am now able to practice speaking multiple languages. Create Muscle Memory Practice scripts. Record TTS Audio. Combine, shadow listening and repeat. Create and narrate a speaking practice video. Process the video and upload. If you'd like to observe, comment or participate, please feel free, as I would appreciate the feedback. Thanks.

Afternoon y'all! If we haven't gotten the chance to meet, I'm Jacob! As today is May the 4th (at least it still is here in Oklahoma), I headed over to Disney+ to see if the trilogies had a Japanese dub, and they do! Just started The Phantom Menace as listening practice! The voice acting is pretty great too, I'd recommend if you're a fan :-)