So, i have been study Japanese some years now. I started back in 2019 after a trip to japan and i thought that next time i would go to japan i wanted some basic understanding of the language. I never really liked language learning because of my dyslexia. But the language hocked me up and now it is in my daily routine.
I found the JLPT some weeks after i started and i had 1 year to get to N5. But then Corona struck and the test was canceled. That puts me of and i thought “okay now i have one more year to solidify the basic”. In 2021 the same thing and same thoughts “solidify the basic for the next year test” .
The year went on and i found more books that i wanted (all for beginners) and now in 2023 i realized i don’t have to “solidify” more and im ready to go on with N4 materials. (Just have to finish all the books i brought because i love books) anyone else have this “problem” by the way? when you buy books that looks nice but never reading them
Yes, my road have been slow but i have enjoyed every minute of if and so should you! it is not a race to get first to N1
But today! i did read my first LVL 1 grader reader without any problem!
win for me!
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I started doing Wanikani back in 2018 and fell off the study wagon a few times, but got back on and persevered. I know over 1000 kanji now. I know plenty of people burn through all of WK in a year or so, but I figure as long as I keep making steady progress, that’s all that really matters!
I think aside from people who need to learn the language for work or just because they live in Japan and want to communicate, there’s no need to go fast unless that’s what you really want to do.
Eh, easier said than done. I’m extremely impatient with my Japanese progress. On the one hand, this is good because I constantly push myself and keep learning every single day without fail. On the other hand, I recently started to feel bad because my progress is not as fast as I wish it was. However, even if I wanted to change my mindset, I don’t think I could. Furthermore, if I firmly believed that I’m going to be at an N1-equivalent level only in about 3 years from now, I would probably quit because that honestly wouldn’t be worth it for me.
>anyone else have this “problem” by the way? when you buy books that looks nice but never reading them
I suspect this is common here, but yes, absolutely—I probably have more Japanese reading material than I could ever read if I were fluent, let alone my struggling-N4 self. There’s always some good reason that *this* will be the book I’m able to crack…
Congrats on your success so far! I’m definitely taking it slow as well. Would be very happy to be relatively proficient by age 40—make interesting conversation, read/listen to native material with some difficulty but not torturously so—which is another 7 years away. No rush!