HomeLearn JapaneseI don’t know if this post falls under low effort, but I have a pretty simple question that could have a bit of depth. How far can I get in learning the language if I do a timed 10 minutes of learning a day in 2 years from right now? What about with 15 minutes?
I don’t know if this post falls under low effort, but I have a pretty simple question that could have a bit of depth. How far can I get in learning the language if I do a timed 10 minutes of learning a day in 2 years from right now? What about with 15 minutes?
you will quickly plateau in that your rate of forgetting will be equal to your rate of learning
I’m not sure exactly how far you will get but you will obtain a very very low amount of skill, eventually maybe you could learn kana (?) but your high rate of forgetting will be an obstacle
you might be able to say things like “good morning” and “good night” and “how much is this” and “help!!!” and that sort of thing
in fact you are probably better off stretching for 10 minutes
Sorry, but 120 – 180 hrs of total study time will not get you far with Japanese. And if you stretch it over 2 years then you will soon spend 100% of your time reviewing and not have time to learn anything new.
I’d take those 10-15 minutes of free time and reevaluate your schedule if you really wanted to learn
If you’re brand new. You won’t get far at all. It’s border line not doing anything really.
If you have a good base, okay maybe it’ll work a little bit. Like flashcards or something. Nothing major.
Consider this instead: allocate your 10-15 minutes that you have on the main lessons. (Might be from textbooks, videos, etc that you have access to)
And then spend your free time throughout the day whenever you like to review what you’ve learned.
As other people said, 10-15 minutes per day may not be enough and won’t get you far. I totally understand that you might not have enough time but don’t let it discourage you from learning anything! You can start learning 10 minutes per day as you like at the beginning and then gradually increase your study time when you feel comfortable to.
If you really like the language, you’ll eventually spend more time to learn by yourself.
Learning some new words for 10 – 15 minutes everyday helps you a lot if your language level is already intermediate or higher.
If you are a beginner, it doesn’t help you at all. Beginners have to learn and memorise some fundamental grammatical things and a lot of letters first. It takes a lot of time. A few hours during the week are required to learn a new language, in my opinion.
I’m a polyglot (Speak spanish, catalan, dutch, some german and english) and I’ve attended a Japanese Language school for 2 years while living in Japan for almost 4h a day, and I’m barely N2. So you do the numbers…
You won’t learn anything. How many words do you think you can learn in ten minutes, in any language?
Too bad there’s no candy bar you can eat to just grant you Japanese ability
Try 45min-1h per day. Honestly with any task in 15 minutes you don’t have enough time to get into the groove before it’s done.
We learn best in 45-90 minute intervals. That’s about as long as the average attention span lasts. That’s also pretty good for 15 minutes to review, 20-25 minutes learning and a final 20 minutes practicing.
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you will quickly plateau in that your rate of forgetting will be equal to your rate of learning
I’m not sure exactly how far you will get but you will obtain a very very low amount of skill, eventually maybe you could learn kana (?) but your high rate of forgetting will be an obstacle
you might be able to say things like “good morning” and “good night” and “how much is this” and “help!!!” and that sort of thing
in fact you are probably better off stretching for 10 minutes
Sorry, but 120 – 180 hrs of total study time will not get you far with Japanese. And if you stretch it over 2 years then you will soon spend 100% of your time reviewing and not have time to learn anything new.
I’d take those 10-15 minutes of free time and reevaluate your schedule if you really wanted to learn
If you’re brand new. You won’t get far at all. It’s border line not doing anything really.
If you have a good base, okay maybe it’ll work a little bit. Like flashcards or something. Nothing major.
Consider this instead: allocate your 10-15 minutes that you have on the main lessons. (Might be from textbooks, videos, etc that you have access to)
And then spend your free time throughout the day whenever you like to review what you’ve learned.
As other people said, 10-15 minutes per day may not be enough and won’t get you far. I totally understand that you might not have enough time but don’t let it discourage you from learning anything! You can start learning 10 minutes per day as you like at the beginning and then gradually increase your study time when you feel comfortable to.
If you really like the language, you’ll eventually spend more time to learn by yourself.
Learning some new words for 10 – 15 minutes everyday helps you a lot if your language level is already intermediate or higher.
If you are a beginner, it doesn’t help you at all.
Beginners have to learn and memorise some fundamental grammatical things and a lot of letters first. It takes a lot of time. A few hours during the week are required to learn a new language, in my opinion.
I’m a polyglot (Speak spanish, catalan, dutch, some german and english) and I’ve attended a Japanese Language school for 2 years while living in Japan for almost 4h a day, and I’m barely N2. So you do the numbers…
You won’t learn anything. How many words do you think you can learn in ten minutes, in any language?
Too bad there’s no candy bar you can eat to just grant you Japanese ability
Try 45min-1h per day. Honestly with any task in 15 minutes you don’t have enough time to get into the groove before it’s done.
We learn best in 45-90 minute intervals. That’s about as long as the average attention span lasts. That’s also pretty good for 15 minutes to review, 20-25 minutes learning and a final 20 minutes practicing.