I’m almost done with MNN shoukyuu 2 and I’ve done both Genki 1 and 2. My listening still sucks. Beyond simple x wa y desu sentences or sentences made entirely of words that i’ve heard a million times, it takes me 3+ times to understand them spoken at a reasonable speed. So I’m trying to go back to the drawing board with this. I’m not so much asking for listening practice resources, but those would be welcomed. I would like to more so know how I should approach my listening. Maybe there’s some philosophy that I’m missing lol
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Personally I fixed this problem with TL subs, and repeating lines over and over until I could match the two.
Maybe find something that has a transcript, read the transcript first and then listen to the audio.
I’m planning on using Satori Reader, which has full audio of each sentence and passage, among other features
Try using pimsleur it’s mainly audio and you’d have to repeat what the narrator says – at the end there’s a fictional conversation you need to have with the narrator. The conversation is not with a real person though.
I create my own flashcards using anki, and forvo has free native voice samples, using those help practice your voice recognition if you create a card with the sound and the backside has a picture or word. It’s also important to get used to correct pitch accents.
I’ve been surprised at how quickly I can pick up new words that I’ve practiced this way when I’m watching anime and listening rather than trying to read subtitles. I’m also starting to be able to pick up new words that I haven’t studied such as compound verbs in combinations I haven’t seen before.
I’m in the same boat, here’s what I’m doing to improve my listening skills, and it seems to be working.
Basically, I’m using Anki and the core 3k vocab deck, the one comes with both vocab and sentence audio. I modified the card template slightly, it only shows the play vocab and sentence audio buttons on the front of card, I’ll play to the sentence audio first, try to understand it, follow by the vocab audio, once I feel comfortable, I’ll then flip the card to reveal the answers.
On Spotify you can find easy podcasts for people which study Japanese. My recommendation is learn Japanese with Noriko or let’s talk Japanese.
I’m not sure how look your speaking skill but for me speaking and listening are in pair so maybe try find someone on Italki? So you can improve both
Hi there! I’m in a very similar situation, I’m studying at uni and my listening skills are awful. What I’ve noticed in my peers that are very good at listening skills are that they religiously practice their shadowing exercises that we’re set. There’s a lot of research that shadowing really works so I would give it a try, start with simple sentences and work your way up!! Ganbareee