For some reason, after I miraculously passed N3 last winter, my motivation and desire to study have dissappeared.
I even started going to classes again, hoping to get better and fill in the gaps I had while studying alone, but all they do is annoy me.
I finally managed to go visit Japan and seeing how what we’re learning isn’t nearly enough to properly understand everything made me lose even more motivation. (I, fortunately, had no problem with interactions, but reading, kanji, the way Japanese actually talk).
Of course, it’s different when you visit the country and see and hear a language in real life, but it made me realize how little I actually know.
So, how to you stay motivated and how to you make learning more fun? (anki hasn’t really worked and neither has reading everything over and over again (or maybe I have a short attention span and bad memory now)).
Thank you in advance!
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You don’t stay motivated . You just do it. If you really want to learn you will. Language is a tool. Use it as best you can , whenever you can.
If you don’t see any results , you can think of what have you done to get where you are .
Why are you learning Japanese? Do you find your current reasons for learning Japanese worthwhile for you?
Also are you doing enough reading and listening outside of your classes? Studying is obviously very important but you need to also acquire the language which can only be done with a high enough volume of input.