Idea for a blog about learning Japanese

Hello, beginning learner and long-time lurker here!

Among the resources listed in the wiki, I couldn’t find this particular type of content: a blog that records the process of learning Japanese in real time!

Now, most websites and other mediums that focus on learning Japanese might have a small preamble or chapter where the author would recount briefly their Japanese learning journey. But no one (to my knowledge) expands on that. As someone curious about language learning, I find that to be a shame.

I’m not a native English speaker, yet I can use English quite well (I think so, at least). However, if you asked me how I learned English, I could give you some general statements like “I used to consume a lot of English-language media” and “I used to enjoy the English subject at school” but it’s been so long I couldn’t possibly recall most of the details.

My goal is to be able to use Japanese (almost) as well as I can use English, for listening, speaking, reading and writing. To be honest, I had some failed starts, but I really want to reach this goal somehow, so I thought this blog would, among other things, keep me accountable (to myself and an audience). And to be fair, with each new “reset” I did feel more confident and slightly more knowledgeable. Other than that, I think this might provide some insight how the Japanese language can be learnt, from the perspective of a beginner, to novices and interested experts alike (maybe teachers?). It can be interesting for anyone who’s interested in language acquisition, as a case study.

What do you think of this idea? Would you be interested in reading such a blog? Would really love to know if you might be interested and/or have some notes. I What would be the best blog platform for such an idea? I was thinking of Medium.

Thank you for reading!

2 comments
  1. In theory it sounds interesting, in practice it sounds like I’d lose interest really soon. Maybe if there was weekly/monthly summaries I’d be interested in reading them?

    I haven’t come across any blogs yet that do this (I don’t read many blogs though), but there’s plenty vloggers on youtube and, less formally I suppose, some people share study logs on the WaniKani forums. Here’s some: https://community.wanikani.com/t/master-list-of-study-logs/37821

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