I have learned all of hiragana and katakana. I know how to use most of the particles and some grammar and I know a small amount of vocab but I still feel like I’m at the start. What’s your advice on how you broke into the next level?
Personally I just straight listened for a little bit and then I started reading.
Maybe you can check “Japanese like a breeze (JLLAB)” Anki deck, it’s really nice and has examples of vocabulary, grammar etc. You can listen to podcasts like Nigongo Con Teppei for Beginners probably too :>>
probably either go to graded readers, or do some textbook and then do graded readers, depending on how much you know about grammar
after that do actual books 🙂
>I have learned all of hiragana and katakana. I know how to use most of the particles and some grammar and I know a small amount of vocab but I still feel like I’m at the start. What’s your advice on how you broke into the next level?
Personally I’m primarily using the Genki textbooks for grammar, JPDB for vocabulary and kanji using a top frequency deck, and tadoku graded readers for reading.
I started 5 months ago and here was my path:
– Genki I (you can find PDFs online) – Anki vocab deck and load a deck for Genki I – WaniKani for Kanji help
I do Anki (20 words/day) and WaniKani daily as much as allowed and average about 1.5 chapters a week. Took some breaks in the middle too whenever I’d get burnt out.
I’m just about done with Genki I and will move onto Genki II after. I’m at about level 8 on WaniKani (I started way after I started Genki). When I get a good chunk of the way through Genki II I’ll start focusing on immersion practice by just watching loads of slice of life anime and Japanese reality tv using the Language Reactor plugin for Chrome which puts up both English and Japanese subtitles at the same time.
I’m hoping by the end of all that I’ll be an advanced N4 or weak N3 and start being conversational.
Hope that helps!
Learn more words and learn more grammar. In other words, if you got a textbook or some other structured resource, keep pushing on. This doesn’t have to be rocket science.
I agree with everything in this video, the only thing I would change is how to learn kanji. I would use the free Migaku Kanji God addon for Anki. It works a lot like RTK but is personalized for the kanji coming up in your Anki cards.
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Personally I just straight listened for a little bit and then I started reading.
Maybe you can check “Japanese like a breeze (JLLAB)” Anki deck, it’s really nice and has examples of vocabulary, grammar etc.
You can listen to podcasts like Nigongo Con Teppei for Beginners probably too :>>
probably either go to graded readers, or do some textbook and then do graded readers, depending on how much you know about grammar
after that do actual books 🙂
>I have learned all of hiragana and katakana. I know how to use most of the particles and some grammar and I know a small amount of vocab but I still feel like I’m at the start. What’s your advice on how you broke into the next level?
Check the [Starter’s Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/startersguide). 🙂
Start reading whatever the fuck you want to read. I wouldn’t recommend going too hard, but find something that is around your level.
https://www.reddit.com//r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index has some good resources
Personally I’m primarily using the Genki textbooks for grammar, JPDB for vocabulary and kanji using a top frequency deck, and tadoku graded readers for reading.
I started 5 months ago and here was my path:
– Genki I (you can find PDFs online)
– Anki vocab deck and load a deck for Genki I
– WaniKani for Kanji help
I do Anki (20 words/day) and WaniKani daily as much as allowed and average about 1.5 chapters a week. Took some breaks in the middle too whenever I’d get burnt out.
I’m just about done with Genki I and will move onto Genki II after. I’m at about level 8 on WaniKani (I started way after I started Genki). When I get a good chunk of the way through Genki II I’ll start focusing on immersion practice by just watching loads of slice of life anime and Japanese reality tv using the Language Reactor plugin for Chrome which puts up both English and Japanese subtitles at the same time.
I’m hoping by the end of all that I’ll be an advanced N4 or weak N3 and start being conversational.
Hope that helps!
Learn more words and learn more grammar. In other words, if you got a textbook or some other structured resource, keep pushing on. This doesn’t have to be rocket science.
I agree with everything in this video, the only thing I would change is how to learn kanji. I would use the free Migaku Kanji God addon for Anki. It works a lot like RTK but is personalized for the kanji coming up in your Anki cards.
Here is the Tango N5 Deck: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/866090213
https://youtu.be/L1NQoQivkIY