**Daily routine:**
Anki, Tango n5 anki deck (15 new words a day)
Grammar, Cure dolly 2 or 3 videos, then I go back over what I watched in a google doc with premade notes of cure dolly videos.
reading a tiny bit (no more than 20 minutes) using nhk easy news or yotsuba& (I haven’t started making my own anki deck yet)
I have been doing this for about the past month and a half (not the cure dolly, only been doing that for like a week) and I feel like I am getting decent progress, and I have learnt a little over 500 words in anki. Once I finish the tango n5 deck I am planning on doing most of the tango n4 deck and then start immersing and sentence mining. I still feel like I could be doing more (I have lots of free time because I am homeschooled) so if anybody would have any suggestions on things I could incorperate into my routine/change that would be greatly appreciated 🙂
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>Is my daily routine good?
Yes
>I still feel like I could be doing more
I would add listening comprehension. Are you currently doing any at all? It may not seem as important in the beginning, but it takes *a lot* of listening to become good at listening.
In general, you can follow the guide on [https://learnjapanese.moe/](https://learnjapanese.moe/). You are already using the resources they recommend anyway.
Sounds like you are on a good path. Tango N5 and N4 are great beginner decks. I would suggest sticking with those until you make the switch to sentence mining but I don’t suggest doing both at the same time unless there are a few words you really want to learn.
I would start adding in more immersion as your vocabulary and grammar knowledge grow. You don’t learn a language in Anki you learn it in immersion, Anki is just for memorizing which isn’t the same thing. NHK News Easy and Yotauba to are good places to start for sure though. A great place to find some reading inspiration by level is https://learnnatively.com/ and a good place to find manga that is readable with a browser dictionary like Migaku or Yomichan is https://bilingualmanga.net/
You could start watching some easy slice of life anime for some visual audio immersion which will be important as well. A good series to try is My Love Story (俺物語) or Himotou Umaru-chan. https://animelon.com/ is a good site to watch with subtitles or you could just use Netflix with japanese subtitles, if you use a VPN to Japan you will get way more content.
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>reading a tiny bit (no more than 20 minutes) using nhk easy news or yotsuba&
With only one month of vocabulary and a week of grammar, I can recommend using input that is a bit more comprehensible. You’ll want reading resources that use the words and grammar you’ve already studied with only a bit more extra. Try the tadoku free graded readers or yomujp non-fiction articles. [There are also other free reading resources to try out](https://dokushoclub.com/free-reading-resources/n5-free-reading-resources/) that are all a better fit for beginners than nhk easy news and yotubato, in my opinion.
Try to write as you listen.
Not everything. Just jot down things really quick that are worth coming back to.
Words. Grammar. Expressions.
Add minute markers if you can.
Don’t be afraid to rewind and relisten.
The same for when you’re watching shows or YouTube videos.
Once you’re n4 turn on Japanese only subtitles. No more English. Which should be quick. Like in 2 months at your rate