I added my total kanji I've learned so far.. I lost count when I started....I know 210 kanji… - Feed Post by KenjiSama
I added my total kanji I've learned so far.. I lost count when I started....I know 210 kanji now....I review and write them everyday. It may seem tedious to do so, but that's how I learn....
I noticed how people say doing such and such is better than this way. People say writing them over does not work. Let me say something:
Find out what works best for YOU. Not this language pro, not that guy next to you, what works best for YOU. If writing them over and over works for you, like me, then do it. If mnemonics work for you, then do it. If staring at a screen works for you, then do it!!!
Don't try the "quickest" way. Don't try "Fluency in 3 months" crap, that doesn't work, at all....you notice how all these websites claim you'll learn fast, but want you to pay the VERY LOW PRICE of 100$???
I'm not going to lie to you, it WILL take years to be fluent. I'm lucky to start so young, due to the fact I wish to earn my degree at a Japanese university. But no matter what age you are, it's never too late to learn.
Btw, it's a MYTH that children learn languages better. You know why? Adults understand grammar that children can't. Also, it was never proven that children learn better in the first place.....
But what about the children that are good at piano? You know what I found out? Those children practice EVERY SINGLE DAY, hours at a time, and they've been doing it for at least two years. Anyone can be as good as them doing the same thing as well.
Now, I don't know your reasons for studying Japanese. Mine, to attend a college or university in Japan, and live there, and also reading manga and watching anime.
Don't let ANYONE tell you that you'll give up, just because you just want to learn Japanese because of Anime.
What makes their goal better than yours? If that goal keeps you motivated, then that goal is good enough. My last advice:
When you don't feel like studying, when you want to quit, think of your goal. Think how the less you study, the more you put it off, the longer it will take to reach your goal, and the higher chance you give up in the first place. You want to read manga? That manga isn't going to read itself yknow. You wish to be a teacher? How can you teach, if you can't even understand your students?
I hope I was an inspiration to some people, even if it was just one.. My goal is really important and unlike most, I am timed. The scholarship I'm aiming for, has an age limit. College isn't going to wait on my lazy ass. I have about 2-3 years to be literate, and able to speak well. That may seem like a long time, but when you count the days you don't study, vacation, life, then it adds up.
Have fun everyone!!! And good luck!!
I noticed how people say doing such and such is better than this way. People say writing them over does not work. Let me say something:
Find out what works best for YOU. Not this language pro, not that guy next to you, what works best for YOU. If writing them over and over works for you, like me, then do it. If mnemonics work for you, then do it. If staring at a screen works for you, then do it!!!
Don't try the "quickest" way. Don't try "Fluency in 3 months" crap, that doesn't work, at all....you notice how all these websites claim you'll learn fast, but want you to pay the VERY LOW PRICE of 100$???
I'm not going to lie to you, it WILL take years to be fluent. I'm lucky to start so young, due to the fact I wish to earn my degree at a Japanese university. But no matter what age you are, it's never too late to learn.
Btw, it's a MYTH that children learn languages better. You know why? Adults understand grammar that children can't. Also, it was never proven that children learn better in the first place.....
But what about the children that are good at piano? You know what I found out? Those children practice EVERY SINGLE DAY, hours at a time, and they've been doing it for at least two years. Anyone can be as good as them doing the same thing as well.
Now, I don't know your reasons for studying Japanese. Mine, to attend a college or university in Japan, and live there, and also reading manga and watching anime.
Don't let ANYONE tell you that you'll give up, just because you just want to learn Japanese because of Anime.
What makes their goal better than yours? If that goal keeps you motivated, then that goal is good enough. My last advice:
When you don't feel like studying, when you want to quit, think of your goal. Think how the less you study, the more you put it off, the longer it will take to reach your goal, and the higher chance you give up in the first place. You want to read manga? That manga isn't going to read itself yknow. You wish to be a teacher? How can you teach, if you can't even understand your students?
I hope I was an inspiration to some people, even if it was just one.. My goal is really important and unlike most, I am timed. The scholarship I'm aiming for, has an age limit. College isn't going to wait on my lazy ass. I have about 2-3 years to be literate, and able to speak well. That may seem like a long time, but when you count the days you don't study, vacation, life, then it adds up.
Have fun everyone!!! And good luck!!
posted by KenjiSama
Comments 6
あなたは正しいよ。毎日毎日練習と練習ね。practice makes perfect, pain retains, repetion repetion repetition. thats how 誰かは日本語が上手になるでしょ。in my opinion. i agree with ya
Going to have to call BS on children not learning languages better. Take Japanese kids. 2-4 year olds have a much better chance of getting pronunciation down pat because their verbal repertoire is not limited to just what sounds you can make in Japanese. As someone who teaches both young kids and kids at the elementary/JHS level, the difference is astounding. There are many JHS kids who will never be able to make the sound for "r" or "l", instead forever needing to resort to らりるれろ much the same way as my katakana words either take more time to say or sound like the English equivalent. Never mind adult students. As for grammar, again, kids are still learning WHY grammar is used in certain ways, and so can apply this to new languages easily. Before I started teaching English, a lot of grammar evaded me, you just SAY it that way, don't ask me why, silly! I have a spider sense - thanks to my parents - for spelling and grammar, but could not explain the grammar as easily as one would think. Kids going through school at least have a higher chance of knowing the whys, the explanations, etc, as opposed to someone who graduated university almost 20 years ago. By all means, people, don't give up, but age does indeed make a difference.
Children have more brain plasticity which helps them adapt to new forms of thinking.
I moved to canada when I was 5 and learned english in a few months without much effort.
I moved to Japan when I was 16, that was a different story. My japanese sucks.
I'm also an english teacher. There are social factors to learning new languages. Little kids tend to be dropped in a new enviroment without too many options to avoid it. You either learn and talk a new language in the playground or you don't get to play.
The older you get the more options you have so learning a new language isn't the only option available.
So you're half right. If you have the discipline to practice everyday and inmerse yourself consistently in a new language you'll learn quicker but it's easier to cop out as you get older. But kids also have more brain plasticity, they may not have the knowledge of the theory behind grammar but they understand how to use it. My spanish students have a great deal of knowledge of english grammar but they don't know how to apply it or understand it.
Good luck with your studies.
yeah, everyone have different thinking, but i agree most of what you said. nothing is easy, must try hard to improve Japanese (or to get success in other areas)
Your advice are really helpful..
you sir, are a wise man.
