Hey, do you guys think learning to write Japanese is necessary? It slows me down quite a bit, and… - Feed Post by ChrissyAtSea
Hey, do you guys think learning to write Japanese is necessary? It slows me down quite a bit, and I have like a stack of notes. However, do you believe it`s necessary to learn in this way?
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I think it is necessary to learn writing too, as part of learning an other language.
But what excacly do you mean by "write Japanese"? Writing Kana or Kanji, writing it with your hand or electronic devices etc.?
Because I think writing Kanji by hand isn't realy necessary as you will normally have electronic help, but at least knowing how to write the word in Kana and not only knowing the pronounciation is really helpful.
So I think it is necessary to learn writing.
This is my personal point of view, I'm interested if other users have other opinions.
Ah, I learned to write and read all the hiragana + katakana, over the summer. Everyday, I practice Kanji, Voab and Grammar, daily. However, I write everything I forget, and that is new to me. I use anki.
Alright, well thanks. I`ll continue to write then.- So, learning to write all the Kanji? = Bad idea, lol.
Learning to write Kanji is a waste of time imo- Ah, alright thanks, Felaedra. Anyone, else have opinions on learning writing in Japanese?
Where and how will you use Japanese? If you're only going to input written Japanese on a computer, that's one thing. If you end up coming to Japan, it's not such a "waste of time" learning to write kanji, in fact, it will help you immensely in daily life. Think of your goals in learning Japanese, and go from there.
You should at least learn how to count strokes in a kanji (and it is closely related to the way you write it, aka stroke order, whose rules are simple and very useful to know). Stroke count is absolutely necessary for looking up kanjis in dictionaries.
Writing kanjis can also help you if your memory is not 100% visual as you will reinforce it with motor memory.- Yeah, i`ve been doing this with Anki. However, Anki is an SRS, so it`s based on reoccuring memory. Not hard-drill learning, like: "Reading 5 kanji, remember how to write them & meaning, recall from muscle memory."
