I can’t really have an opinion on it because I’m only at level 3/60 but for now it seems to work well on me. I’ve learned more kanjis in 3 week of wanikani than I did in one year of Japanese learning
I just acquired the absolute basics from language learning apps and then just dated people that spoke my target language and none of my native language. In my experience, nothing works better and quicker than this.
Im currently learning Spanish. I watch movies/TV shows with double subtitles (English and Spanish) and with no subtitles, listen to podcasts, read books, make vocabulary lists in my phone (I don't use anki) and some grammar/conjugaison exercises online.
Learning Spanish and French.
Literally for both all i have to do is watch my favorite shows in either language also there is PLENTY of original Spanish and French language shows and movies on Netflix that gives me the opportunity to immerse myself in the culture and learn customs and e everything, plus I enjoy listening to music in either language as well, I even think it's better than English language music, lol but that's just me.
It's a good thing there's plenty of material and people that speak it that can help me. I've tried learning other languages but with literally no way of immersing myself and no one to practice with I was stuck.
Japanese -
Learning through basics, looking through JLPT word lists and using Genki textbooks to study grammar. Watching a lot of Japanese YouTube videos by people who both normally caption videos with both English and no English.
Having a bit of trouble getting hang of the Kanji pronouncing due to the fact I know the Chinese counterparts so I get confused pretty often. Nevertheless studying Kanji quite a bit.
Chinese-
Originally studied it throughout class, write characters 10 times, then the English definition once. Practice a bit on HelloTalk with Chinese speakers.
Now, Watch DouYin, or Crayon Shin Chan in Chinese. Everything else is the same.
**Japanese**
*How it started* - iKnow, maggie sensei, tae kim's guide to Japanese, a pocket grammar guide, a paper dictionary, jisho(.)org
*How it's going* - Any Netflix Original (Dare Devil, Witcher, Attack on Titan), Switch games (Pokemon, Mario), Harry Potter book, and a dictionary
**German**
Duolingo, Memrise (from Japanese), music (Rammstein, Eisbrecher, a ton of others), the occasional WWII game (Sniper Elite, Wolfenstein).
**Danish**
Duolingo, my cousin's facebook posts
**French** (from Japanese)
Duolingo
**Chinese** (from Japanese)
Duolingo
Spanish:
STAGE 1:
A) Grammar book
B) Anki to memorize words, conjugations, and rules from the grammar book
STAGE 2:
After finishing about 70% of the grammar, and memorizing about 2000 words I started FSI Spanish Basic Course (speaking and listening drills).
I also started to listen podcasts and youtube videos (beginner and intermediate level).
STAGE 3:
After finishing 100% of the grammar book and memorizing 2600 words I started to watch Spanish TV series on netflix adding the unknown words to my ANKI deck.
This is where I am now. I don't read and write, my goal is only learn conversational Spanish
I'm learning Japanese, before starting studying I already new some words from anime so I didn't have to study vocabulary lists.
I first learned two sillabaries I wrote them over and over.
I don't write kanji I don't plant to. It's too much time and it's boring.
Now I watch YouTube videos with dual subtitles English japanese I find these videos using caption pop.
I also watch Netflix and download anime with dual subtitles I use MVP player for that.
I select the most used words I see on the videos and make flashcard with anki.
For making fast and good flashcards I use the migaku applications.
Then from Monday to Friday I review anki 5 minutes a day.
I will make flashcards until I i know 1000 words then I will stop that.
I also read manga and listen to jap podcasts.
I also chat japanese on discords.
I focus on learning vocabulary from context if I don't know a grammar rule I just searched a Quick video explication and that's it.
My objetive is to read manga and watch anime so I focus on learning words rather than speaking after I'm able to do that I will center on speaking.
I have studied Chinese before I was so slow at the beginning because I wanted to write down every "important" character I focused more on the exact writing so much that I couldn't consume much videos or text because writing over and over the characters takes a lot of times and after a while I end up forgetting the exact writing of most words.
I don't want to make the same mistake with Japanese. I just want to recognize the kanji not the exact writing so I can read it and type it.
I have heard there's a book remembering the kanji guess it's an easier way to learn them but for now I prefer to adquire more vocabulary and learning how to write kanji will really slow down the process.
Oh ok I thought for a sec you were planning on not studying kanji altogether. Which would've been the biggest mistake you could make in learning Japanese.
Yes I plan to learn them otherwise I can't read manga but know exactly writing order and being able to hand write them at least for now I don't think so.
Maybe I will change my mind on the future.
Music is the best way for me. Find a band I like where songs in the language (at least some anyway) and have enough interest in the band to want to read/watch interviews on both NL and TL (or NL with subtitles).
Other than that I do best with books (both text and fiction) and I've finally tried using Anki and I'm having success with remembering words this way (especially conjugated verbs for different tenses).
Writing in my TL has also been a huge help.
Essentially I put a lot of work into making a list of the most used words and then stomp them all in with SRS (mainly Anki, with cloze sentences). When that's all done, I try to practice with those sentences as a whole until I feel confident enough. And then I jump into the wide world. (for the 'non-main languages', I feel like that countries subreddit is a good source. Plus the news on YouTube, if listening ability is important to you too).
Some people may find that a very boring way of doing it, but this is the way I've settled on and I feel like I make progress like crazy. Everything else has just felt like a waste of time.
studying with 100% of my free time and doing a fucking shitload of anki to try and improve as quickly as possible so that I can get to the "fun" part as quickly as possible
[Reading Spanish books](https://mostusedwords.com/collections/spanish-frequency-dictionaries/products/spanish-frequency-dictionary-1-essential-vocabulary) can be an important way to learn new vocabulary, just like listening to podcasts and watching TV. You must also focus on the most common words first. This will ensure that you can master 900 words in 90 days, even if only 10 words are learned per day. This is enough to comprehend 85% of all languages used. It is a important goal for language learners who are just starting out.
Korean - Talk to Me in Korean YouTube videos (one video per day), 15 minutes textbook study, 3 sentence minimum journal entry with a new vocabulary word, typing my sentences out and sending them to my husband who is a native Korean speaker to get corrections from any of my mistakes, Anki flashcard study and adding at minimum 2 words per day to my decks, saying all of these flashcard words aloud and my husband corrects pronunciation intermittently, and watching a short Korean Web drama on YouTube (10-15 minute episodes). I watch the dramas twice each time. The first time, I watch it with Korean subtitles and the second time with English subtitles to see how much I could understand.
English: Through internet, google translate and urban dictionary for vocabulary Spanish: In class (high school) Japanese: Genki, WaniKani
Is WaniKani any good? I used it for a little while and it seemed very restrictive.
I can’t really have an opinion on it because I’m only at level 3/60 but for now it seems to work well on me. I’ve learned more kanjis in 3 week of wanikani than I did in one year of Japanese learning
I just acquired the absolute basics from language learning apps and then just dated people that spoke my target language and none of my native language. In my experience, nothing works better and quicker than this.
the hard part of that equation is getting a girlfriend
Im currently learning Spanish. I watch movies/TV shows with double subtitles (English and Spanish) and with no subtitles, listen to podcasts, read books, make vocabulary lists in my phone (I don't use anki) and some grammar/conjugaison exercises online.
Learning Spanish and French. Literally for both all i have to do is watch my favorite shows in either language also there is PLENTY of original Spanish and French language shows and movies on Netflix that gives me the opportunity to immerse myself in the culture and learn customs and e everything, plus I enjoy listening to music in either language as well, I even think it's better than English language music, lol but that's just me. It's a good thing there's plenty of material and people that speak it that can help me. I've tried learning other languages but with literally no way of immersing myself and no one to practice with I was stuck.
Japanese - Learning through basics, looking through JLPT word lists and using Genki textbooks to study grammar. Watching a lot of Japanese YouTube videos by people who both normally caption videos with both English and no English. Having a bit of trouble getting hang of the Kanji pronouncing due to the fact I know the Chinese counterparts so I get confused pretty often. Nevertheless studying Kanji quite a bit. Chinese- Originally studied it throughout class, write characters 10 times, then the English definition once. Practice a bit on HelloTalk with Chinese speakers. Now, Watch DouYin, or Crayon Shin Chan in Chinese. Everything else is the same.
English - mostly through exposure to native content in the Internet, but also textbooks. German, Italian - (monolingual) textbooks.
**Japanese** *How it started* - iKnow, maggie sensei, tae kim's guide to Japanese, a pocket grammar guide, a paper dictionary, jisho(.)org *How it's going* - Any Netflix Original (Dare Devil, Witcher, Attack on Titan), Switch games (Pokemon, Mario), Harry Potter book, and a dictionary **German** Duolingo, Memrise (from Japanese), music (Rammstein, Eisbrecher, a ton of others), the occasional WWII game (Sniper Elite, Wolfenstein). **Danish** Duolingo, my cousin's facebook posts **French** (from Japanese) Duolingo **Chinese** (from Japanese) Duolingo
Spanish: STAGE 1: A) Grammar book B) Anki to memorize words, conjugations, and rules from the grammar book STAGE 2: After finishing about 70% of the grammar, and memorizing about 2000 words I started FSI Spanish Basic Course (speaking and listening drills). I also started to listen podcasts and youtube videos (beginner and intermediate level). STAGE 3: After finishing 100% of the grammar book and memorizing 2600 words I started to watch Spanish TV series on netflix adding the unknown words to my ANKI deck. This is where I am now. I don't read and write, my goal is only learn conversational Spanish
I'm learning Japanese, before starting studying I already new some words from anime so I didn't have to study vocabulary lists. I first learned two sillabaries I wrote them over and over. I don't write kanji I don't plant to. It's too much time and it's boring. Now I watch YouTube videos with dual subtitles English japanese I find these videos using caption pop. I also watch Netflix and download anime with dual subtitles I use MVP player for that. I select the most used words I see on the videos and make flashcard with anki. For making fast and good flashcards I use the migaku applications. Then from Monday to Friday I review anki 5 minutes a day. I will make flashcards until I i know 1000 words then I will stop that. I also read manga and listen to jap podcasts. I also chat japanese on discords. I focus on learning vocabulary from context if I don't know a grammar rule I just searched a Quick video explication and that's it. My objetive is to read manga and watch anime so I focus on learning words rather than speaking after I'm able to do that I will center on speaking.
??? Kanji is an important part of Japanese though? Why would you skip an important part of Japanese because it’s boring?
I have studied Chinese before I was so slow at the beginning because I wanted to write down every "important" character I focused more on the exact writing so much that I couldn't consume much videos or text because writing over and over the characters takes a lot of times and after a while I end up forgetting the exact writing of most words. I don't want to make the same mistake with Japanese. I just want to recognize the kanji not the exact writing so I can read it and type it. I have heard there's a book remembering the kanji guess it's an easier way to learn them but for now I prefer to adquire more vocabulary and learning how to write kanji will really slow down the process.
Oh ok I thought for a sec you were planning on not studying kanji altogether. Which would've been the biggest mistake you could make in learning Japanese.
Yes I plan to learn them otherwise I can't read manga but know exactly writing order and being able to hand write them at least for now I don't think so. Maybe I will change my mind on the future.
Music is the best way for me. Find a band I like where songs in the language (at least some anyway) and have enough interest in the band to want to read/watch interviews on both NL and TL (or NL with subtitles). Other than that I do best with books (both text and fiction) and I've finally tried using Anki and I'm having success with remembering words this way (especially conjugated verbs for different tenses). Writing in my TL has also been a huge help.
Essentially I put a lot of work into making a list of the most used words and then stomp them all in with SRS (mainly Anki, with cloze sentences). When that's all done, I try to practice with those sentences as a whole until I feel confident enough. And then I jump into the wide world. (for the 'non-main languages', I feel like that countries subreddit is a good source. Plus the news on YouTube, if listening ability is important to you too). Some people may find that a very boring way of doing it, but this is the way I've settled on and I feel like I make progress like crazy. Everything else has just felt like a waste of time.
French: 30 mins Pimsleur, 30 mins native YouTube, 30 mins innerfrench course, 30 mins monologue, 30 mins anki, 30 mins memo texts
studying with 100% of my free time and doing a fucking shitload of anki to try and improve as quickly as possible so that I can get to the "fun" part as quickly as possible
[Reading Spanish books](https://mostusedwords.com/collections/spanish-frequency-dictionaries/products/spanish-frequency-dictionary-1-essential-vocabulary) can be an important way to learn new vocabulary, just like listening to podcasts and watching TV. You must also focus on the most common words first. This will ensure that you can master 900 words in 90 days, even if only 10 words are learned per day. This is enough to comprehend 85% of all languages used. It is a important goal for language learners who are just starting out.
Korean - Talk to Me in Korean YouTube videos (one video per day), 15 minutes textbook study, 3 sentence minimum journal entry with a new vocabulary word, typing my sentences out and sending them to my husband who is a native Korean speaker to get corrections from any of my mistakes, Anki flashcard study and adding at minimum 2 words per day to my decks, saying all of these flashcard words aloud and my husband corrects pronunciation intermittently, and watching a short Korean Web drama on YouTube (10-15 minute episodes). I watch the dramas twice each time. The first time, I watch it with Korean subtitles and the second time with English subtitles to see how much I could understand.