How to learn Japanese the smart way *self-taught at home*
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
- How most people traditionally learn languages is in a school-based setting or private lessons, which is certainly fine and helpful for gaining knowledge. But sometimes people don't have the time or finances to take lessons. Here, I am going to walk you through five important methods to adapt into your study routine that will not only improve your efficiency at learning but will go a long way towards gaining fluency in the language, in this case Japanese.
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Sources and tools mentioned in this video:
Japanese Pod 101: www.japanesepod101.com/
Learn Japanese Pod: learnjapanesepod.com/
Miku Real Japanese: / @mikurealjapanese3804
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0:00 Intro
0:41 Tip 1: Repeat, repeat, repeat
2:30 Tip 2: Find your motivation
4:16 Tip 3: Find your learning tools
5:14 Tip 4: Reinforce vocabulary with selective listening
6:42 Tip 5: Teach what you know
7:45 Outro
Great tips! Ive been learning for a while and i definitely agree with all of these.
Good tips! I’m studying both Chinese and Japanese. My Chinese is better right now, but I’m hoping to make my Japanese improve and catch up!
My takes:
1) It's easier to watch videos about learning Japanese than it is to actually study Japanese.. I mean, all of what's said in this video, for example, is typically good advice, but a lot of us end up spending a lot of time learning *about* Japanese much more than we actually learn Japanese.
2) Stay away from Duolingo like the plague. There's no bigger time waster anywhere, when it comes to language learning. People argue that "it's better to spend 15 minutes with Duolingo than doing nothing for those 15 minutes" - after having been a long long time Duolingo user I totally disagree. It's *detrimental* to use the owl and their flawed learning system. It's all in the name, even.. "duo". Learning by translation. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Spend your time with just about anything else and you will be better off.
Duolingo actually helped me a lot with learning Hiragana + Katakana cause the exercises with constant repetition really helped, but I think I won't use it a lot for learning vocabulary / grammar. I think Duolingo is a great tool you can use in addition to other things, but you shouldn't try to learn a language with JUST Duolingo.
Duolingo's entire JP course has recently been completely overhauled and changed since this video was produced.
@@cryzztal6433Duolingo is shit* af, don't lie to yourself
@@vallejomach6721yeah but you get really weird unnatural sentences like “the chair, the table, the floor” and stuff like that
@@daelium89it's better to do what you like and can be consistent with if you like Duolingo you will learn a little bit isn't a good way but it's something
Thanks! Good advice.
Superb advice for learning a difficult language.
Excellent learning tips!
I have found that Satori Reader sans furigana has helped the best, my learning has accelerated faster that I could have ever imagined. It helps to listen to the chapter first (without looking at the screen), this boosted my comprehension like no other.
DuoLingo is okay for learning lots of vocab, but the sentences are somewhat unnatural, even in English.
I also listen to HTB News Hokkaido (on youtube) when getting ready for bed every night.
Satori reader is great! But I feel like you need a subscription for it to be good for long-term. Is that what you have?
I use my Switch to study text by just switching it to Japanese.
@@CrossingtoJapan Yes, you definitely need a subscription for Satori reader to be useful. I used a promo code for a year subscription (courtesy of another prominent Japanese language learning UA-cam channel).
I'll have to try setting my Switch to Japanese (currently slogging away through Octopath Traveller II).
It's all about engaging with the language in a variety of enjoyable ways.
But Satori reader really is like "eating that frog" (doing the most difficult task first thing in the morning) for me.
I’ve been learning Japanese through just listening to music and listening to Japanese UA-camrs talking without any subtitles on and even though it took a while, I got to understand some level of Japanese and I have no plans to stop listening as I think it’s the best way to learn Japanese or any language in general
This isn't Dances with Wolves. What are you doing to close the vocabulary and grammar knowledge gap?
I'm learning from UA-cam channels like Yuka Chan and Ask Japanese, books = dictionary and Japanese from zero. I've found 'shadowing' to be impossible, even with Pappa Pig in Japanese.
@@PeteDWhen you grew up learning your own native language, did you concern yourself with grammar and vocabulary? No, that's what School teaches and when you get into the more advanced aspects.
This is about learning a new language, which for the most part is no different from learning our first language. Get a lot of input from listening first, and eventually learn to read, write, and type the language. The grammar and vocabulary come natural with the input gathering. Everyone learns grammar and vocab by default this way. Baby food first, then gradually more mature food, then you can dabble with gourmet on your own time.
Yo I need some songs all I know is yoasobi. And pink guy songs. Lol
@@gunthor7495 You could always try going down the Vocaloid Rabbit Hole and perhaps J-Pop too. If you're doing it for learning, you shouldn't have to worry about getting picky. Vocaloid would be my recommendation because anyone can make it, including covers of other songs.
Estoy de acuerdo ref DUOLINGO!!@😅 I like your advise. Llevo años explicado justamente esos consejos, ¡la mayoría de ellos por lo menos! ❤
Gracias! De dónde eres? Yo investigué biología en Panamá durante 4 años.
Something that I’ve tried doing is treating myself and my language skills kind of like a baby. Like when we’re teaching babies/toddlers to talk, we start with simple and necessary phrases such as basic needs/numbers/colors/anatomy (etc.). This also includes simple grammar taught to young kids and progressing that way.
I’ve looked up educational kids music videos on UA-cam (like the ones that teach colors and counting) and made flash cards from there which I’ve used to practice and I’ve personally found that to be pretty helpful. Also, playing video games in Japanese with tons of dialogue is a good tool if you’re patient enough to translate everything too!
I haven’t tried this yet, but I’ve heard that watching anime made for a younger audience (like doraemon for example) is helpful to start with because the language is simpler.
But definitely when you’re first starting it’s SUPER important to get kana down before anything else! You can’t learn a language that you can’t read!
It's a myth, I cannot read kanji, only have time to learn to speak, I speak quite well
Love your tips. I do some of these myself.
I have a method where i repeat things 100x. Ill say GO ZAI MAS x10 GOZAI MAS x10 GOZAIMASU x10. Ill do that with every word and phrase i learn. This is something i learned training dogs. They learn exactly like this
Another thing i do is try to fully immerse myself in the language. I watch and read everything in Japanese and listen to their pitch and tones. Just how they speak, and try to pick up words or lookup things i hear.
Lastly, i try to learn other languages at the sametime. I think it helps improve your ability to learn.
I listened to all the free japanese pod101 for 5 hours. It was incredibly helpful. I would definitely subscribe if i could afford it. I highly recommend it.
Great video
I love the pimsluer ad of the guy juggling fire that i see before everyone of these videos.
Great video :) I think you forgot perhaps one of the most important tips: patience….repetition becomes meaningless if you have no patience. Tip #3, motivation, plays a role in the level of patience you may have.
Japanese is a language that has its culture very, very engraved into it so I definitely agree people should be involved in the getting to know the culture as soon as possible, but it all depends on the learner’s goals….does the learner want to just learn Japanese to understand anime? (learners can find success even if this is their sole goal….but most learners that only care about anime tend to give up early on after they see how difficult learning this kind of language is) Or do they just want to make abroad Japanese friends?…maybe they want to move to Japan…whatever their goal is it may not always revolve around the culture and some people may just like the language, but not the culture
(Also small correction below, and maybe its just the way in which you said it, but maybe someone else reading this might find it useful)
furigana is not something you can “read in.” It is simply the concept of seeing kana (usually hiragana, but can also be katakana) above kanji so that it can be easily read without having to look up a kanji’s meaning or the pronunciation used for that word. Furigana is also used to create a sort of emphasis or to dramatize a bit more what is being read. One example of this I keep coming back to is when, in a manga or light novel, you may see the kanji 神 (かみ) which means god, but you see in furigana ゴッド instead of かみ.
Thanks for pointing out that correction! I missed it during editing, and good points!
great video, how old are you? just a small question :)
27, but I probably look younger than that.
Coool
Duolingo is a great resource for learning all the hiragana and katakana for sure, I'd even say there great for learning easy words
Not gonna lie, Duolingo is useful. Not in the sense of learning how to speak, but that Duolingo teaches Katakana and Kanji. It helps when still learning how to read and recognise characters and not wanting to disappoint that owl helps in motivating learning knew kanji and katakana every day. I skip learning the normal lessons. Those are actually useless.
2:34 i agree! I fucking agree with him! I hate how much time i lost bc of that stupid app
since you start to "study" japanese?
goodp
Learning with romaji is bad approach you will have to relearn japanese all over again in kana basically adding more extra work
I also try not to go anki mode when it comes to memorising Kanji symbols because when I write something is basically me telling myself don't learn it just save it in your notes
why do people not like Japanese duolingo? do you have a video expended on that? 😂
Lol it’s a waste of time u can’t do it n somehow u can teach people 😂
Yep. Just watch some anime. If u learn great if not at least you had fun. I've learned thousands of Japanese words without studying in only a few months. I just watch anime. I wonder what that word I keep hearing means? I look it up. No need so much stress and try so hard. Gambare gambare. Janai nai. Yamero.
What are you saying...?
Uhh what????
Hey dude, hope you absolutely doing well, how can I learn Nihongo easily, I already watched pod 101, so it's not benefits to me, so kindly other way to learn nihongo plz
I don't know what level you are at, but I'd say 1) you could just keep repeating pod 101 content until you can understand all the dialogues without translation 2) find lots of anime or drama shows to watch without English subtitles (animelon.com/ is a great site for studying from anime) or 3) if you have a Switch, my vocab has been majorly improved from setting it to Japanese and playing games like Zelda. Also, you could just read Japanese books, light novels, or manga. There is also this site: yomou.syosetu.com/ that has a lot of new writers featured, so infinite reading potential here.
Really, I would just say find something you enjoy doing in Japanese and keep at it. That's basically where I am at right now, and I'm having a ton of fun learning. You can also set goals for yourself, like working towards completing the JLPT. Here is my favorite site for studying in that regard: jlptsensei.com/
I will be making more videos focused on some different ways of learning so feel free to stick around as well. But hopefully that sparks some thoughts on what you can do next.
@@CrossingtoJapan ok let me try