僕の心からに、ありがとうございます。Now, I practice both of English and Japanese by myself as a hobby during the university life. Your videos definitely improve my English listening skill. Also, most of them are giving me many of superior techniques for self-learning Japanese from a successful person. Many thanks for your good works brother 👍.
Thanks for this! As a working parent myself, it's always a balance. Nice to hear how others make it work. I've often thought that active immersion (e.g. reading, watching anime) was far superior to passive immersion (e.g. listening to a podcast while doing something else), but you make a good point in that passive listening is how we all started learning our native language. Also, thanks for the podcast recommendation video! I was able to find my go-to podcast thanks to it =)
Great! Glad you're finding my videos useful. It would be nice to be able to do lots of active immersion every day! 😅 But yeah most of mine is more passive. Listening to more interesting and more upbeat podcasts helps me stay engaged even when I'm quite busy. Thanks again for your comment, I'm really glad to see I'm reaching people in a similar situation.
Appreciate you calling out the opportunities here to get in extra study, I do this but in reality it doesn't add up to more than an hour a day for me as I live fairly close to work. That is still significant but any more than that and my family, especially my daughter, would comment on me always being distracted by my headphones and phone! This comes down to me working long hours and needing to take the time with my family to really interact... So in the end it is trying to find a good balance! *Ah good to see you called this out at the end :)*
Yeah, it's definitely not so easy with a family and a job. My daughter is still only one so I get time when she's napping or when I am pushing her in her stroller etc but I imagine it gets harder as they get older. I know I still have it easier than some people but the reason I wanted to make this video was to give some ideas to people in a similar situation. Best of luck with your studies!
@@baribarijapandropping RTK was a really smart decision for me, Been doing words from the sentence mining since August, and I feel that it's much more real, takes less time and helps in the input!
Although there is merit in increasing the quantity of input throughout your day, I personally have experienced a point where my brain just could not concentrate anymore. I think it's an extremely stressful way to think about learning. If every time I have some brain downtime I should put on some Japanese, then I'm gonna get exhausted and start hating Japanese and I won't be able to make any progress. I would recommend morning study/podcast and some light custom Anki cards, Also prepare in advance UA-cam playlists of podcasts you want to listen to, for your commute, But not try to get more Japanese in than your brain and body can handle.
Maybe you didn't watch to the end because I did say that it's important to balance studying with the rest of your life, and I also said the same thing that it's important to have a stock of stuff prepared that you're actually interested in. Also I get that some people might feel burned out. For me I don't feel like I'm burning out because I don't push myself to do anything I don't feel like doing. If I have fun podcasts, interesting books and shows, even video games then it doesn't feel stressful for me. I feel okay with not understanding sometimes so for me it's honestly no less relaxing than watching stuff in English. But everyone is different and can do what works for them. I was just explaining what worked for me.
@@baribarijapan sorry I may have been a bit tired and not fully paying attention at the end. In any case I just wanted to get my point out there, because I feel that I was trapped many times in a sort of guilt for not listening enough, but actually I just needed rest. Not saying your way if invalid, obviously it has brought you many good result! And thanks for sharing, and thanks for your channel I really love it.
Excellent video, I've being struggling with my Russian learning and I knew the problem was me not trying enough, but it's always much better when someone else tell you the harsh truth to your face. Thanks mate!
@@baribarijapan You were not, I am just taking notes from your videos to take in mind when I start with Japanese and to put into practice with my Russian learning, keep it up with this channel, it is so useful and even fun.
I liked the life advice in here too I was way too into it and got kind burnt out for a while and that certainly slowed down my progress. I'm finally getting my motivation back to keep going but I don't ignore the thing in my head saying Nah... Let's take a break. Anymore.
@@baribarijapan yeah or lack of it 😆 I was very 適当 when I started but I was listening 12 hours a day to anything everything. From the time I woke up until I slept. Doing some anki and calling Japanese people constantly trying to output. Probably talked with over 4,000 people at this point online. Lol... My weakness is Reading and Grammar. So I've started focusing on it now that I got some motivation back.
This works a lot for language learning. I learnt Most of my early Japanese from listening to anime and Jdrama and when I started to learn without listening, I found it much harder to remember compared to listening to that topic. But nowadays I find it hard to listen while doing something as my brain has started to filter it as noise and so I end up not paying much attention to it.. ofc I still learn a bit since I do it for hours but it’s much less from before
I find that if I use something more upbeat it helps me maintain focus. Like more emotive speakers, joking around and stuff. Also I use easier things when I feel like I might not be able to concentrate so much.
@@baribarijapan I tried that.. but after some times I get used to that too so I always have to find new speakers... in worst cases, I just go for hype and upbeat music for an hour or so to reset and then do things... it works temporarily...
Glad to help! At some points I was reading about 2-3 hours a day. But at other points was more netflix/podcasts. I think it's best to always be doing a balance of everything but I focused more on reading for a while and it really helped me to make much longer sentences when speaking. Now I'm a translator I read Japanese from 9-5 so don't feel like reading anymore after work! 😄
Thank you for this video its really helpful hearing how you learned, especially because I am a uni student so have studies, work and social life (with my long term partner) so find it hard to fit in loads of study. Can i just ask, how much grammar/vocab did you learn before you started immersion? As i find this is one point i struggle with, after only a few weeks of japanese if i try listening to anything it feels far too advanced. Is listening still beneficial even if I only understand tiny tiny amounts just for me to get a feel for the spoken language while I continue to learn grammar and kanji through written study until I begin to fully understand what I am listening to? I want to learn quickly as I plan to move to Japan to teach English when I graduate from uni, I graduate in a year so I'd say I have about 2 years before I move there and my goal is to know enough that I can hold conversations with work colleagues and potential friends and to be able to learn just from full immersion by that point. I would also like to take a JLPT test before I go but I don't have an exact level in mind as a goal just yet. I would really appreciate hearing back from you, ありがとうございます
I'm glad you found it useful. I think I mentioned it in this video (if not in this one ua-cam.com/video/cAqQNq2Icz8/v-deo.html ) but I spent the first few months actively studying kanji and grammar, and then would listen to stuff when my brain was dead from more active study or when I was busy cooking, cleaning, walking etc. Listening as much as possible is definitely important. It helps build up the phonemic awareness you need to actually be able to hear the words that you've learned before. A lot of people that study any language with textbooks and lots of reading find that they can't hear words that actually they "know" already. If you didn't see it already I put up a video recommending podcasts and I started with the easier ones, so those would probably be good to listen to at this point.
@@baribarijapan thank you for getting back to me :), I wasnt sure if you meant you spent the first few months actively doing both or if you studied a bit before listening so thanks for clarifying! I will definitely watch the podcast recommendation video and just get started with listening. Also thanks for introducing me to tae kims guide to grammar as I have been using it for about a week and find it very helpful. Just need to get remembering the kanji now.
@@baribarijapan I'd like to ask a few questions. For your immersion was it really mostly audio immersion? How helpful are podcasts towards japanese learning when you aren't completely focused on it. Would you recommend starting with the easier podcasts or diving into native japanese.
@@legendarylitening I try to read as much as possible but it's just easier to get listening into my day while walking around, cooking, cleaning etc. Of course if you don't focus at all, you won't get much from it, but trying to pay attention while doing other things works for me. I mentioned in another video that I started with native level podcasts but now I wish I had started with easier ones. I recommend a bunch in this video ua-cam.com/video/lMBnBqseEvo/v-deo.html
I think your best option would be to get a kindle and create a Japanese Amazon account so you can buy books and comics directly from Japan. A lot of people have done that from other countries so you can find people explaining how to do it online.
@@Retog I only used RTK for the first three months. Then after that if I forgot something I'd look it up on hochanh.github.io/rtk/rtk1-v6/index.html These days I just remember them. As for breakfast we don't have a table! 😅 But I just listen mostly while preparing stuff, then maybe read an article or something while brushing teeth etc.
How immersion got me to N1 in 4 years ua-cam.com/video/cAqQNq2Icz8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=baribarijapan
僕の心からに、ありがとうございます。Now, I practice both of English and Japanese by myself as a hobby during the university life. Your videos definitely improve my English listening skill. Also, most of them are giving me many of superior techniques for self-learning Japanese from a successful person. Many thanks for your good works brother 👍.
Great to hear! I'm glad they're useful!
You’re a great Japanese learner as well as the best English & Japanese teacher! Brilliant!
Haha thanks! That means a lot coming from you! 😄
Ken-sensei, thanks for your conversation channel!!!
@@ganqqwerty こんにちは！ ありがとうございます！😊👍
Definitely! Listening is always the key point for learning languages!
For me, I listen English podcast when I commute.
Oh, great! I have an English learning podcast called Easy Natural English with Liam.
@@baribarijapan yes! I’ve been listening your podcast. It help me a lot, thanks Liam.
Thanks for this! As a working parent myself, it's always a balance. Nice to hear how others make it work.
I've often thought that active immersion (e.g. reading, watching anime) was far superior to passive immersion (e.g. listening to a podcast while doing something else), but you make a good point in that passive listening is how we all started learning our native language.
Also, thanks for the podcast recommendation video! I was able to find my go-to podcast thanks to it =)
Great! Glad you're finding my videos useful. It would be nice to be able to do lots of active immersion every day! 😅 But yeah most of mine is more passive. Listening to more interesting and more upbeat podcasts helps me stay engaged even when I'm quite busy. Thanks again for your comment, I'm really glad to see I'm reaching people in a similar situation.
@@baribarijapan You're welcome! Looking forward to more videos =)
Appreciate you calling out the opportunities here to get in extra study, I do this but in reality it doesn't add up to more than an hour a day for me as I live fairly close to work. That is still significant but any more than that and my family, especially my daughter, would comment on me always being distracted by my headphones and phone!
This comes down to me working long hours and needing to take the time with my family to really interact... So in the end it is trying to find a good balance!
*Ah good to see you called this out at the end :)*
Yeah, it's definitely not so easy with a family and a job. My daughter is still only one so I get time when she's napping or when I am pushing her in her stroller etc but I imagine it gets harder as they get older. I know I still have it easier than some people but the reason I wanted to make this video was to give some ideas to people in a similar situation. Best of luck with your studies!
Thanks for the motivation!
Thanks for watching!
Nice video, bro. Greetings from Brazil!
Obrigado! I'm glad you liked it!
30 KANJI A DAY, OMG OMG OMG. I feel dead after a week of adding 15 a day! You are a machine!
Haha just kept pushing through 😄
@@baribarijapandropping RTK was a really smart decision for me, Been doing words from the sentence mining since August, and I feel that it's much more real, takes less time and helps in the input!
🎶 Any Spare Moment 🎶In Your Day🎶 Try To Get Japanese In Your Brain 🎶
Love the dedication, I'll try to be as diligent.
Thanks for the vid!
That's the key! Thanks for your comment!
gonna use this for my korean 👍
Nice one! Best of luck!
Although there is merit in increasing the quantity of input throughout your day, I personally have experienced a point where my brain just could not concentrate anymore.
I think it's an extremely stressful way to think about learning. If every time I have some brain downtime I should put on some Japanese, then I'm gonna get exhausted and start hating Japanese and I won't be able to make any progress.
I would recommend morning study/podcast and some light custom Anki cards,
Also prepare in advance UA-cam playlists of podcasts you want to listen to, for your commute,
But not try to get more Japanese in than your brain and body can handle.
Maybe you didn't watch to the end because I did say that it's important to balance studying with the rest of your life, and I also said the same thing that it's important to have a stock of stuff prepared that you're actually interested in. Also I get that some people might feel burned out. For me I don't feel like I'm burning out because I don't push myself to do anything I don't feel like doing. If I have fun podcasts, interesting books and shows, even video games then it doesn't feel stressful for me. I feel okay with not understanding sometimes so for me it's honestly no less relaxing than watching stuff in English. But everyone is different and can do what works for them. I was just explaining what worked for me.
@@baribarijapan sorry I may have been a bit tired and not fully paying attention at the end. In any case I just wanted to get my point out there, because I feel that I was trapped many times in a sort of guilt for not listening enough, but actually I just needed rest. Not saying your way if invalid, obviously it has brought you many good result! And thanks for sharing, and thanks for your channel I really love it.
@@MyOrangeString Thanks! Rest is important for sure! I appreciate your comments!
Excellent video, I've being struggling with my Russian learning and I knew the problem was me not trying enough, but it's always much better when someone else tell you the harsh truth to your face. Thanks mate!
Glad you thought so! I hope I wasn't too harsh 😂
@@baribarijapan You were not, I am just taking notes from your videos to take in mind when I start with Japanese and to put into practice with my Russian learning, keep it up with this channel, it is so useful and even fun.
I liked the life advice in here too I was way too into it and got kind burnt out for a while and that certainly slowed down my progress. I'm finally getting my motivation back to keep going but I don't ignore the thing in my head saying Nah... Let's take a break. Anymore.
That's great! It's definitely easy to get lost in the routine.
@@baribarijapan yeah or lack of it 😆 I was very 適当 when I started but I was listening 12 hours a day to anything everything. From the time I woke up until I slept. Doing some anki and calling Japanese people constantly trying to output. Probably talked with over 4,000 people at this point online. Lol... My weakness is Reading and Grammar. So I've started focusing on it now that I got some motivation back.
@@Nighteye88 That's awesome. What are you using to talk with Japanese people?
This works a lot for language learning. I learnt Most of my early Japanese from listening to anime and Jdrama and when I started to learn without listening, I found it much harder to remember compared to listening to that topic.
But nowadays I find it hard to listen while doing something as my brain has started to filter it as noise and so I end up not paying much attention to it.. ofc I still learn a bit since I do it for hours but it’s much less from before
I find that if I use something more upbeat it helps me maintain focus. Like more emotive speakers, joking around and stuff. Also I use easier things when I feel like I might not be able to concentrate so much.
@@baribarijapan I tried that.. but after some times I get used to that too so I always have to find new speakers... in worst cases, I just go for hype and upbeat music for an hour or so to reset and then do things... it works temporarily...
@@aviewerofu Cool. Whatever works for you.
Great advice. Thank you! I will use this this year in learning Russian 👍🏾
Great! I'm glad you found it useful!
Thanks, I really needed this video!
Glad I could help!
Love the title baribari Japan! lol. Love your video too!
Thanks!
this is gold! thanks dude :) about how many hours a day would you spend reading?
Glad to help! At some points I was reading about 2-3 hours a day. But at other points was more netflix/podcasts. I think it's best to always be doing a balance of everything but I focused more on reading for a while and it really helped me to make much longer sentences when speaking. Now I'm a translator I read Japanese from 9-5 so don't feel like reading anymore after work! 😄
Useful thanks❤️
Great video man, keep up the good work !
Thanks a lot!
Thank you for this video its really helpful hearing how you learned, especially because I am a uni student so have studies, work and social life (with my long term partner) so find it hard to fit in loads of study. Can i just ask, how much grammar/vocab did you learn before you started immersion? As i find this is one point i struggle with, after only a few weeks of japanese if i try listening to anything it feels far too advanced. Is listening still beneficial even if I only understand tiny tiny amounts just for me to get a feel for the spoken language while I continue to learn grammar and kanji through written study until I begin to fully understand what I am listening to?
I want to learn quickly as I plan to move to Japan to teach English when I graduate from uni, I graduate in a year so I'd say I have about 2 years before I move there and my goal is to know enough that I can hold conversations with work colleagues and potential friends and to be able to learn just from full immersion by that point. I would also like to take a JLPT test before I go but I don't have an exact level in mind as a goal just yet. I would really appreciate hearing back from you, ありがとうございます
I'm glad you found it useful. I think I mentioned it in this video (if not in this one ua-cam.com/video/cAqQNq2Icz8/v-deo.html ) but I spent the first few months actively studying kanji and grammar, and then would listen to stuff when my brain was dead from more active study or when I was busy cooking, cleaning, walking etc. Listening as much as possible is definitely important. It helps build up the phonemic awareness you need to actually be able to hear the words that you've learned before. A lot of people that study any language with textbooks and lots of reading find that they can't hear words that actually they "know" already. If you didn't see it already I put up a video recommending podcasts and I started with the easier ones, so those would probably be good to listen to at this point.
@@baribarijapan thank you for getting back to me :), I wasnt sure if you meant you spent the first few months actively doing both or if you studied a bit before listening so thanks for clarifying! I will definitely watch the podcast recommendation video and just get started with listening. Also thanks for introducing me to tae kims guide to grammar as I have been using it for about a week and find it very helpful. Just need to get remembering the kanji now.
@@louish5068 Nice one! Come back with any questions anytime and I'll try my best to help. 頑張ってください!
Good video!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you thought so!
@@baribarijapan I'd like to ask a few questions. For your immersion was it really mostly audio immersion? How helpful are podcasts towards japanese learning when you aren't completely focused on it. Would you recommend starting with the easier podcasts or diving into native japanese.
@@legendarylitening I try to read as much as possible but it's just easier to get listening into my day while walking around, cooking, cleaning etc. Of course if you don't focus at all, you won't get much from it, but trying to pay attention while doing other things works for me. I mentioned in another video that I started with native level podcasts but now I wish I had started with easier ones. I recommend a bunch in this video ua-cam.com/video/lMBnBqseEvo/v-deo.html
@@baribarijapan I saved a bunch of those and am starting to listen today.
Hii do you have any recommendation for where i can read manga in japanese online and preferably free or cheaper sites?
I think your best option would be to get a kindle and create a Japanese Amazon account so you can buy books and comics directly from Japan. A lot of people have done that from other countries so you can find people explaining how to do it online.
How do you have space to do it at breakfast? Please help me with this one
I'm pretty sure I explained that in the video. Do you have a more specific question?
@@baribarijapan like the coffee table is small for breakfast. How do you study? Where is Heisig today?
@@Retog I only used RTK for the first three months. Then after that if I forgot something I'd look it up on hochanh.github.io/rtk/rtk1-v6/index.html
These days I just remember them.
As for breakfast we don't have a table! 😅
But I just listen mostly while preparing stuff, then maybe read an article or something while brushing teeth etc.
@@Retog respect your immersion space
@@fightingrabbits6573 There NO space! And what immersion?
Listening without understanding anything, that is?
I explained in the previous video ua-cam.com/video/cAqQNq2Icz8/v-deo.html
why u have so much tattoo?!🤐
Because I'm a rockstar.