掲示板 Forums - How do you study?

Renshuu is personally my only study tool yeah.

I do attend Japanese online class once a week with a teacher, but it's basically always review since I study everything using renshuu before hand.

Then after that I guess the rest is mainly immersion; readings novels, playing games, etc...

A lot of people use renshuu as a supplement to their classes or books; but nowadays with the internet I really believe that learning any language can be no cost. Just keep at it with renshuu and watch videos on ytb of things you struggle with, or heck even ask here in renshuu. If you keep it at it, you'll be even better.

Me too

But I also use some free tadoku books or find a reading exercise on Pinterest. I read one text on few evenings in a row, out loud, highlight words I don't know and check them in the morning.

I learn grammar in renshuu, but I take notes of everything. Then I can review!

I have one other notebook, where I write sentence whenever I learn a kanji (with that kanji, of course) I also practice writing it on grid I printed. I don't practice kanji I know too well, I just review it.

Speaking of YouTube, I use listening exercises as speaking exercises! There are some, but less interesting. It's fun to just repeat!

When I watch anime, I see it as learning, too. Even when watching with subtitles, I try to get as many words as possible. Sometimes I'm curious about a word and I try to find it in the dictionary just by sound.

Finally, I think in Japanese, even though I have to mix some non-Japanese words in. Honestly, that's exactly how I did in English. If I didn't imagine some crazy, very poor vocabulary moving to America stories, I wouldn't learn English at all.

I use a rotation of WaniKani (reviews x2 a day, and I hold off on new lessons when those review piles start getting heavier), Renshuu (all reviews, lessons when it feels right to add more), and at least two "circles"/lessons on duolingo every day. Sometimes I listen to Japanese Podcasts passively while I work also, or read a couple of graded readers on tadoku.

I'm blessed to have a good bit of free time at my job most days and I like to feel like I'm still being productive in some way, even if it's not technically work related, so I study! (And yes my boss knows lol)

What did you use to learn for your first time?

So a textbook or an actual article helps? Noted, I’ll try go buy one

I started doing Minato (free online course). It has listening and lots of writing too and it keeps it all within a neat little package for whatever the unit is about. (Eating out, attending a party, vacationing, etc.)

Duo Lingo is just a do-one-lesson-for-the-streak daily event for me by now.

I am doing a ton of Wani Kani to get kanji under my belt.

Renshuu is the GOAT for just learning a bunch of words (which is the biggest boost to your learning).

Props to Minato though, I feel like my reading, pronounciation, speaking, kanji, and listening abilities have all increased the most from that and in the shortest timeframe.

I wish I had Japanese friends lol. Sometimes I introduce myself in Japanese to Japanese exchange students and it always makes them so happy

YES!

i currently use renshuu as my main study tool, but i also bought the N5 minna no nihongo (MNN) book, since buying a physical book forces me to study. Before I study from the book, i usually watch explanations on yt. and most of the time, i just watch daily vlogs specifically for beginner japanese immersion, so far i can understand em even without subtitles