As we are all studying Japanese for our own benefit, I am curious about how many schedules do you have running at once and study everyday?
I have 11 schedules running so I spend like an hour going through all of them. They're mainly JLPT N3-N5 listening, kanji, vocab.
I've got... 9 kanji schedules, 8 non-listening vocab schedules, and another 4 for just listening (don't want to have listening questions popping up while I'm quizzing between classes at work!) :-[
Me? An overachiever? What would [i]ever[/i] give you that idea?? ;)
5, 1 kanji (all through N1 plus stuff I find in books sometimes) and 4 vocab N3-N5, 2 sets of N2 because I started it off all wrong and then an N1 one which I'm still going through.
I have two lists of kanji (JLPT N3 and N2) and two of vocabulary (in this case too, JLPT N3 and N2). Actually, I'm not really organized so I cannot say exactly how much I study each day. If I manage to be constant I would also study nearly an hour per day. Don't know how Natsu could be as fast as me having 7+ schedules (@_@). When I let a few days pass without practicing I can spend even an entire sunday just to make up for the "missing" days. It happened a few times. I guess I'm really slow...
And of course I don't know how could possibly do mysticfive ( ﾟДﾟ) . To me, you're really amazing.
By the way, is it normal to have just 3604 terms in the N2 vocab list? Also considering that 2100 of them are already in the N3 list? They seem quite few to me...
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I'm the same as fareastfarfuro, I have one kanji schedule and then a separate vocabulary schedule for each JLPT level that I'm studying. I thought about combining my vocabularies into one schedule but it would make the listening [i]really[/i] hard since some of the words are almost indistinguishable from each other. Having them in separate schedules helps me remember which word was in which level for those situations.
I have 5 ... recently I combined all my kanji schedules into one, but I still have separate vocab schedules for JLPT (N5-N2), Kanji Kentei (10-4), textbooks (genki, yookoso, tobira, intermediate japanese), and assorted lessons. I like having them separate since it makes it easier to keep track of what all I've added. When I had separate kanji schedules set up, it also made it easier to keep the corresponding vocab & kanji terms in sync.
I'm like mysticfive with the listening questions though ... I don't like them suddenly popping up unexpectedly ;) I just use the radio button to disable them and study all my schedules until they are the only ones left & then do them last.
I'm sure I don't study "properly" or make nearly as much progress as I should, but at least I've got the "study every day" thing down ... 545 day hanko here I come! ;D
Believe it or not, 34 schedules. :o 18 vocab and 16 kanji. It just makes more sense to me when I keep them separated. This way, I can crank through the easier stuff (basic textbooks, kanken 10-5, JLPT N5-N2) and spend more time on the higher level vocab (N1, Kanji 1000+, kanken 4-準2). I have the kanji separated by level, so I have 9 kanken schedules, 2 JLPT, 2 常用, and three of other kanji (name, non-test kanji, etc.).
There's quite a bit of crossover, so it shortens my quizzing time. To empty all of them, it takes about 2 hours.
I'll see you at the 545 day hanko! (If my study every day achievements ever start moving again)
[quote author=KunoTCB link=topic_id=5278&post_id=25399#rmsg_25399 date=1330704842]I have two lists of kanji (JLPT N3 and N2) and two of vocabulary (in this case too, JLPT N3 and N2). Actually, I'm not really organized so I cannot say exactly how much I study each day. If I manage to be constant I would also study nearly an hour per day. Don't know how Natsu could be as fast as me having 7+ schedules (@_@). When I let a few days pass without practicing I can spend even an entire sunday just to make up for the "missing" days. It happened a few times. I guess I'm really slow...
And of course I don't know how could possibly do mysticfive ( ﾟДﾟ) . To me, you're really amazing.
By the way, is it normal to have just 3604 terms in the N2 vocab list? Also considering that 2100 of them are already in the N3 list? They seem quite few to me...[/quote]
I do N5/N4 listening, vocab, kanji with ease so they dont take long but N3 listening, vocab, kanji takes me a while. And I have a combined Genki 1/2 which gets covered a lot in N5/N4 so there arent many to do per day, less than 100 per day which takes like 10 minutes to do I think for Genki 1/2.
Thats what I think too in regards to N2/N3. Shame there aint no official list >.<
[quote author=じゅうり link=topic_id=5278&post_id=25403#rmsg_25403 date=1330737370]Believe it or not, 34 schedules. :o 18 vocab and 16 kanji. It just makes more sense to me when I keep them separated. This way, I can crank through the easier stuff (basic textbooks, kanken 10-5, JLPT N5-N2) and spend more time on the higher level vocab (N1, Kanji 1000+, kanken 4-準2). I have the kanji separated by level, so I have 9 kanken schedules, 2 JLPT, 2 常用, and three of other kanji (name, non-test kanji, etc.).
There's quite a bit of crossover, so it shortens my quizzing time. To empty all of them, it takes about 2 hours.
I'll see you at the 545 day hanko! (If my study every day achievements ever start moving again)
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WOW! And I thought I was crazy with 11 schedules, which I is why I started this thread. You still learning new terms or just doing it to refresh your memory?
Wow, I'm super impressed - how do you all organize your schedules? Personally, I only really use one vocab and one kanji schedule - they started out being JLPT-based, but I throw pretty much everything I look up into my study pad, so it's quite an unorganized mixture at this point. I think it'd probably take about an hour or perhaps a bit more to empty them if I worked on them diligently and did everything at once... but somehow that never seems to happen. >.>
Actually, if I can add a question, do you guys use any non-Renshuu SRS programs? I've got a separate RTK deck at Reviewing the Kanji, and occasionally in fits of motivation I decide I'm going to use Anki for grammar practice... but somehow I've never motivated to work with it the way I am here. If there was some way to input native text and quiz myself on that, I'd probably never use any other software again. ;)
I started out organizing schedules by JLPT/漢検 levels, but as the terms get ranked higher and I don't get many questions for that schedule anymore, I'll start combining it with the other levels - currently 2 of my kanji schedules and most of my vocab schedules are one or the other. The other schedules are from textbooks, random lessons I find, I made lessons for all the 常用漢字 which now takes up 2 kanji schedules, I made myself a 'studypad' schedule that I add all the random kanji to when I put them in my studypad (seriously, can having the studypad as a schedule be an option?), and I've got a kanji schedule and a vocab one for terms from 夏目漱石's book 「こころ」, which I was given as a gift for Xmas and now am honor-bound to get through :o good lord that thing is difficult! Makes me feel a *little* better when my co-workers start going "OMG I can't even read that!" when they see it on my desk...
I started out with only 6 schedules (4 vocab, 2 kanji), but as I continued adding terms, they became...difficult (to say the least). It was very confusing to take a quiz that varied from the very simple 本 to the more complex 歪む. It was also discouraging, especially when the first schedule had over 1000 terms ready to quiz every day. It made me want to slam the computer shut and "run away! run away!".
I spent the better part of an afternoon organizing and separating schedules so I could better assess my comprehension. Now I know (roughly) what is in each, and what level (少, 中, 上) it will quiz. Most of my 少級 schedules (Genki, MNN, JFBP, Kanken) only have between 5-25 terms ready to study every day. Easy, right? It makes much more sense to me to separate out the basic terms rather than having them all mixed together.
Personally, I'd much rather take a bunch of small quizzes than one large one. So this was the best solution for me. Knowing that all but three of my schedules will have fewer than 50 terms ready to study encourages me to keep going.
I haven't added many new terms recently, so it's mostly review. Eventually (I keep telling myself) I will add the rest of N1 vocab, but I'm in no hurry. :P
I have one schedule dedicated to the level of the JLPT I'm taking and one for review (combining previous JLPTs along with additional vocabulary I find while reading something). I find that putting too much on my plate just sets me up for failure.
I just have a N1 vocab and a N1 kanji schedule. I think I've been a bit too strict with myself - I've been on renshuu.org for less than two weeks and I've already gone through 1/3 of the kanji :P
(My boss has been away so I've spent hours every day on renshuu.org - so much better than working :D)
I have one vocab and one kanji schedule for review, as well as a schedule for each list I'm currently working on (at the moment kanken4kyuu and jlpt2 for both vocab and kanji). I find it useful to know roughly what is coming up when I'm dealing with new terms but when reviewing I prefer a mix of all terms across all lists I've previously studied, in order to make it a bit more difficult.
First of all, thank you all for the valuable information you have on this forum. I am prepping for N2 and am scared because writing has to be a part of the language learning and it seems especially important for N2. At renshuu.org, I found the chance to familiarize myself with the kanji and the vocabulary and hopefully in summer, I will take care of the writing exercises to use what I have learned. I will have more time to watch movies as well.
I have 4 kanji schedules(N1,N2,N3,N5) and 5 vocabulary schedules, one for each JLPT level.
I am preparing for N2 but I mixed in N3 and N1 because of the change in the examination system.
The lower levels I repeat in order not to forget them and have high mastery. I get through them quickly so they are not a total loss of time.
By the end of the year I hope to have mastered the N2 vocabulary and kanji on the lists here and supplied a good deal of the N1 vocabulary into the arsenal for backup. I hope that I will stop mixing up the N1 kanji terms with each other :)) by then.
Ha, Wow. I don't think I'd get anywhere if I had as many schedules as most of you seem to: Too frustrating and a harsh task for my memory.
Anyway. I constantly keep only two mastery based schedules. One for kanji, one for vocab.
The kanji schedule contains all the kanji that I've previously worked through (known but reviewing) in addition to the terms that I haven't gotten to yet for my current JLPT level. I worked my way through JLPT 5 & 4, waited about fifteen days quizzing daily, then added the JLPT 3 kanji to the schedule. Still working on those.
I use the same method for my vocab schedule. Except, there, I'm still working through the JLPT 4 vocab.
Through a series of trial and error, I determined that I cannot really remember more than twenty new terms a day. So that's split between the two schedules: five new kanji, fifteen new vocab. It doesn't proceed quickly, but it's much less frustrating than anything else I've tried. Takes me about an hour to get through one day's terms.
I can see why you people would be using multiple schedules if you're coming accross kanji in your day-to-day lives. A greater, more complicated, base for kanji and vocabulary would be very necessary. Not to mention, easier to remember! However, I don't have that incentive so I'll stick to what doesn't give me an unmanagable headache.
Grammar on the other hand... haven't yet figured out a good way to study grammar everyday.
[quote author=ssnho link=topic_id=5278&post_id=27627#rmsg_27627 date=1357344857]At the moment, I'm doing 2 kanji and 4 vocabulary.
It'd be great if there's a schedule for grammar too.[/quote]
Definitely. A grammar quiz would be great ^^
