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manda's avatar

This is such a good post Natha! It's so important for language learning to just become a part of one's day. I loved how you talked about getting it done in the morning too! For me, that's the best Anki time and it really sets the tone for the rest of my day, even for non-language related activities! Waking up and getting SOMETHING done just gets me super ready to tackle the rest of the day!

Thanks for the post! And great work on being so consistent for all these years!

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๐™ฝ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŠใฎๆ—…'s avatar

Exactly! For me also being able to just spend some time on myself and knowing I got at least a little bit done before going to work makes me extremely happy :)

Thank you so much for sharing your experience Manda โค๏ธโ˜บ๏ธ

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Javi Manzano's avatar

Great post, as always ๐Ÿ˜Š this one hit home, because since I started having my study and reading time before work, my motivation has increased considerably.

I'm sure part of it is because the consistency is helping me learn faster (dopamine!), but I remember that before I started doing it, I was always struggling to fit the study time after work. Most of the days I would not do it, and then I would feel bad about it.

Since I moved the bulk of my study time to early before work, I feel great for starting the day in such a productive way, which sets the tone for the rest of the day. Then I can spend the commute time listening to podcasts, read a bit more when I get some downtime in the evenings, etc.

Keep up the great work Natha!

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๐™ฝ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŠใฎๆ—…'s avatar

I'm so happy to hear this has been working for you! It looks like you are really trying to make the most out of your everyday ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Setting goals and not being able to achieve them because things come up or you are just too tired from work can be really frustrating and detrimental to motivation x.x

I used to really not be a morning person (I would wake up ad midday on weekends lol), but after getting used to it, I actually like it now better because I feel like I have a lot of extra time to spend doing the things I love.

Keep up the good work too, you are doing great! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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dragon's avatar

Hi, which books do you recommend for JLPT N5 Japanese ? I'm studying Japanese about 1-2 month, i finished hiragana-katakana courses and 2 week ago i started genki 1 books. But i'm somehow feeling my plan doesn't efficient enough. Which books can i use beside genki 1 books?

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๐™ฝ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŠใฎๆ—…'s avatar

Hi!

I think Genki is a very complete resource to start learning the basics ๐Ÿ’ช If you want to specifically prepare for the JLPT, you could use the ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใƒใƒฃใƒฌใƒณใ‚ธ series, but probably only after you have gone through the first (and maybe even the second) Genki volumes. For the N4 you can also use ๆ–ฐๅฎŒๅ…จใƒžใ‚นใ‚ฟใƒผN4.

There are also Anki decks for Genki to memorize the vocabulary effectively:

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1742947823 (volume 1)

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/969261095 (volume 2)

Using more textbooks doesn't necessarily mean you are learning more, so if I were you I would focus on really absorbing all the information in Genki (you can even go through the book twice) before moving onto other resources ๐Ÿ˜‰. If you want just another activity to help you advance quicker, you can try using Tadoku's lower level books to start getting used to reading in Japanese ๐Ÿ˜‡ (https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/). This podcast's N5 episodes are also a good starting point to slowly improve your listening skills: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rzB4zCdrSf67jd3nHm8Vy.

Hope this was useful! ๐Ÿค— Good luck! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ€

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dragon's avatar

ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™๏ผ

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