Thanks I really appreciate it! You’re also doing great I’ve been keeping up with your monthlies and it’s always motivating to see others working towards the same goal :D
Hey man, thanks for answering the questions I had the other day. I wasn't expecting a verbal response, so thank you for doing that since it was a lot easier to understand! As for immersion, I've been trying to do some more active immersing as opposed to passive immersing. I've actually been watching anime with jp subs for my active immersion so I've already made the transition and I didn't really have that much of a problem with not understanding it since I'm pretty used to it. Thanks for the video! It really helped with my confusion about the process.
No problem at all! It's really good that you started off with pure japanese subtitles (even furigana can be ok); it's gonna pay off a ton - As for active vs passive immersion, active is always better but don't be put off passive as it's still pretty useful when you have other things to do. I've been trying to only do passive when I can't do active which seems like the perfect time but otherwise paying close attention to the words you're learning during immersion really helps you notice your progress, keep doing your best and I'm sure you'll reach your goals!
@@Igirisu i hope you are able to practice your covo skills to! ik your not supposed to in the whole process but what’s the point of not speaking? like when a baby learns a language they listen, read, write and speak! that’s just my opinion but anyways 🤣 it is also nice to see a fellow brother learning the same language as meeeeeee ☺️嬉しいです
@@KxmpleteKxllapse ありがとう！！ I get your point, I did want to wait originally but sometimes I’m forced to practice speaking because in classes we have japanese oral exams so I don’t really have a choice there hahaha but yes you are right that is how kids learn while they grow up, I think people wait because they want to build a better accent and pronounce worlds properly
@@Igirisu ah ok that’s good! and ya i get they may want to build their accents and what not but how do u know if ur accent is going to be correct if ur not at least sometimes mimicking how a certain japanese person talks. Even though u can hear it, it may come out weird and unatural. But for other people just doing the listening for now they may be able to start speaking and it will at least sound alright so idk 😂
Well I have seem this video 3 but i just noticed that for your JP1K deck you have cards that are a mix of eases. If you are using the "hard" and "easy" buttons for anki, Refold suggests to only use the good and again buttons. I believe you can read about it in the stage 1 anki setup. Matt also has a video in how anki works if you want an explanation of why it is bad. Hopefully you realized in these past 2 months.
I did notice this a while ago! what I did was I reset my eases and installed Low Key/Lazy Anki (Idr the name of it but I followed a guide that was on the old MIA site). I also installed the "Only Good and Again" button plugin because I never used hard and easy. I did do that after the time of this video but i'm really grateful that you mentioned this bc a lot of people tend to make the same mistakes that I did with card eases!
I see what you mean, honestly I slightly changed my approach to RTK/RRTK, I still review it now but I use the Migaku "Kanji GOD Addon" - yes it's literally called that, but what it lets me do is see example words of the kanji while I review and easily make additional cards if needed making recognising the Kanji themselves a LOT easier and better in the longrun since i'm seeing multiple word usage too
I’ve felt a little lost tbh Here’s been my daily approach. - 35 new Kanji cards on Anki (I’m up to around 500 or so)+ get 50 writing reps on a notebook like Tykosam. - Immerse (active) for at least 4-5 hours. I work from 8 to 5 Mon-Friday, which can be shorter or longer by the day. I’ve never had an issue with immersion, as I always enjoy Japanese content. But it’s kanji that I’m concerned about. I just don’t know if I’m optimizing my kanji learning. I feel lost, and any help/advice you can give would greatly appreciated 💯
That's alright! Personally from all the MIA/Refold/AJATT videos and articles i've seen, writing the reps in a notebook isn't ideal because your goal is to recognise the kanji rather than memorising them all one by one so if you're going for optimisation then I would just review them each day. Your pacing is fine, well more than fine it's good I think during RRTK I was doing 30-35 daily depending on reps and breezed through it pretty quick. That's a LOT of immersion so props to you for being able to stick to that consistently!! Keep at it as long as you're enjoying it but if kanji is all you're concerned about then that's all I can say. Keep up the gains and do your best! If you have any other questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to help :D
hello! i just stumbled upon your channel and watched your two most recent videos on your progress and you earned a sub from me :) i also just found out that it's recommended to start with (r)rtk before venturing into vocabulary, but i'm already about two weeks into the tango n5 omega deck before knowing this, and it feels like a guessing game for me when trying to recognize the vocab items in kanji. if i want to start (r)rtk, would you recommend that i put off the tango n5 omega deck for now and focus on the former first? or do you think it's also viable i work with both at the same time? thank you so much!
hey! first of all thank you very much I really appreciate that, as for your question I would definitely recommend starting RRTK, it will help you a ton along the way and you can definitely do it alongside the Tango N5 deck however in your case it might be better to just stick to 1 at a time. RRTK helps a LOT when it comes to breaking down kanji and making them easier to understand but yeah try to focus solely on the RRTK deck for a little while then continue with N5 after a few weeks of reviews because if it's just a guessing game when you're reviewing vocab it'll be pretty difficult to retain but at least once you're a few hundred cards into RRTK you'll be able to break down a good amount of kanji! hope this helps
I don't think there is a "best" way personally but it's definitely the most enjoyable for me because I can do things I really enjoy rather than just mindlessly studying textbooks each day, you can burnout some days and you really have to put the effort in but the process is a LOT more fun than traditional methods and the result will be better too! That's pretty much my overall opinion but if you have any questions feel free to let me know and i'll do my best to answer
@@crangesmcbasketball367 With immersion learning you can start from absolutely 0 knowledge but there's a very good roadmap by the Refold team you can follow right from the start: refold.la/roadmap you can just start from the beginning and make your way through it
@@Igirisu okay so stage 1 will be pretty hard for me to watch Japanese shows without knowing what they say haha, I think I will buy the anki pack from patreon and is just best to have English subs and slowly get rid of them even if I cant understand really anything they are saying
@@crangesmcbasketball367 Yeah start at stage 0 no problem there and go at your own pace! take your time and put the time in and I wish you the best of luck with your studies :D and yeah have english subs to get used to the language and how it sounds at first that's a good idea
Should be up during early February (the next couple weeks) because I wanted to do a 1.5 year update rather than a 1 year. I've been planning it recently and am excited for it
I apologize if this is a dumb question, but Is it recommended to do intensive immersion early? I'm sorta 2-3 weeks in, I do know hiragana and most katakana. And, I've been immersing myself for 2-3 hours with pure Japanese subtitles, I don't have problem with not understanding it because I know I will be able to understand them in the future. I'm also in process of doing RRTK, not completed yet.
Never be sorry, if anything I'm glad you're asking questions because it's something I wish I did when starting out so thank you for that! So to answer the question I would say do as much as you're comfortable doing without burning out because the best thing you can do is stay consistent. In your current spot I would say get more comfy with Katakana and continue learning and repping Kanji (Recognition RTK or the Refold JP1K are amazing for this) and slowly hammer at them as you immerse even if it's as early as this, you'll slowly begin to understand more and more as time goes on. If you want some clear instructions, the refold roadmap sets things out for you pretty nicely so give that a read when you have the time!! At the end of the day your prime learning is from immersion itself and Anki is just there to help and suplement it
@@Igirisu Thank you so much, man! That was one fast response. Will stay consistent! Thanks so much again, and keep up good work with Japanese learning!
@@cubesideyt6014 Oh you're right, I think they're in the middle of expanding their website or adjusting things but you can still view the roadmap and follow along since it's what everyone uses: refold.la/roadmap If you need any help or get confused with anything feel free to ask and I'm happy to help
