11 Months Japanese Progress | Vlog #37

[@allencard3981]

So a year and 2 months ago, I was inspired greatly by this channel to learn Japanese. I went in with low expectations, but by using the resources and methods that this channel provided as well as lots of immersion with content in the language, I am much further along than I ever hoped to be. I remember days when i would watch these vlogs as inspiration to start out my studies and to keep going with them, thoroughly impressed by the accomplishments shown in this video. That respect hasn't gone away in the slightest, but maybe even grown as I find myself being able to understand this video fully without the subtitles and recognize where mistakes were made and corrected. I feel going through the process of learning myself really only showed me how hard Shawn really had to have worked to accomplish this level of fluency. A big thank you, Shawn, for showing us it's possible.

[@minutekanji7082]

おめでとう！Amazing progress！ She seems so nice and her pronunciation sounds really neat

[@AuthenticatorMonkey]

My boi is scrubbin them pearly whites fam

[@Impulsage]

Really great to see, what you achieved in such a short time. Also these conversations are really interesting. Keep it up!

[@alienwolf4285]

Awesome progress! I have nothing but respect and admiration for you! がんばって !! :D

[@colinwithers4260]

このビデオで日本語の99%を分かったからいい気持ちいよ。でもまだ日本人の人と話したことがない。少しうらやましい。とにかくお疲れ様でした！そして、日本で楽しんで下さい。

[@sakuratoasami267]

Awesome progress 頑張ってくださいね

[@tysonball9804]

Is that Takako Sensei? She is my tutor on iTalki too. She is so awesome!! :)

[@Maki_le]

Hello 👋🏼😁 question...if we can’t get the fluent forever pronunciation trainer for Japanese or the 625 word list are there any premade decks that can help me learn Japanese just like you??

[@JapaneseInAYear]

I agree with Jonathan. It's worth the effort to make your own materials (which is good news for you, because it's cheap). I've been making my own cards all year, aside from the $12 FF pronunciation trainer). But my flashcards would be useless to you, because they're so personalized. You can search for the Nayr and Core decks, which are pre-made decks. I've been using those as a way to find sentences, but adding my own images, etc, to keep the personalized element. Some other great Memrise courses and resources from Nukemarine are here: forum.koohii.com/thread-5110.html Learning Japanese actually can be quite cheap (or even free, in theory), at least compared to something like a university course. I've spent less than $300 USD on learning Japanese this year, and 2/3 of that was for iTalki lessons (but you could always do free language exchanges instead). Then 2 x $40 textbooks (A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar and 80/20 Japanese), and some manga here and there, plus some FF stuff at the beginning. But you can rely of free online resources for most of that. If you have even a little to spend, $12 for the FF pronunciation trainer and $10 for the book will go a long way. Or honestly, just $10 for the book. Without a good method, you'll waste a lot of time. For the price of lunch, you can save yourself literally hundreds of hours. If your budget really is $0, at least watch their Japanese pronunciation videos so you don't build bad habits. Beyond that, you can learn vocab from online lists and grammar from sites like Tae Kim's (www.guidetojapanese.org/).

[@Maki_le]

Japanese In A Year thank you sooooo much!!!

[@Maki_le]

Japanese In A Year hi um I have another question. In one of your previous videos you were learning kanji radicals but how did you learn their pronunciation did you use another anki deck or did you use KZbin videos? Can you provide a link please that would be extremely helpful. Thank you

[@JapaneseInAYear]

I didn't learn pronunciation for kanji radicals. In general, I only learn kanji in the context of vocabulary, and so I only learn the character pronunciations for the words I want to know. Over time, you get familiar with different ways to pronounce certain characters.

[@5IRAHHHP]

great job man! aside from japanese, how and who got you guys all these shows out in all these places? i have a band too, and we want to expand our boundaries, and i would love to know how to get to booking outside of the US. but for real, good job man! happy to see you doing great, and im sure youre going to have a great time in japan speaking with everyone!

[@JapaneseInAYear]

Thanks! Wish I could help on that booking front, but I'm just the drummer. :) Booking is a whole other job, and I'm not involved in that aspect at all. At least for touring gigs at this level. It's hard to do on your own, even more so if you're not known. I certainly wouldn't have enough clout/recognition to book my own solo gigs in Timbuktu and actually have people show up and pay. But, I guess, the internet is your friend? Try to build a fanbase. If you can find paying customers who know you around the world, that will open up the door to international touring.