How I reached a VERY GOOD Level in Japanese in 18 months Part 2

[@АнастасияЛ-т8э]

Thank you🙏 for your video and advice. I've just started to study Japanese as a third language and I don't know anything even where to start

[@Marc_1902]

I would suggest to start with Hiragana and Katakana. Did you see Part 1? If you like reading, you can use the book I read which is called "20 short stories in Japanese" (it's a bilingual book) :) Or are you more into watching things?

[@ordinarymonster1187]

man first congratulations you achieved your goal. all the tips are pretty awesome but i have to point out that as a Chinese but English speaker and now living in Tokyo from my point of view honestly you have to keep working on the pronunciation of the "shi" and "su" harder, these two Hiraganas are used to "one second identify" foreigners and native speakers (sometimes the "fu" but most native speakers dont pronounce it very well so...)here is a pretty good way I told my friends (for europeans and americans): go google translate, turn the mode to "Chinese to English" or whatever only make sure you are hearing the Chinese speaking part. Copy "西“ and "丝” and paste them into the Chinese text section then read after the AI pronunciation , these two pairs are exactly the same but Chinese version is way slower it helps you to find the speaking vibe, there is no that "round-like" tail but very straight forward.

[@Marc_1902]

Thank you very much for the info :D

[@berberdrip]

Thanks you for the tips ! My listening skill is already improving ! Which school did you go to ? And I also have another question, when did you start to speak ? (After How many month I mean) 😘😘

[@Marc_1902]

I went to the EF Language School in Tokyo, and I started speaking after +/- 5 months of self-studying :) But I failed a lot in the beginning, but like I said, consistency is the key to success :)

[@Marc_1902]

Are you French? If yes, tu peux aussi parler avec moi en francais :)

[@berberdrip]

@@Marc_1902 ah mais tu parles français aussi trop bien ! Ok merci beaucoup pour les informations ça m'a beaucoup motivé dernière ta vidéo j'ai changé mon approche et je fais beaucoup beaucoup d'écoute (active et passive). Je pars l'année prochaine au Japon. Je vais faire une école aussi, c'est quoi ton ressenti par rapport à l'école ? Ça t'a aidé ?

[@Marc_1902]

@@berberdrip Si on a déjà atteint un niveau +/- B1 - B2, ca vaut la peine d'aller dans une école, respectivement ca m'a BEAUCOUP aider. Mais si on est un débutant , par exemple A1, je ne pense pas que c'est une bonne idée car au début on sait rien de la langue et en plus, on doit aussi savoir que ceci coute de l'argent. C'est pourquoi je pense c'est mieux d'écouter beaucoup de japonais en Internet, par exemple KZbin vu que tu as la possibilité de revoir les videos et en plus c'est gratuit :) Je peux te recommander Miku Real Japanese (Listening et Grammaire), Onomappu (Listening), Learn Japanese From Zero (Grammaire) et あかね的日本語教室 (Akane Nihongo Kyou Shitsu) (Listening) car moi meme j'ai regardé leur vidéos :) J'espère que ceci t'aide :)

[@berberdrip]

@@Marc_1902 merci pour les conseils, actuellement je suis plus ou moins A2, donc l'année prochaine J'ESPÈRE être au moins B1 quand je partirai. Oui je sais pour l'argent j'économise beaucoup la haha. Tout ira bien. J'avais beaucoup de mal a regarder des vidéos parce que ça ne m'intéressait pas (animé, drama etc) mais une chose que j'adore ce sont les Lets play et alors la j'en regarde en japonais et WOW. Je peux enfin regarder ça pendant des heures tous les jours donc merci a toi pour ton idée et tes conseils. Ton approche de l'apprentissage est très pertinente !

[@Marc_1902]

There will also be a part 3 of this series how to learn to write Kanjis, respectively how to type Kanjis on your phone or other devices :) I didn't add it to part 2 because the video would be then over 1h :)

[@johnnacke4134]

Have you used any textbooks or apps in your study?

[@Marc_1902]

I only used a textbook from my old school which is called "Japanischkurs 1" by Kiyoko Liebelt-Koizumi. But you can only get it at my school. I didn't use any apps, but I often used the translation website called "romajidesu.com" :)

[@johnnacke4134]

@@Marc_1902 wow: you have done incredibly well…. Mostly , self study and italki. Did the italki tutors have their own materials, or were they based out of Minna No Nihongo or Genki. I’m nine months into my journey.. I think I hit a wall… using Italki, now. Best, John

[@Marc_1902]

@@johnnacke4134 Mostly they have their own materials. Some of them also used Minna No Nihongo :)

[@Marc_1902]

Hey, I have recently uploaded a video about what textbook I used to learn Japanese :) You can check it out if you want :)