why you STILL can't speak japanese despite studying...

do you find it hard to speak japanese, despite studying for a long time? finding the opportunities to speak japanese can be challenging, especially if you don't live in japan. in this video, i'll be sharing how i became conversational (and achieved a cefr b2 level) within a year of learning japanese, and how you can do the same!
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0:00 intro
0:37 not enough output
2:02 understanding japanese in your native language
3:33 being afraid to speak
4:17 how to improve speaking
7:04 outro
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[@HaiTomVlog]

It’s so difficult to stop translating in my head while listening and speaking! Great tips, thanks!

[@user-el7rd8pp1l]

Glad I'm not alone 😅 it's so hard but I try to do some meditation and clear my mind.

[@chloedyhe]

you got this 💪

[@TuoiNguyen-uz5zi]

it is important to listen and shadow to the target language. From that, i have confidence to speak and give feedbacks and then make effort to fix those mistakes. Another intersting thing i have never done is understanding words in the target language, not translating into my mother tongue

[@ahoj6614]

Thank you for the helpful advices

[@bangkokadventures298]

There are good tips. I like the idea of trying to think in and feel the language as opposed to trying to translate everything in your head

[@0nlyjob]

Excellent advice. Thanks.

[@shakenbacon-vm4eu]

You inspired me to schedule my first italki session tonight!

[@chloedyhe]

omg! you got this

[@Ataturk69]

japanese is so difficult lol. I am always so busy so its hard to learn consistently but i recently got back into it. I got into learning japanese about 4 years ago on and off because i was busy with undergrad work, then I started working full-time. and then i started grad school half a year ago. I'll be done with grad school next semester tho so im hoping to take the N5 test in december and study for the N4 next July. I know a lot of words and the sentence structure but i wish i was studying kanji, journaling in japanese, and reading this whole time smh, oh well. one thing at a time.

[@chloedyhe]

it's never too late! i also regretted not starting way earlier too, you got this 🥰

[@musto2562]

JAPONCA EN İYİ DİL ARKADAŞ, KESİNLİKLE OGREN

[@ilmpyt]

Thank you.

[@lmclrain]

Great channel, I just subscribed Something that really helps me is romaji, I am subscribed to many Japanese channels that use it, in interviews, vlogs, etc I know kanji is really important, but it at the same time way too difficult to learn to read properly and write it as well. It takes too much time, unlike learning with romaji in my case.

[@chloedyhe]

romaji is fine if your goal is only to learn a few basics, though if you truly want to progress i'd strongly suggesting moving onto full hiragana + katakana asap then kanji kanji isn't as daunting as it seems at first! i know it scares a lot of people, but with the right strategies it can be seamless. you can start with the basic kanji first, and you don't have to worry about learning to write every single kanji you come across. japanese would not be japanese without kanji so if you truly want to advance then knowing kanji is essential

[@lmclrain]

@@chloedyhe my goal is to speak and listen as best as possible only for now because of my time availability I tried learning the right strokes but with so many kanji, I suddenly decided to put it for eventually in the future So, romaji has been quite useful, I mostly learn from videos and anime, and I know anime uses for the most part unnatural Japanese, but it no doubts encourages me to learn since I get into the stories presented I hope you keep uploading often, maybe even livestreaming, I saw often KZbinrs make communities that way, and also get donations at the same time, which allows them to grow further as creators

[@thegahd]

U cannot use romaji it will massively impact your ability to learn japanese. Furigana which is hiragana indicating how kanjis are pronounced is perfectly fine. However you will only limit yourself by reading romaji. I really appreciate that this channel does NOT use romaji as it draws our attention to it since it's what we're used to seeing. Not good

[@lmclrain]

@@thegahd Yea, I know it can be an issue, but at least for focusing mainly on listening Japanese and speaking, I have had no issues. I have assimilated vocabulary, basic grammar, sentence structure, etc. Japanese is actually my 3rd language, and I have learned before that learning how a language works, can help lots, considerably. And I need only to listen and speak to do that in a basic way. Eventually I would get into kanji, for now things are working well. I have been thinking about tracking my progress on videos, since this particular way of learning is not common, but I lack the time to do so. I might eventually time allowing, I know there is way too many people that literally have no time to get into Japanese writing seriously.

[@thegahd]

@@lmclrain You will only make bad connections in your brain and it can severely impact your end potential in speaking and understanding Japanese. Of course you are allowed to do wht you want but if you care about the culture, and ethymology of the language, not to mention the structure that dissapears by using romaji pronunciations. I recommend instead taking a step back before proceeding, hiragana is not hard at all and kanji comes over time. But it requires you do not use romaji it disrupts brain pathways for learning Japanese

[@kendigman9948]

About writing, do you check the grammar with a native speaker?

[@chloedyhe]

yes, or you can put it through an online grammar check

[@flashgordon6510]

@@chloedyhe ChatGPT, especially 4o, is really good for this.

[@NadieNadie-fx4ss]

Hola

[@GANENDRAGIRI]

😊Thanks for sharing very nicely My Friend, 🙌Have a Great day, sending my full support for you 🎁 , stay connected.🔔, let's keep it up, new friend is here🤝"

[@chloedyhe]

thank you for your support 😊

[@alfjones6377]

たいへん 日本語 を 勉強 して いる、助けて くだし！

[@chloedyhe]

頑張れ 笑笑

[@alfjones6377]

@@chloedyhe Thanks, but luck is for the weak. I will see it through, until I succeed. Great video btw. ^.

[@martinm.5466]

Practice makes perfect. You need to speak in a language in order to get better at speaking said language! You don't close that textbook one day you have been studying with for the past few years, get up from your chair and magically start speaking your target language fluently. You need practice!

[@chloedyhe]

very true!

[@jkgssa]

I'm new here in Japan, beginner in Nihon go. too effective suggestions, thanks a lot and god bless you. and yes just subscribed your channel oh yeah, I say our channel 😊😊)