- 25 Oct 2011
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How do you like to study Japanese?
I usually jump back and forth from practicing Kanji and watching Japanese TV (game shows (which I recommend for entertainment as much as study), news, movies and a few anime). Eventually I get tiered of listening/speaking exercises so I move onto writing-- then go back to listening again--to keep my interest up.
As for Kanji, currently I'm cementing my knowledge of characters taught to first graders. I make flash cards that include the character (as it is hand written and printed), the on and kun readings, and three or four examples of it as it's used in combination with another character. Underneath the kanji I write the word in hiragana as well, and make a few notations to remind me of the pronunciation.
I find that looking through the flashcards isn't enough though; I try sit down for a half an hour everyday to write out characters I remember and re-learn ones that I forgot.
I'm also in the middle of learning and translating a few Japanese songs I like.
If you have a fun studying technique please share! I'd like to get a Japanese pen pal but I think I'm too much of a beginner for that.
I usually jump back and forth from practicing Kanji and watching Japanese TV (game shows (which I recommend for entertainment as much as study), news, movies and a few anime). Eventually I get tiered of listening/speaking exercises so I move onto writing-- then go back to listening again--to keep my interest up.
As for Kanji, currently I'm cementing my knowledge of characters taught to first graders. I make flash cards that include the character (as it is hand written and printed), the on and kun readings, and three or four examples of it as it's used in combination with another character. Underneath the kanji I write the word in hiragana as well, and make a few notations to remind me of the pronunciation.
I find that looking through the flashcards isn't enough though; I try sit down for a half an hour everyday to write out characters I remember and re-learn ones that I forgot.
I'm also in the middle of learning and translating a few Japanese songs I like.
If you have a fun studying technique please share! I'd like to get a Japanese pen pal but I think I'm too much of a beginner for that.