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hello everyone! new vlog – i try to work on my paper but I don’t really get anything done LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln53YpEBEy8

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blog update 2022

hello everyone! I just want to say thank you for all the support I receive from fellow language learners on this site. I see your comments, reblogs, etc and I will respond to them soon! (This is my sideblog so I don’t really go on here as much as my main)

I abruptly stopped learning Japanese last year but that’s okay! It was a tough year and I still had uni work to do.

I do want to sit down and align and think about my goals in terms of language learning but I’m really taking my time with this. I guess I expected myself to feel embarrassed that I didn’t get to pull through with studying but there’s no shame in it at all. Language learning is a lifelong thing. I just want to enjoy this and not make this so stressful. I’m proud of myself for starting in the first place. :”)

Hope everyone in this space is doing okay. Best wishes to everyone learning a language! Keep safe and take care <3

Soph

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Contribute to my research on Japanese self-studiers!

Are you 18+ and self-study Japanese? If so, please complete this survey to contribute to my senior uni project about kanji learning strategies and Japanese self-studiers!

https://pomona.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0diEIOumKFKUBNA

It can take about 10 minutes, 15 max. There are no right or wrong answers; just answer based on how you study, however that may be. 

Please try to submit your survey by this Friday, December 10 at 10am PST. The survey will close Monday, December 13 at 11:50pm PST. :)

ありがとうございます！！

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I just know I can learn Japanese much much faster if I was just in Japan. It’s a given I know but I really feel like immersion could be the best thing for me. 

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maybe it's better to learn a language slowly. maybe we're too obsessed with things happening as quickly as possible. maybe it's more beautiful to dedicate years of your life to a language and have it grow with you as you journey through life rather than "become fluent in one week!". idk just a thought.

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I wish I can just…start again. I had so much energy but now I don’t know how to get back into things. I know I said I want to go about it at my own pace but it’s exhausting to just be stuck. Baby steps yes, but where do I even begin?

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brown eyes in art

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i hope you remember you have the strength to handle this week ahead, and if you find that you need help, i hope you also remember that asking for help is another form of strength. i’m proud of you.

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11/9/21

Language Learning Through Immersion: One & a Half Years Japanese Update

Today marks 1.5 years of learning Japanese through immersion. ʕ•̀ω•́ʔ✧

Some things have changed since my 1 year update, mostly in how I use Anki and in the way I’ve been selecting my immersion material. Still very much enjoying this method of learning, but I think its good to reassess and plan how I’d like to proceed every half year.

In a span of 6 months, I managed to add another 734.62 hours of immersion to my overall count. I somehow ended up immersing a similar amount of hours (367.04 for listening, 367.58 for reading) for both skills, reading beating listening for exactly 10.8 minutes. I also have 270.01 hours of passive listening (JPN subbed content), so I’ve actually immersed a total of 2231.28 hours, 1961.27 hours of which are active, averaging 3.99 hours for the past 6 months or 3.57 for the past 1.5 years of everyday Japanese language immersion. I’ve also spent another 411.33 total hours on word and grammar reviews on Anki.

I don’t feel like I’ve hit a wall in my immersion yet, as in not having enough material to immerse with anymore, but I’ve started to understand what I do like in Japanese media and it really is a matter of always having something I like lined up so I don’t “run out”. 

At this stage, I also feel like it’s impossible to hit the intermediate plateau with immersion learning. There’s just so many new words to discover, grammar to learn, and output skills to enhance that the thought of language learning plateauing with a method like this seems silly. I haven’t even grazed the surface especially if going by my standard of learning words alone - learn every Japanese equivalent or similar word I know in my NL and in English - the ceiling is actually quite high. 

That’s why I’d like to finally tap into my output ability. Being able to read and understand conversations in a language is really fun, but the real challenge is to actually use it outside of media consumption, to actually communicate with native speakers through text or speech.

So as a call back to my 1 year update, do I feel fluent after 2,200 hours of immersion learning? No, but it definitely has at least made me proficient in listening and reading faster than if I continued learning with traditional methods, which back then at the 1.5 mark was me still learning the most basic words, grammar, and Kanji.

ANKI STATS, GRAMMAR, OUTPUT, AND OTHER GOALS

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「 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 」

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don’t worry moomin you know enough to be happy

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nr. 27301

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I feel like I’m ready to try again.

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Hi everyone! I hope y’all can support my latest youtube video. Here’s the link if ur interested in watching it: https://youtu.be/MsqmVLYeAJQ

I had so much fun creating this <3 it’s a lot more chill and uneventful compared to my first one which is nice. gotta slow down sometimes yuh.

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here we go! first youtube video is up ~ hope y’all can give it a watch hehe <3

https://youtu.be/ZPZwgw_bR4A 🤍🤍

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[ADHD AND LANGUAGE LEARNING/STUDYING]

Hello! For those who are ADHD, what does your developed study process look like? I find that I rely on my current mood a lot when it comes to studying so it’s a bit difficult to build a routine. I honestly don’t think I want to have a schedule, maybe just a skeleton I can work with that’s flexible. I’d love your insights and tips!