Hey guys I'm struggling with motivation regarding the Japanese language>I had a 1 month streak (keyword had)>I have 200+ known words>I know both hiragana and Katakana>I know a small handful of grammar rulesI can't just stop, but I feel like it gets harder to continue and force myself to watch hours of content in another language, one day I'm super Otaku abut it and the next I don't even care, it's like I'm lukewarmany idea how to force myself to continue? I've made so much progress, I cannot stop now!
>>51337289>watch hours of content in another languageThen don't, and in my opinion at this point I really don't feel like it will bring you that much value anyway. Just doing cards is fine. But in general don't force yourself, there have been days where I didn't interact at all with the language and I'm at N2, it still is much better than to end up making a lot of progress but hating the language.
>>51337289>I had a 1 month streak (keyword had)>I have 200+ known words>force myself to watch hours of content in another languageAre you only learning through watching videos and trying to learn and guess the rules of grammar and words that way? I think you’d be better off taking a break from that learning method and going for something more traditional like a grammar book and vocabulary flash cards for less time every day. i think Watching shows and stuff works best if you already know like 95% of the language and are trying to learn the remaining 5% through context.
>>51337312It's a mix of both of thatI had read about 15~ pages of Tae-Kim and did some of Genki, while doing all of that immersion stuffBut I haven't gonna super deep in the traditional way and all the people online just say "Immersion" but at my level where I can't super comprehend it (Unless they speak like I'm a baby) So maybe it's a good idea to learn more the traditional way while continuing my anki, and as long as I do my anki I won't continue getting 200 cards a day.
>>51337332>and all the people online just say "Immersion" but at my level where I can't super comprehend ityou will never comprehend it if you don't start immersion which you should have started doing on your first day of learning JP
Start immersing today, I have some tips.You have watched anime before this, haven't you? You've already have finished anime shows, don't you?Just rewatch those.And then, watch mahou shoujou, easy slice of life shows, kodomo anime.Watch Japanese youtube, watch japanese let's players, they're fun!
>>51337289>I had a 1 month streak (keyword had)I learnt japanese a decade ago and my biggest streak was almost 600 days before i decided it was enoughYou will never make it if 1 month is too much lol
>>51337382rewatching shows isn't funshows made for 5yos aren't fun
>>51339362ok here's another good tipdon't be a bitch
>>51339362>nuh uh I don't wannaokay then have fun not knowing japanese
>>51339362To be fair watching shows (with the intention of learning) and trying to interact with the language at sub N4 is a waste of time.
>>51339893but everyone says you need to immerse ASAP
>>51340106Well, I think it's BS, at that point you don't have basically anything to build on. At best you'll spend more time in a dictionary learning words/kanji mostly above your level, and you'll likely just end up getting more confused while learning less than you'd normally. At least that was my experience. In any case you should know that any advice you'll receive on this subject is highly subjective, it's what WE would have done and what has worked for us, it might not necessarily apply to you.
