sharing my Japanese journey one coffee at a time
Ease of Use: Definitely confusing at first since I’ve never used this series before, but I got the hang of it after the first section. Content: Very good. There are a lot of passages and a variety of topics. I heard the passages were dry, but honestly they were fine to me. Plus these are… Continue reading Shin Kanzen Master N3 Dokkai (Reading) Textbook Review
Now that I have completed the “dreaded” first book, I wanted to reflect and give some feedback that helped me. This can be a reminder if you already are familiar with these ideas. *Skip the prologue (and come back later) Prologues are often kind of vague or dreamlike on purpose, so it can be confusing.… Continue reading Tips to Complete Your First Japanese Book
My Reading Experience As you know, I started 天気の子 on Aug 16 and finished on Sept 8. It took roughly 3.5 weeks to complete, but with many hours each time I read. Thank you everyone who came on this reading journey with me and being so supportive. Is that slow? Is that fast?I’m not entirely… Continue reading Completion of My First Japanese Book and 天気の子 (Tenki no Ko) Book Review
Here is a brief overview of these textbooks and my random thoughts on them. Beginners Genki 1: *simple, but better to learn in a classroom setting because there’s a lot of group exercises*a lot of random words; starts off with really difficult kanji for some reason*Mary and Takeshi (enough said) Marugoto A2: *conversation/speaking focused *simple… Continue reading All the Japanese Textbooks I’ve Used Over the Past 4+ Years
Today, I would like to talk about some differences I’ve noticed so far between reading manga vs novels. I will use ReLIFE and キノの旅 manga, and 天気の子小説 as examples. This may seem really obvious to some people, but it may not to others, which is why I wanted to discuss it. For your information, according… Continue reading Reading Manga vs Reading Novels
This will be a two part post.*The first part will be on listening as a skill, some important factors, and practice tips.*The second part will be on how higher listening skills can help retain vocab and improve reading.These are based off of my own experience trying to improve my listening ability. So for context, I… Continue reading The Importance of Listening
Someone asked me a few months ago: Q: How do you read a book when you have to look up almost every word?A: I don’t… This is just MY opinion, but everyone learns differently. This is just one approach. In my opinion if you have to look up every other word, that’s a sign the… Continue reading My Current Approach to Reading in Japanese
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