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Reached #WaniKani level 27! Closing in on level 30! I'm progressing in grammar too. But still to finish Genki I. I'm at section 9. I feel that I study new grammar and forget how to apply parts I already studied, which is frustrating. I probably should use Bunpro to help (which I've seen @indutny@mean.engineer mention many times), but I've decided to stick with Genki I and II (which I own) before going for Bunpro... I've very recently started listening to the reading practice from the YouTube channel below. They upload lots of listening content. I'm very bad at listening. I'll only be able to improve my comprehension by practicing listening and studying more grammar. No way around that. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_GlNwPQ1DCGjIiJAsKmHMw #JapaneseLearning

I'm nearly finished with #Genki I. Only a few exercises left. I've been studying consistently every week since start of January. When I went to Japan I bought some manga. I planned to try to readドラえもん volume 1 when I finished Genki I, one of the simpler manga I bought. With this in mind, the other day I looked at #Natively (learnnatively.com) to see what it said about Doraemon. It says #WaniKani level 21. I'm currently finishing 29. No issue there. I read some comments to see if anyone mentioned grammar level. I found a few comments mentioning N3. I'm not sure whether they're mentioning it in terms of vocabulary, grammar or both. But I know my grammar is barely a solid N5... I looked up some more books. Many had WK level around 30, mostly below. So... I've come to the hard realisation (which I already knew, but it hit me harder now) that my grammar is lagging behind. A lot! With that in mind, I jumped into #Bunpro three days ago. I planned to do it after finishing Genki I and II, but now I know that's a mistake. I need to move much faster and in a solid way with grammar (spaced repetition, because I learn grammar and forget it...), and I think Bunpro will help. I'm enjoying it so far, let's see how it develops. (Ah, I synched vocab with WK, so I don't get furigana I should know. Also disabled English translation by default.) I'm using the Genki I grammar deck for now, as a full review of everything I should already know and as a way to practice. And I'm learning new things/nuances because Bunpro has different explanations for the same grammar points. Anyway, I'll soon try to read ドラえもん and see how it goes. The extent to which I'll understand it or not will be important information to assess how far or short I am in this long road of #JapaneseLearning .

In just about a week with #Bunpro, I've already covered half of #Genki I. I'm moving must faster than before. 5 new items per day. This is great! I'm transitioning time spent at #WaniKani to Bunpro. I'm doing reviews as always, but I'm learning very few new WaniKani items daily. #JapaneseLearning

I'm nearly finished with #Genki I on #Bunpro. Some grammar structures are difficult (for example I find adjective+のは difficult to grasp) or I tend to forget some details. I think how Bunpro lays out the grammar structures is quite confusing. I feel Genki does a much better job at that. On the other hand, spaced repetition is clearly invaluable. And I like the cramming feature, because I'm feeling sometimes I need a broader review to consolidate. #JapaneseLearning

久しぶりですね。 Back in April I had to focus on an event that took all my time in a day for 2 weeks. I had to suspend all new learning and just survive to #BunPro and #WaniKani reviews during that time. Even reviews were not consistent during that period. Some time afterwards I got back to studying new grammar points at BunPro. I'm not studying new items everyday, but around four out three times a week. All new grammar points are really useful to increase comprehension. I'm currently 40% through N4 items. I'm still at #WaniKani level 30. I've been doing revisions everyday but generally not studying new items. Only very sporadically. This means WaniKani progress is actually going backwards in the sense that they are adding new vocabulary from previous levels 😅 I've studied some of it. Lastly, lately, when commuting I've been pretty much always listening to the Nihongo con Teppei podcast. I guess I'm getting better at listening. It's relatively rare the episode or part of episode where I can't grasp what's going on. However, I feel this is beginner level Japanese, very paused, and that if I try something a little bit more difficult I'll be completely lost 😆 The podcast is also good to listen to newly learned grammar points being used in practice. Acts as a review of them. I've read some very short and simple illustrated books during a weekend a few weeks ago, but other than that I haven't read much Japanese lately. I'd like to try simple unillustrated books. I have some in my Kobo, downloaded from #Aozora. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. #JapaneseLearning