How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learning Japanese in Japan

Re:How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learni... by franciscop on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:19PM (#14647288)

Ah, I learned first going to normal classes and for me the experience was the exact opposite. Now I'm doing a lot of memorization, since it's one of the pillars for learning a language that I was lacking. I recommend trying to do both at the same time, but the good thing about learning a lot of vocabulary and some grammar is that you can start reading on your own and then learn while having fun. I am reading Yotsubato for example, which is widely recommended for beginners.

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Re:How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learni... by chrischen on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:28PM (#14648517)

I think if you already know to read/know the basics, learning vocab is fine. That's why SAT prep is a lot of vocab memorization, but even then you'd have to know how the word is used in a sentence.

Learning from scratch, I think vocab is better memorized in context.

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