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Looking some motivation from anybody who has learnt Japanese as a second language.
I get up around 5.30am every morning and study for around 90 minutes before I start work. I do a class once a week. I'm going to start trying to study more on the evening.
I'm finding it difficult to balance out what I'm learning, like if I spend weeks just writing and commiting kanji to memory I feel like I've fallen behind on speaking. And I really, really struggle with listening comprehension.
I spent three months in Japan this year, and it just changed my entire outlook and made me realise how dissatisfied I was. I quit a lot of bad things I was doing and actually enjoy waking up now and studying.
It's just getting me down that I still find the basics so difficult.
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>>241628
how many kanji's do you know? do you want someone who tell you which things you might want to focus on?
some "inpo" vids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sspUdoV9Il0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5kYYcnEKw&list=PLtPwdOLHqkuDHu6M-N_NsI4PK8uqM0cm0
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>>241669
Probably about 300 to read, but remembering them to write..I sometimes get brushstrokes wrong.
I'm actually on series 2 of 'lets learn Japanese'...i preferred the old cast, it's a prett comfy show, I watch an episode every morning to kinda switch my mind on before I start kanji.
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>>241682
i already know more than 700 kanji's (having trouble with the different spellings tho) it took me about 6 months using the app kanji study 20 mins a day + writing down the kanji with a drawing that somehow resemble the meaning -pic
here's something similar http://vizcabulary.com/
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Don't stick to just one method. Words, Kanji, and grammar do not exist in a vacuum, and should not be learned in a vacuum. The kanji will not stick without words. Words will not stick without grammar. Know without a doubt the purpose of each of your study methods. Read.
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I learned about 500 Chinese characters in 5 days using Heisig's method, and still knew most of them a month later. But then I stopped learning Chinese completely so I've forgotten 60% of them.
If you actually spend several hours a day creating and recalling visual mnemonics (thoroughly), you can put quite a few into your head.
I imagine it can be useful to be able to look up characters in your head, instead of having to use a dictionary every time you forget something. But I have never gotten to the point of using the characters, so I don't know if it's actually useful in real life.
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