Any recommandation for listening, reading and speaking?

Japanese
#1

i use wanikaniand bun pro so i dont really have hard time with grammer, vocab and kanji now but listening and reading is kinda problem for me i couldnt really find a study material for those. any recommandation?

#2

I’m assuming you’re about N5 level by thus post. Well, if you’re just studying for JLPT, or like having questions that force you to be an active listener, then you can do a lot worse than https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Sdfd1Q7hZrDFwVYpsrxWqsridvP6kTK or Nihongo Nook: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNihongoNook

For actual podcasts, I’ve found https://www.youtube.com/@JapanesewithShun and https://www.youtube.com/@kensanokaeri to be pretty good.

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#3

If you’re reading all your reviews and not just reading the hint before answering, you should be getting tons of reading practice on Bunpro. There’s also enough content here for listening at the start. Once you feel comfortable with all the main grammar points, you can move into immersion. If you are studying specifically for the JLPT, there are tons of listening drills just on Youtube.

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#4

For listening: Comprehensible Japanese

Anything with comprehensible input is good. Watching children’s TV shows will also be helpful.

For reading: https://learnnatively.com/

You can sort books by levels and if they’re free or not.

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#5

Reading - Tadoku graded readers, there are plenty of free ones:

But buying the series is also well worth it as the come ordered in progressing difficulty.

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#6

https://cijapanese.com/landing

I struggled with listening for so so long but this was a game changer, posted it on WK too because I was so excited! Watch the really low levels and work up (without subtitles). The free version is still working for me over a month in. While there are some blatant visual cues, it seems to have made my brain link Japanese words to concrete things rather than their English equivalents! (Not only do they also have a forum- the website also keeps track of what you watch and how much time you’ve spent, so that’s a nice little bonus.)

I also listen to “Nihongo Con Tepei” on Spotify (so I can practice listening without visual clues)

Edit: I just realized @Vaugles already recommended them :rofl: I got too excited and didn’t read lol!

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#7

I had heard of this website/ resource before, but I had never looked into it much because I thought everything was behind a paywall. I’ve only watched one video, but this content seems really nice. I’m really excited to use it more, as listening is probably my weakest area. Subscription price isn’t too bad either.

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