What do you combine with Bunpro?

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#21

the rule of thumb is that content you are TRULY interested in is the best content for you. the goal is to find something that you dont watch because you want to learn japanese but you want to watch because its interesting to you anyway and this is completely different for everyone.

anyway here are some of my recommendations:

this one is very beginner friendly because slowly spoken and very calming to watch:

this is a complete goldmine because you have text and spoken audio of self improvement books summarized - one of my all time favorites:

mountain climbing with gorgeous scenery:

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#22

Thank you so much for sharing these videos!

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#23

sorry for digging a past topic but I find the subject very interesting and I was curious of more people’s approach if anyone would still want to contribute. I am especially curious if people combine bunpro with regular study books aimed at jlpt exams (Shinkanzen/ soumatome etc…)

as far as I am concerned:

starting point
intermediate level, conversational from living/working in Japan a few years, but just starting to properly study grammar. the aim is passing jlpt in December, which I have never done.
Most likely will go for N2, I’ll decide when I signup in august if I’d rather step down to N3 if my schedule can’t allow for enough study. I have also completed RTK though kanjikoohii a few years back which was almost my only proper study aside from my initial beginner study. Now I forgot most of it a few years later unfortunately due to lack of proper vocabulary study immediately after.

- lessons/grammar input: Nativshark (1hour/day)
I am half-way and it is getting close to matching my intermediate level. I think their approach is perfect, just a bit too slow/easy for an intermediate level IMO . the opposite of bunpro or a grammar book approach, more natural and casual speech oriented, very “real life situations”. They also have brilliant audio material.

- grammar output training : bunpro (1hour/day)

- vocabulary input : custom flashcards from my immersion (30 min/day)

- JLPT practice might be a bit redundant with bunpro but I am starting the 新完全 series books (1 hour/day) I might only do the 読解 one (reading comprehension). to be defined

- output : italki tutoring only once a week for a couple month more while I have enough free time to focus on grammar, then getting to 30min sessions once every two days.

- immersion : lots of watching / listening material (podcasts/YouTube/netflix). (3/4hours a day), also starting to read books everyday whenever possible

I have to add kanji study but I am out of time :confused:

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#24

That’s a very intensive approach. Good luck! I’m sure you’ll pass if you keep that up.

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#25

I hope!
My work situation being not great currently, I am at least lucky to have plenty of time to dedicate to japanese study it so I have been trying to make the most out of it last couple months and I am now hooked :slight_smile:
now probably I’ll have to cut my study in half from next summer on but the motivation should stay high hopefully.

#26

I’m a middle-aged working mom, so I don’t have a lot of free time to study. My plan is centered around multitasking and fitting in little bits of studying whenever I have a few minutes of downtime. Most of my studying gets done on the train during my commute to and from work (45 minutes one-way) or over lunch. I also don’t want to sacrifice too much of my short evenings after the kiddo goes to bed, since it’s important to me to be able to do a few creative hobbies to relax.
On weekends I can usually manage to find time to do my reviews, but not anything new.

Grammar: Bunpro reviews & 3 new grammar points.
Vocab: via Bunpro, 10 new words per day.
Listening: Podcasts on the walk from the train to the office and back again. (10 minutes one way)
Reading: Tadoku graded readers, or Yotsuba for the book club.
Kanji: KanjiStudy Android app, in KKLC order. I bought the SRS and the graded reader sentences. 5 new kanji per day.

Edit: I should also mention: I’m a Canadian living in Canada, so no exposure outside of dedicated study for me.

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#27

I have to try tadoku, I keep hearing about it.
reading for me is the one activity that feels less productive as I am so slow and keep on checking my dictionary. I guess easier graded readers should help.

#28

I’ｄlove if you can join my [#]Immersion Log Let’s try something new! - Japanese - Bunpro Community I post whatever I’m using for immersion and would appriciate your recs.

I do immersion and bunpro 20 minutes a day each. Hang with my Japanese friends for about 2 hours a week. I’m feeling like a 怠け者 reading all your study routines.

I still recomend

The reddit has gone dark so I was having trouble this link. each example sentence is from an anime with the original audio so while you do the deck can watch all the anime. Most of the anime is avalible on Japanese Netflix.

edit: if you are not starting from zero I’d change the card template. At my level I would have the audio on the front, Other-front on the back and RemarksBack on the back in a hint feild [#]Ankiのカードにヒントを付ける方法
to get listening practice

#29

I add a little sugar, some cinnamon, cookie dough and chocolate chips.
Just mix together, put in my special Bunny oven, relax for a few minutes, then enjoy the tasty Japanese knowledge treats :slight_smile:

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#30

I love the idea you launched but to be honest I’d be pretty terrible at this as I usually keep on the same podcasts or YouTube subscriptions and am not really in the spirit of tracking anything, it’s a mess :slight_smile:

One thing I can recommend though is to have a separated account for japanese stuff on YouTube. By which I mean nothing japanese learning oriented but subscriptions matching your own interests as if it was an actual japanese person account, this is why I say my immersion is random, I get most from it.
If you are past an intermediate level that is a great thing to do IMO, I wouldn’t recommend to do this otherwise though as the input should stay comprehensible.

I try to do the same with podcasts (kind of… as I can’t switch accounts), with pocketcasts I have japanese only folders for my immersion, podcasts I searched depending on my own interests. (pocket casts allows you to search podcasts by country which is awesome)
I still use a few japanese language learning ones as well as long as no English is spoken.

BTW the mountain climber above has gotten right in my subscriptions ! awesome channel thanks!

#31

Eroge, books, comics, anime, TV dramas, variety shows, Youtube, movies, radio shows, music, talking to people, BBS.

I used to mine vocab into Anki. I did that every day for a few years but I eventually deleted my deck. I might do it again in the future for obscure words but right now I would rather watch paint dry.

#32

I’m pretty much just going through 100 new vocab/kanji cards from Super Cub and my other JPDB decks every day, plus reviews. The goal being to grow recognition base to 10-20k words, and when reading becomes effortless stop with SRS and switch to pure reading.

On the grammar side, for now only studying N2/N1 that I actually run into. Bunpro is very helpful as a centralized resource for that.

And of course some youtube/twitch/anime immersion.