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  • April 8, 2013 at 3:17 am #39448

    Jeremy Reid
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    As advised by TextFugu, I set up my own “Learning Log”. However, I’m not 100% sure if I’ve written it… correctly. Could you guys give me advise as to whether or not my log is suitable, has enough detail and is – well – how it’s meant to be? :P

    http://jesermay.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/japanese-learning-log-001/

    Thanks! :-)

    April 8, 2013 at 6:42 am #39452

    MisterM2402 [Michael]
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    Just quickly, I noticed you said “Possibly complete a BA in Japanese Language at University”. You might want to have a look at this article: http://www.tofugu.com/2013/01/07/5-reasons-you-shouldnt-major-in-japanese-and-2-you-might-consider-it/

    The general idea (I think) is “Get a degree in something *employable*, but if you want, use your language skills to get a relevant job in Japan afterwards”. If you keep up self-studying, by the time you get to the first year of your degree, you’ll probably be WAY too good, you’ll be (re-)learning kana and it’ll be really boring, as far as I’m lead to believe :P

    April 8, 2013 at 7:03 am #39453

    Jeremy Reid
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    Ah, okay, thank you very much for the advice – I will consider that! It’s my first choice option out of the 5, the rest being BSc Psychology. So, likelihood is I’ll end up being accepted for a Psych course anyway. Thanks again! Apart from that, is the log as it should be?

    April 9, 2013 at 9:05 am #39476

    MisterM2402 [Michael]
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    Tbh, I can’t actually remember what Koichi says about a language learning log, it’s been quite a while since I started TextFugu, and it’s gone through roughly 9001 updates :P

    I think it’s a nice detailed log :D I will say though, if you’re going to be writing one for every study session/lesson you do, consider keeping it more concise: don’t want to be spending too much time on it, time that could be spent on more study ;)

    Just a couple of points:
    When you say that once Genki is exhausted, you’ll be doing independent study, do you mean that you’ll *start* doing independent study then, or just that you’ll continue? Since “Independent Study consists of: Practicing Hiragana and Katakana using the RealKana“, if you still plan on doing that once Genki’s done, don’t XD If you get to the stage where you’ve covered TextFugu and Genki I & II, you’ll be a kana pro :D Hell, you’ll be a kana pro in probably a few months tops ;)

    Instead of using a dictionary for “spelling tests”, you might want to look up something called “Core 6000″ (basically, it’s a list of 6000 commonly-used words, provided in handy-dandy SRS flashcard form  through Anki, which TextFugu should talk about soon).

    OK, there was going to be a 3rd point, but I can’t remember what it was…

    So yeah, there you go, that’s my opinion :D Do as you wish with it.

    Edit: I’m saying to you to keep things concise, but here I go and write a bunch of stuff when I should be studying for my Uni exams XD

    April 10, 2013 at 12:37 am #39489

    vanandrew
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    There’s no right and wrong way. It’s whatever helps you. No doubt it’ll change over time as you figure out what’s useful.

    April 11, 2013 at 12:39 pm #39520

    Jeremy Reid
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    Thanks all for the constructive comments – really handy. :D

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