Aikibujin wrote:

Based on previous studies, and my own knowledge of linguistics, I would imagine the greatest benefit of the TextFugu content you haven’t completed yet is the grammar aspect.

So yeah, I think it would be very beneficial for you to not worry too much about getting the vocab solid and instead focus on the grammar and usage rules. Once you are comfortable with creating any sentences you want, you can then expand your vocabulary, which will continue even after you are considered fluent anyway.

And yes you would benefit from learning your vocab through WaniKani instead, as you are only learning them once, instead of learning the same thing in two different ways.

As long as you have enough vocab to practice your grammar, Kanji and grammar is what you really want to focus on, especially if something else is dragging you down.

I also recommend starting a blog on http://lang-8.com/ so you can practice.

-Cheers

Thanks for the advice! I agree with you… I suppose I was just hesitant to follow my own gut when the almighty Fugu seemed to stress the importance of knowing the vocab before continuing, haha. Now I feel a little more confident doing so.

As for learning them two different ways when using WaniKani in conjunction with other stuff, I actually find that really beneficial. Something really clicks in my brain when I see something on WaniKani that I already knew the spoken word of, or sort-of knew. Kinda like when you’re familiar with certain words from songs, games, anime etc. but learning it in WaniKani gives you a fuller picture, and a deeper understanding of those words. I like that feeling a lot!

Given that, maybe I’ll treat TextFugu words as “get familiar with, but don’t stress it too much”. Then when I see more of those pop up on WaniKani, being somewhat familiar will give me that extra boost to solidify it.

Grammar is something I definitely need a lot of work on, so onward in TextFugu it is!

About Lang-8, I’m already a member actually :D buuuut… I’ve kinda been neglecting it lately. I got discouraged when I couldn’t come up with much to say, and spent almost all of my time correcting English instead of attempting Japanese. I hope to get back in it soon, when I get rolling with TextFugu again, I suppose.

• This reply was modified 11 years, 1 month ago by  Jamuko.

Hello~

I’m pretty new myself, but welcome! :D

Languages are awesome! Aiming for fluency in four is very impressive.

Sorry, I honestly feel bad for being negative on here. :x Overall, I’m really, really loving these services. I just felt kinda crappy after finding out about the EtoEto thing, that’s all.

As for my prior experience… I still consider myself a beginner in Japanese, so that’s why I started with TextFugu. I’ve never had any kind of focused training or classes, but I guess ~10 years of casual interest counts for more than I thought. I feel really pathetic for how low my level is after wanting to learn for that long… so I got tired of waffling around and decided I really needed to build a more secure foundation to learn on top of, rather than just cobbling together bits and pieces in a tiresome effort to fit the puzzle together. And BAM, here I am.

I’m loving the approach in TextFugu; it’s just that I went into it already knowing hiragana and other uber-basics, so it’s just taking a little longer for me to reach the stuff I need. I’m sure it’ll be worth it in the end, so I kinda regret saying that stuff in my last post!

I’m sorta disappointed… I read about how TextFugu was going to include advanced content, and under that assumption, purchased a lifetime membership. It’s only now that I realize EtoEto already exists, and it’s past the deadline to get the free membership. :/

I feel a bit gypped since I was under the same impression as the older users, as apparently no effort was made to revise old content concerning this issue, nor publicize EtoEto. (I even did some searching about “Project Kuma” and didn’t find anything indicating that it had already begun)

I’m currently in Season 2 of TextFugu and haven’t learned anything yet, due to prior familiarity with Japanese. I can only hope it ends up covering enough new material for me for it to have been worth the lifetime, or else I’m going to regret not just paying monthly for a couple of months and burning through everything.

I guess I can still get a discount on WaniKani, but it’s still a real letdown to be told EtoEto would require yet another hole in the wallet. :<