掲示板 Forums - Are there any other resources as game-changing and helpful as Renshuu?

Here's what I've used:

Duolingo - Good for learning the characters, but pretty bad at explaining nuances of words. I still use it, especially for the kanji, but definitely Renshuu does a better job at teaching stuff more accurately and in-depth. For example, Duolingo translates サークル as "club" when it could've just been "circle."

Kanji Study - This is an app, it focuses especially on Kanji. Good for learning Kanji for sure, and you can sort them by grade, JLPT level, etc. This one does have a paywall beyond the earliest level, by the way (though I'm still on the earliest level of it, and it's still useful for reviewing).

MochiKanji - Pretty similar to Kanji Study in function, but more aesthetically similar to Duolingo. It also has a paywall, it was good but other free services have everything this one already has aside from "Golden Time", which is a scheduled review.

Minato - This is a service provided by the Japan Foundation, which is like a semi-goverment non-for-profit organization that tries to promote Japan internationally. It has some unique approaches to things (watching a drama in Japanese is part of the course, for example), but it doesn't really focus on the characters as much and isn't really customizable at all.

Anki - I've used this a little bit, but I'm not into flashcards so I've never gotten much out of it.

Aside from that, I've used some textbooks some and experienced plenty of Japanese media in Japanese.

I'm super happy I found Renshuu, it's definitely my favorite so far. It's way more customizable than any other option, and that alone makes it great. I wish I started using it years ago instead of like 2 weeks ago...

If I want to improve my speaking skills and I need to understand people speaking fast, then which app would be the best?

Just wanted to jump in here and say that let's keep things generally positive (like everyone has done so far :) ) - I know there is a lot of hate for duolingo, but if a tool works for you, then it works! That's all that matters!

I don't like the direction Duolingo has taken as a platform, but it can still serve as a good "gateway" into language learning.

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There is one problem that I found in podcasts even thought its pretty trivial, they introduce words that I don't know and then they think to get the hang of it quickly which is out of my league.

If I remember correctly, the earliest episodes contain phrases like: 'how are you' / 'where are you from' / 'how long you've been learning Japanese', and the later ones are about more real life scenarios like visiting family on holidays, catching a cold, knowing places' names etc. so in my opinion the difficulty is increasing.

There's another podcast for more advanced listeners: 'Nihongo con Teppei Z' / 'Nihongo con Teppei 波'.

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I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. You can get a lot from context by listening to an episode multiple times, plus you can always look up a term in Renshuu's dictionary.

@ニベル［Nibel］Ah, I see what you mean. I'll check out the more advanced podcasts.

Not sure if OP was necessarily asking for YouTube/podcasts recommendations, but I recently found these guys https://www.youtube.com/@JSI55

Videos tend to be longer, but the quality is quite high. It being a conversation is also nice, since I'm not big into monologues.

Yeah I love that podcast although sometimes I feel like it’s hard to progress without the visual context and help you get from real life and other forms of immersion. Teppei himself though is very funny and entertaining that’s the main reason I listen.

nathantesoriero は 06月30日, 13:43に

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Ah yes I see it now thank you, before I was on my phone so it didn’t show up, but now on my iPad it’s here.

Tae Kim is a lot like a lot of articles and books I've read. This is not to say they're bad. Sometimes it isn't comprehensible. They might overexplain some nuance, which is still interesting, but I'd lose sight of the main point. So I'd skim to the simple parts and focus on that. So yeah, it makes it harder to learn, which is why as I study, I just take notes off the main points and go off on that. If there was something I missed, I'd amend/correct that. It's all manual.

The real work is processing that to my brain so that I don't rely on my notes. It would've been easier to gamify it to give a little more input, but this is all I get. Despite the modern age, it's still the same old fashioned business.