Master Japanese Language Using These Tips

If you’ve decided to give learning Japanese a go then here are some language learning tips and reference materials to get you going.

Fluency is greatest impacted by how often you study. In other words you’ll be able to remember more from studying 10 minutes everyday for a week than 70 minutes in one shot once a week.

Reviewing frequently is really important to learn Japanese quickly. It also helps you keep track of how fast you’re learning Japanese. You won’t have to wait a week to find out you can’t remember, if you study and review everyday you’ll know the next day.

Take a Break - An important Learning Tip!

It’s a great idea to take a short break every 30 minutes to avoid mental fatigue. Don’t keep grinding at the target or sentence to long. Why? What will happen is that your retention will drop and you’ll catch yourself simply “putting in the time” instead of studying with enthusiasm. Attention to what you’re studying creates the memory of it! When you take a break do something physical and don’t think about your studies. Wash the dishes, vacuum or shoot some hoops!

Language Learning Tips - Save Your Brain Space

Really folks you can only learn Japanese so fast, so memorizing words with roughly the same meaning is a waste of time in the beginning. Therefore, for example if you know that “you” means “anata” , why memorize the other equivelants of “you” like (Anta and kimi)?) Use your time to learn different Japanese. You can come back to the other forms later.

Using Flash Cards In Your Studies

Flash cards or word cards. The best way to radically accelerate memorization. Cheap. Versatile. Write vocabulary words or phrases on flash cards. The best way is to write a single word per card. Why? So you can really randomize the flash card order quickly. The mind has a tendency to remember order so if you’ve written say 5 words on 1 card you may remember “enpitsu” (pencil) simply because it comes after “hon” (book) on your flash card.

Then when you try to remember “enpitsu” without your cards you won’t be able to without seeing “hon” (book) first. You memorized the order and not the word. Then write a single sentence or word on 1 flash card so you can change the order up by shuffling the cards. If you can rip through a stack of cards at the clip of 2 per second, rest assured you know the target. Those wishing to teach in Japan best start studying well before they leave..