benbassist Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5425 days ago 51 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 1 of 22 10 December 2012 at 3:56pm | IP Logged |
This will be my progress log for TAC 2013.
Current Japanese Level A1-A2, JLPT N5 - N4.
I took the JLPT N5 in December found Grammar the most difficult and listening was harder than expected.
If I have passed the N5 then I will continue to the JLPT N4 in July if not then I will re sit N5.
I am going to focus more study time on grammar this year as this seem's to be my weakest area.
I seem to switch methods of study so have not finished books like Assimil and Remember the Kanji so this year I
am going to try and stick to a book to the end.
Edited by benbassist on 30 December 2012 at 7:42pm
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benbassist Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5425 days ago 51 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 2 of 22 30 December 2012 at 4:29pm | IP Logged |
First 3 Months of TAC 2013 Targets. < Progress Updates Every Friday.
Add 10 sentences a day to and Complete my 1000 J-E Sentence Anki Deck.
Kanji
Finish Remember the Kanji 1 - Currently Lesson 7 of 56
Finish Nihongo Challenge Kanji N5/4 Book
Vocabulary
Finish Assimil Japanese with Ease 1&2 and
Add difficult sentences to 1000 J-E Sentence Anki Deck.
Grammar
Read Japanese the Manga Way and Donnatoki Dictionary of Japanese Grammar.
Add difficult N5/4 level grammar point example sentences to 1000 Sentence J-E Anki Deck.
Listening
Jpod101
Assimil
Edited by benbassist on 31 December 2012 at 12:34pm
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| Message 3 of 22 30 December 2012 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
Reviewing the Kanji is very good for using together with Heisig's book. I've already finished RTK 1 this year, so my goal for 2013 will be to finish RTK 3.
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benbassist Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5425 days ago 51 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 4 of 22 30 December 2012 at 7:21pm | IP Logged |
Brun Ugle wrote:
Reviewing the Kanji is very good for using together with
Heisig's book. I've already finished RTK 1 this year, so my goal for 2013 will be to finish RTK 3. |
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I already use Reviewing the Kanji, but thank you for the suggestion. Good Luck with RTK3!
Edited by benbassist on 30 December 2012 at 7:22pm
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yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4630 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin
| Message 5 of 22 31 December 2012 at 1:41am | IP Logged |
I'd go for "A dictionnary of Beginner Japanese Grammar" if I were you. I have to admit I
don't know the Donnatoki Dictionnary of Japanese Grammar, but the one I'm talking about
is a collection of 3 (huge) books that get you to literally know every bit of the
Japanese Grammar after the three. Well... I should get around it more personnaly but I've
only heard good reviews about each one.
Anyway Good luck with TAC 2013!
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g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5980 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German
| Message 6 of 22 31 December 2012 at 2:51am | IP Logged |
Good luck with your plans for the 2013 TAC! I'm looking forward to following your log and watching you progress.
Is the Donna Toki Dictionary you refer to this one? If so, it's probably my favourite grammar reference, although I have the older edition from before the JLPT syllabus change. I would recommend you use it as a reference though, rather than trying to work through it systematically to learn grammar - using Assimil and/or the Manga Way book will probably give you better and more systematic coverage of basic grammar and keep you saner for longer :)
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benbassist Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5425 days ago 51 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 7 of 22 31 December 2012 at 12:27pm | IP Logged |
That is the one, I if think I will read through Japanese the Manga Way and use Donna Toki as a reference. I do own a
Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar but I like the way Donna Toki is set out.
Edited by benbassist on 31 December 2012 at 12:33pm
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benbassist Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5425 days ago 51 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 8 of 22 04 January 2013 at 1:13pm | IP Logged |
Time For My 1st Log Update.
Kanji
Remember the Kanji 1 - Currently Lesson 11 of 56 - 1 Lesson Per Day Target Achieved.
Nihongo Challenge Kanji N5/4 Book - On Hold to prevent Burnout.
Vocabulary
Assimil 53 Passive 4 Active - 1 Lesson Per Day Target Achieved.
Adding Hard Sentences on Active Wave to Anki - None Added So Far.
Extra - Memrise JLPT N5 Vocab - 1 Lesson Per Day Target Achieved. < Just a quick review.
Grammar
Japanese the Manga Way Lesson 4 - 1 Lesson Per Day Target Achieved.
I am going to Read Japanese the Manga Way first and then use Donna Toki to add examples of tricky grammar
points to anki for review.
Listening
Assimil - See Vocabulary.
JPOD101 - 1 Lesson Per Day Target Achieved.
Other
In RTK 1 the most kanji I have covered in a Lesson is 46. Looking at Reviewing the Kanji website some later
lessons have a lot more kanji so I will break these down.
Edited by benbassist on 04 January 2013 at 4:35pm
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