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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:49 pm
 Japanese study methods! What are yours?
Last year, I completed the entire Japanese course at my college... and now, I'm a 2nd year without any Japanese classes once so ever. I need to keep studying on my own, but I want to try out new study methods this time around to keep me motivated! I'll share mine, you share yours? Let's find out what is successful. ♥
Waki's study methods ... (Intermediate+)
 Twitter! Haha, yes, Twitter. I keep most my tweets in Japanese, and because of that - I make a lot of Japanese friends to tweet messages to. I like looking at my twitter homepage, and seeing the collection of all my Japanese ramblings. It's really good practice when you have to tweet short updates about life, and the here and now. Not as stressful as blogging in Japanese. Everything is short and sweet and current. (@littlegaijin)
Japanese notebook/s. I've been through at least three Japanese notebooks now. (I've probably been through 20+ notebooks, actually, but I left them all in such bad condition... I don't like including them into the count. Haha..) I have an obsession with new things and change, so every time I switch - I "punish" myself by rewriting all the important notes from my old notebook into the new one. All the notes are professional-looking, and easy for me to search and relearn. The idea is for me to have perfect notes on difficult subjects, so that I can go back to my notebook constantly - and it makes it easier for me to reteach concepts to others. Every page of my notebooks has one of four "themes", - not including several pages that ... explain difficult grammar with examples and explanations I find online, or the verb charts I copy into my books. 
Media. I listen and translate youtube videos (my favorite Japanese vloggers and friends), I watch Japanese movies and dramas, and I listen to Japanese (jpop) music. My favorite youtubers: Ryuzaki1311, PDSKabushikigaisha, PDRKabushikigaisha, Ciaela, mimei, and my friend JyuusanKaidan. ♥ (I am "lilgaijin".) After watching one drama/movie all the way through, and if I decide to buy it, I turn the subs off and rewatch... taking notes from key words and phrases I did not know.
e-mail!  I exchange (strictly Japanese only!!) emails with higher levels, or with my Japanese friends. ♥ Really fun. (I love emails!)
Slightly unrelated, but helps nonetheless ... Blogging! A huge key to my success! I only blog in English now, but I used to blog in Japanese and that was a huge help to my learning. I blogged on ameba.jp (thinking about starting again), and on lang-8.com (thinking about starting again). However, keeping a blog and blogging in English ABOUT learning Japanese and moving to Japan... is a huge inspiration to those reading, and also for myself. When I get comments, and feedback - it makes me feel like I'm on top of the world. And it forces me to study harder, work harder, and be the person that my readers imagine me to be. Blogging is an amazing sideline coach... the one that yells at you when you lounge around the house doing nothing. (www.littlegaijin.net)
I shared my current study routine / study methods! ♥ I want to hear yours now!
Let me know if you try any of mine, and your results!!
I'll try ALL of yours, and tell you my results. I'll also add any new methods I find on my own.
Thanks guys!  Waki.
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:55 am
My language skills are pretty much in maintence mode right now, since college is my number one priority currently, so I'm not doing as much as I usually do. Mainly I do: 1. Anki reviews, to not forget what I've learned so far. 2. Read as much as I can. XD Though I listen to podcasts & news, and watch anime & movies, etc when college isn't in session.
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