Here is the differences in price here in Japan. When I converted dollars to yen it comes out much cheaper than the shown cost.
Just reporting the number…do I feel super confident? Not really, but that is ok. I have been using Pimsleur lately, and I enjoy its simplicity.
Ironically, in the last month, I started feeling like…I enjoy Italian more. Maybe because it is so close to Spanish.
Anyhow I am going to celebrate with a coffee tomorrow.
Just posting for the fun of it. I am doing one hour a day, because my Spanish is in maintenance mode. I have been focusing more on Spanish from Latin America recently.
Have been watching a lot of anime in Spanish especially from Mexico.
On the side, I do one hour of Japanese and French. My French is at 350 hours. My Japanese is at 300 hours, I stopped counting Japanese like a week ago.
Cijapanese.com had a major falling out in their company. Now I get my input from YouTube.
I am not done with learning Japanese, but I am done with this website. I will continue to support Yuki’s YouTube and Patreon.
So instead of paying ¥12 to some random person named Ben, I just continue on by myself for the moment.
Not that me quitting has any major impact, I just think cijapanese.com is no longer worth it for me personally. Besides I think I will be fine. Therefore, this might be my last update.
It was good while it lasted for 3 months…lol.
How do I feel about my progress:
some days I feel overwhelmed by all the new structures and new word, other days I feel I am doing just fine considering my hours.
Hours: 300 hours
My difficulty level: intermediate 34
Hours per day: I average 3 hours per day.
Comprehension: 70%
How many hours worth of videos are left: 137 hours
How many videos left until the next level: 530
Podcast: Nihongo con Teppei
Episode: 710
Note: before I start intermediate, I am reviewing 25 hours worth of beginner videos.
Japanese update:
Hours: 251 hours
My difficulty level: Beginner 46
Hours per day: I average 3 to 4 hours per day.
Comprehension: 70%
Videos left until the next level: 98
How many hours worth of videos are left: 22:20 hours
Time frame: 2 weeks until the intermediate stage
Podcast: Nihongo con Teppei
Episode: 408
Next report: at 300 hours
I did want to say one thing…it has already been said a few times, but I also hope they shorten the gameplay videos. I watch a 2 hours one yesterday. It was ridiculous long. Of course, I am not going to re-watch it.
As I said before podcasts are a game changer. It helps to get more hours in.
My difficulty level: Beginner 41
Hours per day: I average 2 to 3 hours per day.
Comprehension: 70% to % 80
Videos left until the next level: 210
Time frame: one month until the intermediate stage
How I go about learning: repeat and repeat again. I add videos that are at 50% comprehension to a playlist for later re-watching.
Background: I study Japanese in college. I didn’t learn much as you might think. I studied Genki 1 and 2. That’s all. That was 7 years ago.
My thoughts: As of now I just watch every single video and move forward. I do repeat videos if I feel I didn’t understand enough. I do expect intermediate to be much harder. We will see how it goes.
Podcast: Nihongo con Taipei
Episode: 151
I am not consuming anything else at the moment. No tv shows, no anime. Nothing.
My ability to talk:
I can talk. I can introduce myself.
I can have small conversations.
Reading ability: I can read hiragana and katana.
It’s is nice to get to the next level. I have been doing 1 hour a day.
I am going to be honest. I am behind the road map and that is fine. I seriously doubt I know 3,000 or even 1,500 words.
I am on the beginner level on DF. Super beginner is easy enough. Podcast hasn’t quite opened up yet, but I am moving along.
Anyhow that is for this progress report. Everyone good luck. Maybe I will treat myself to a coffee.
Mainly I just have been focusing on CIJapanese content. So I don’t count anything I hear or do outside of it. For example, watch some anime just now, I simply don’t add it.
My current level:
I am working through beginner. I am on level 36. I am half way through the beginner level. I have 338 videos left.
My comprehension:
As I move forward It is slowly getting harder. But I understand enough to keep moving forward. I understand 70% to 80% of what I am seeing. If there is a video that doesn’t click at all, I just add to watch later. After a few times watching it.
Hours per day:
Averagely I do 2 hours a day. Whenever I have more time, I will do an extra hour.
My background:
As I said in previous post, I took japanese in college for two years. They gave me the class textbook ( it was small), I world memories the words I didn’t know. The classes were very basic. Also I did Genki 1 and 2. This was 15 years ago.
Therefore, I am a beginner with this site, but not to Japanese. I know katakana and hiragana. And a little bit of kanji. I can introduce myself. And say simply stuff, such as…I like sushi 🍣 lol 😂
The goal is to have a real conversation one day.
I am on beginner level 30, so far no problems. If there is a video where I miss enough words, I will watch it again until it makes sense. And also save for later just in case for later review.
My comprehension is at 70 to 80% depending on the video. I have had no major problems yet.
I am doing around 2 hours a day. I have missed one day so far. I don’t watch outside content. Just podcasts sometimes, but I don’t count those hours at all.
By the DS road map I would be at 50 hours or less if you time it by 3. We will see how far I can make it by the end of this year. Hopefully more people will post. I would love to see where other people are at on their journeys.