User blog:DutchMeme/Japanese study with the NGNL light novels

[INTRO]

So..... I've been trying to learn Japanese for a while, but due to a personal 'handicap' with learning languages and comprehending them it's been quite difficult.

After 3 years of struggling with that problem, I discovered that the same problem was occurring in some parts of my family.

But if there's one thing I won't do, it's giving up on something I want to learn.

So here's my new approach, learning trough reading.

I usually don't read any books because of the same 'handicap', but I've been wanting to get into reading for a while now, that's why I've decided to try and improve in both at the same time.

right now, I'm reading VOL 4 of the LN in Japanese. Why VOL 4? Because I have both the English version and the Japanese one. I actually have all the Japanese ones, but I only have VOL4 in English as well.

[METHOD]

My Method(as usual) is a bit unorthodox. My method is basically trying to comprehend every sentence by learning the words, grammar(for me and also most people the hardest part) and context until I understand what the sentence is trying to convey.

I won't use an SRS like Anki because Anki = depression, however I still use a little program called 単語(Tango).

単語(Tango) is an Android app that's a easier SRS for Japanese learning, it only has 'choose the right answer' questions and it has a built in dictionary.

For grammar I just google everything I don't understand until I do.

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