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Showing posts with label Study log. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Study log. Show all posts

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Study log update

I missed the update last week. Sorry! すみません!I also forgot to track my studying hours this week. I would like to find something that can help me track my hours. I've heard people say it helps them to see how many hours they've studied so far. I'm going to try using a graph paper to keep track of my hours. I saw that method of tracking mentioned in a youtube video not long ago. I'll try to find the video, if I find it I'll link to it.

I think it helps when someone asks how long you've been studying. You can say "I've been studying for 2 years now" however if you say "I've studied Japanese for 200 hours". I think it shows much better for why one person might be improving faster or slower than someone else. You can then try to make a change to your study habits. If someone says "Oh, I've studied Japanese for 1 year and I still can't make basic sentences". Instead, if you were to say "I've studied Japanese for 1 year, but only about 1 hour a week." it becomes clearer how much effort was put into studying and why or why you might not be improving in your target language.

Since I didn't track my hours this week this is only an estimation.
   Vocabulary - 2hrs
   Grammar - 2hrs
   Listening - 5hrs (this includes music and anime/dramas)

   ~Future study plans~
  •     Try tracking my hours using a graph paper
  •     Using the Pomodoro technique
  •     Writing at least one sentence on Lang-8 every four days. (My last sentence was "今日は日本のドラマ見ました" It means "Today I watched a Japanese drama" Which if you're interested I watched エイジハラスメント Age Harassment) 

がんばれ!Keep at it! ^^

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Weekly Study Log

To help me keep track of what I'm learning and doing each week, I decided I should try to keep a weekly study log. I've learned how to use the の particle in few ways, here are some examples "私のえんぴつです。(It is my pencil.)" also "とうきょうのスーパーです。(Supermarket of/in Tokyo.)" and finally "この犬はわかいです。(This dog is young.)"

Here are my study times
 Grammar - 2hrs.
 Vocabulary -  30min.
 Kanji - 20min.