Hey! Just joined. Don’t know why it never occurred to me to join a general language learning community here.
Last week I started a new plan I developed for my Japanese study, structured by pomodoro sprints. The daily workload currently looks like:
2 sprints: Anki for vocab and grammar flashcards, move to Tobira textbook study with remaining time
1 sprint: Tobira
1 sprint: dedicated listening practice, which is currently podcasts with transcripts
1 sprint: no-dictionary reading practice, currently with a graded reader
1 hour on Saturdays: あつまれ 動物の森 (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
I don’t always get to the reading sprint, which is fine since my listening is so far behind my reading anyway. Other than that, it’s been going great! I really started to focus on my studies last December and have seen a lot of progress. Almost up to 3,000 mature vocab and grammar cards.
I’ve also set a goal to sit for the JLPT N2 exam in December 2026. Probably ambitious in terms of actually passing it by that time, but the testing site is local at least. I figure it’s worth the investment and the experience anyway.
Really awesome progress. That looks like a really strong routine, if you mostly stick to it I bet you’ll keep improving fast. How are you spacing your pomodoro sprints out through the day?
Planning out study schedules in a similar way is very motivating for me, but then I find myself slipping up and falling off that bus before long. Hopefully I can muster the discipline to go back in that direction sometime.
N2 is a huge milestone, best of luck preparing for and taking the test!
I’m working on starting a new career, so I’m chaining my work productivity sprints with the first two language learning sprints especially. Had some major setbacks, so my career motivation has been in the toilet. I’ll typically do either the third sprint or minor tasks (responding to emails, office/home cleaning) before lunch and get back to it after the break.
I don’t know why, but something really clicked for me with Japanese in December, and it’s been enough to prop up the other stuff. Even though it was less structured last year, over the past couple months with solid structure I really feel like I’ve actually learned how to work at home. It’s been different!
Yeah, I’ve heard the same. It’d be nice to have the option, at the least. I figure in the end it’ll mostly be a freelancing certification, but eh, life’s weird. I could end up back in Osaka for all I know.
Welcome! You’ll find plenty of fellow japanese learners here!
That’s a pretty good learning structure you’ve got. And the goal is good, I think based on your structure I’d say you are gonna do well! Don’t be intimidated, if you fail you’ll know your level better and know what to focus on. Atleast that’d how I see exams.
Hey! Just joined. Don’t know why it never occurred to me to join a general language learning community here.
Last week I started a new plan I developed for my Japanese study, structured by pomodoro sprints. The daily workload currently looks like:
I don’t always get to the reading sprint, which is fine since my listening is so far behind my reading anyway. Other than that, it’s been going great! I really started to focus on my studies last December and have seen a lot of progress. Almost up to 3,000 mature vocab and grammar cards.
I’ve also set a goal to sit for the JLPT N2 exam in December 2026. Probably ambitious in terms of actually passing it by that time, but the testing site is local at least. I figure it’s worth the investment and the experience anyway.
Really awesome progress. That looks like a really strong routine, if you mostly stick to it I bet you’ll keep improving fast. How are you spacing your pomodoro sprints out through the day?
Planning out study schedules in a similar way is very motivating for me, but then I find myself slipping up and falling off that bus before long. Hopefully I can muster the discipline to go back in that direction sometime.
N2 is a huge milestone, best of luck preparing for and taking the test!
Thanks!
I’m working on starting a new career, so I’m chaining my work productivity sprints with the first two language learning sprints especially. Had some major setbacks, so my career motivation has been in the toilet. I’ll typically do either the third sprint or minor tasks (responding to emails, office/home cleaning) before lunch and get back to it after the break.
I don’t know why, but something really clicked for me with Japanese in December, and it’s been enough to prop up the other stuff. Even though it was less structured last year, over the past couple months with solid structure I really feel like I’ve actually learned how to work at home. It’s been different!
Do you have goals to work in or with a Japanese company? I hear the N2 certification is one that kinda opens those doors.
Yeah, I’ve heard the same. It’d be nice to have the option, at the least. I figure in the end it’ll mostly be a freelancing certification, but eh, life’s weird. I could end up back in Osaka for all I know.
Welcome! You’ll find plenty of fellow japanese learners here!
That’s a pretty good learning structure you’ve got. And the goal is good, I think based on your structure I’d say you are gonna do well! Don’t be intimidated, if you fail you’ll know your level better and know what to focus on. Atleast that’d how I see exams.