Hellooo.
So I want to start learning Japanese. I looked at Ikenna's recommendations and so on. I thought of using Pimsleur and Assimil as a starting point, however, I don't know if that is a good idea and all that.
The second problem I have is that I don't know how to approach RTK 1. I was told that learning the kanji is really important since you won't be able to do laundry etc without knowing your kanji, and that worries me. I saw some guy say that he did RTK in 200 hours. 100 hours to get it into short term memory and 100 hours of Anki to solidify it. He said he did it in a month. That sounds crazy and I don't know if it is even possible or how the hell you do that if it is.
I thought of doing 15 a day (primitives and normal, focusing on how it is written and its meaning), however, if I review it only twice, that means 30 a day since I will have to review it the next day, and then it starts getting a lot and I will probably not remember it for the long term. I don't know how to do it so that I can get as much done a day, but remember it for long term. Also, I was told that learning it in isolation is a problem, so I don't know how I am supposed to learn it.
I can't speak Japanese, which is a problem and I would like to learn that, since it is important as well, but I don't know how to balance it and what to focus on and what to use etc. It's really overwhelming to be honest. I have 11 months max. Lets say 9 months max for good measure. In that time, I want to be able to learn as much as possible, so that when I get to Japan, I'm not struggling to do basic things. I don't know how I'm gonna do this....
So I want to start learning Japanese. I looked at Ikenna's recommendations and so on. I thought of using Pimsleur and Assimil as a starting point, however, I don't know if that is a good idea and all that.
The second problem I have is that I don't know how to approach RTK 1. I was told that learning the kanji is really important since you won't be able to do laundry etc without knowing your kanji, and that worries me. I saw some guy say that he did RTK in 200 hours. 100 hours to get it into short term memory and 100 hours of Anki to solidify it. He said he did it in a month. That sounds crazy and I don't know if it is even possible or how the hell you do that if it is.
I thought of doing 15 a day (primitives and normal, focusing on how it is written and its meaning), however, if I review it only twice, that means 30 a day since I will have to review it the next day, and then it starts getting a lot and I will probably not remember it for the long term. I don't know how to do it so that I can get as much done a day, but remember it for long term. Also, I was told that learning it in isolation is a problem, so I don't know how I am supposed to learn it.
I can't speak Japanese, which is a problem and I would like to learn that, since it is important as well, but I don't know how to balance it and what to focus on and what to use etc. It's really overwhelming to be honest. I have 11 months max. Lets say 9 months max for good measure. In that time, I want to be able to learn as much as possible, so that when I get to Japan, I'm not struggling to do basic things. I don't know how I'm gonna do this....