How's your language learning going this week? - Weekly thread (sopuli.xyz)

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I'm so sorry for late thread - been a bit overwhelmed last week. But worry not! The vocabulary must grow.

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[-] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

I've started watching some J-Drama recently. Currently I'm watching MIU404 =}

[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hey I use TV for languagelearning too! Cool. Do you use subtitles in english/your native language? Or are you already able to understand enough to not have those on?

[-] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

I'm watching with JP subs 😅. It can be really hard to follow along without subtitles sometimes. Idk if that would be considered cheating or not.

[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Not cheating, really awesome.

[-] emb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Definitely not cheating. After a while I'm guessing it can be a little bit like working the wrong muscle, where you might read instead of hearing. But reading is still engagement and very important.

That aside, the ideographic nature of Japanese text makes the sub into pretty nice hints. You won't always be able to read the word, but maybe you know the word has something to do with the symbols, and you're hearing it... I think watching with subs is a good approach!

[-] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I've been doing a listen every day challenge with the Wanikani forums community since late August, but I still use JP subs often. I try to focus on a video/anime or watch it without, but I'll do a second run through/replay a clip with subtitles if I didn't know what someone was saying. Maybe try that instead? Don't be ashamed of using subtitles, at least you're not using eng subs!