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How's your language learning going this week? - Weekly thread (sopuli.xyz)
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I haven't had any time to learn this week, but I did try to watch news in my target language. Understood 20% for sure and the rest, well not so sure about the rest.

Also: sorry for not replying to your messages lately in weekly threads. I read them all, but get caught up with holiday stuff before I can properly write an answer.

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[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Finally moving onto N4 and thank god my book now fully uses kanji instead of writing them in hiragana. N5 took me way too long. I tried to learn all the words in kanji even if they aren't written in one because I figured it's just delaying the inevitable, but it slowed things to a crawl.

[–] Ashtear@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, there's a tension there between legibility and moving things along and picking up kanji you'll need eventually, and ultimately I think it's about whatever gets you studying more, not necessarily studying optimally. Even some N5 words have kanji that are technically N1/N2 level.

The best textbooks/Anki decks for me strike a balance, where they put emphasis on the most common kanji or kanji that get used in a lot of compounds, and then go kana-only or furigana for the rest.