1. It is necessary to sign up for a Japanese training class in the early stage of learning.
The pronunciation foundation must be laid well at the beginning, so that the subsequent listening learning and word memorization can be faster and more accurate.
In addition to finding classes in major foreign languages, I personally also recommend the courses of Hujiang Online School (I am not here to advertise). The time arrangement can be based on your own schedule, it is very flexible, and the teacher's explanations are also more detailed, so if you don't understand it after class,
You can also leave a message and ask questions.
But the disadvantage is that time is too flexible, and if you don’t have very strong perseverance, it’s easy to get lazy and give up.
There are many learning textbooks on the market, and the most commonly used one is Standard Japanese; in addition, when I was studying, I used the New Japanese published by Peking University Press, which pays more attention to conversational skills, and the content is not as good as Standard Japanese.
It is relatively new; the third recommendation is "Everyone's Japanese", a textbook commonly used in Japanese language schools.
2. Listening practice is undoubtedly a very important part of learning Japanese. I also strongly recommend that you watch more Japanese dramas. In addition to Japanese dramas making Japanese more standard and more life-oriented, the use of various occasions and some current popular vocabulary will also
Being exposed to it will be very helpful for your future study abroad life in Japan.
The more anime and Japanese dramas, the better.
However, the dialogue language in anime is more casual and there are a lot of swear words, especially the juvenile comics & anime. If girls watch too much, they will start to use male language in their mouths.
Therefore, in comparison, I still recommend Japanese dramas and movies. Not only is the Japanese language more standard, but the scenes are also more life-like. Many sentences that appear in the dramas can even be directly copied and memorized, and then directly used in daily life.
But slightly different from Sophie’s opinion is that it is indeed necessary to be exposed to a large number of Japanese dramas, but because everyone’s interests are different, they may focus more on a certain type of Japanese dramas, so the vocabulary learned is very limited or sometimes simply
The practicality is slightly poor (I just watched too many detective movies at the time, and all I learned were murder stories and some words that the police often say).
In addition, if you always watch new dramas, it is easy to be attracted by the plot, and you will only watch the Chinese subtitles and ignore all the Japanese.
So my solution at that time was to force myself to watch various types of Japanese dramas, and at the same time, convert a certain drama that was very relevant to daily life (school drama, workplace drama, family drama, etc.) into audio form and repeat it.
Listening and reading, my record at that time was that I had listened to the whole play "Anego" 15 times (I would later learn all the lines by heart), "The Character of Dispatch" 13 times, and "The Light of Hotaru" about 10 times. At the same time,
I also listened to the audio of some Arashi’s programs.
Facts have proven that this kind of repeated listening and reading can help you quickly adapt to the speaking speed and pronunciation habits of various people, and it also plays a considerable role in expanding your vocabulary.