Learner's Journey to Japanese Fluency - Discussion and Questions Panel
Channel: English-Japanese Language Exchange
Date: 2021-06-21

This is a recording of the public stage event hosted on the English-Japanese Language Exchange Discord server. 
Join us at https://discord.gg/japanese

00:00:00 Introduction
00:06:54 How and why did you start learning Japanese?
00:09:44 At which point did you consider yourself fluent?
00:15:24 What do beginners worry too much about?
00:20:51 How long is the journey to fluency?
00:24:16 What are the good ways to start?
00:29:26 Is output important?
00:35:50 Are classes necessary?
00:39:05 Are there cons to studying dialects?
00:43:09 What do fluent speakers study?
00:45:53 Should you study pitch accent? When?
00:50:37 What tools do you wish you had when you started?
00:52:30 How do you focus on studying?
00:55:31 What pace is a good pace?
00:59:27 Learning Japanese with Netflix
01:00:42 Is it OK to study by reading web novels?
01:03:34 How do you improve your goals and attitude?
01:05:58 How to prepare for employment in Japan?
01:09:28 Listening, listening & reading, VNs. Which is better?
01:13:10 How do you feel about word mining?
01:18:27 Audiobooks: a follow-up
01:20:56 What are some good ways to learn kanji?
01:25:00 How do you balance reading and listening?
01:27:28 Wrapping up