I want to learn Japanese. Is there any hope of self-study?

I have just learned Japanese for three months, and now I have basically no problem with simple daily conversations. I am now looking at the intermediate level of the target date and preparing to take the Japanese Level 2 test in December.

Let me first tell you about my learning method.

1. After waking up every morning, open the Japanese book beside your pillow and start reading the text. While reading, think about the meaning, grammatical structure, and vocabulary usage of the article.

2. Then the time is almost up. Put on your MP3 player and plug your ears in Japanese, and keep reading the same article over and over again (you can do other things, such as brushing your teeth, washing your face, tidying up, etc.). When translating while listening, focus on memorizing the pronunciation of new words, not the form, and do not use Chinese characters to memorize them.

3. During breaks at work (or school), you can also take out MP3 players to sharpen your ears. This way, even if you don’t listen carefully, you will be able to follow the recording easily after listening too much.

4. Go home in the evening and watch Japanese cartoons. You can listen extensively or intensively, focusing on the grammatical sentence patterns and words you just learned.

5. Memorize the words before going to bed, recall them after you have memorized them, and recall them when you get up the next morning to read the article. (A trick for memorizing words is that you must make up your own sentences and make up whatever you see. If you don’t know how to do it, go to the dictionary. Over time, you will know how to use the words you have made.)

Your problem is that you are not familiar with grammar enough, so you must be careful not to just memorize the text. You must memorize it fluently to the point where "it is noon on the day of hoeing" and you can immediately stand out from the following "sweat dripping from the soil" extent. There is no question of stupidity or cleverness, only the question of whether the method is right or not. It's easy to learn if you use the right method. When listening to the recording, pay attention to my first point. You must think about the grammar, organization, and meaning of the words, and translate it in your own mind. When you first learn, the word order of Japanese is completely different from that of Chinese. It is extremely normal to have difficulty reacting for a while. Don’t worry, as long as you stick to the method I told you, you will be able to blurt it out. In addition, you can put yourself in a Japanese environment, and any words you want to say or questions on your mind can be translated into Japanese silently in your mind.

I wish you success

Answer to the supplementary question: Actually, it’s not bad. Basically, it’s one lesson a day. Water Conservancy and Hydropower Publishing House has a set of books dedicated to memorizing words every day. Spend an hour mastering the vocabulary and reviewing words you have learned in the past. The other thing is to read more texts. You must master the grammar and vocabulary to the point where you can understand what is going on as soon as you listen to the recording. For example, "影视を见るのは楽しい" (Lesson 2 of Intermediate Volume 1), you must first solve the word problem. At least when you hear "えいが", you should think that it is the one you can see in the cinema, not "movie", and it is not Chinese. "ying hua". Then there is the grammar. You must memorize the sentence patterns and read all the examples of relevant sentence patterns to develop your own sense of language. In fact, this method can be used to learn any language. The same is true for Chinese. When you hear "Watching movies is a happy thing", you will definitely not think about the grammatical structure of this sentence or how to write this Chinese character. Instead, a picture of a movie will immediately appear. You must hear this effect when listening to the text.

Another thing to add is that we must not think that Chinese people have an advantage in learning Japanese. In fact, it is this so-called "advantage" that makes us ignore the method of directly associating the pronunciation and meaning of Japanese words. . It’s also a taboo for listening and speaking!