WaniKani
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Pros
- services like Anki and Wanikani have proven results, and are probably the best way to close the gap in your abilities.
- Parent context: I think.... people learn things in different ways. I lived in Japan for many years and studied off and on, but never got a hold of even basic Japanese, even though it was obviously all around me. It was always indeciphera...
- Now I'm nearly halfway through WaniKani and still keep my duolingo streak going. Sometimes a kanji pops up in WaniKani that I've already been exposed to on Duo and it becomes much easier to solidify as a result.
- Parent context: fair point but I already use wanikani for kanji. I feel like wanikani's way of teaching kanji is more effective than memorizing kanji words from anki decks Reply: They're mostly teaching you kanji, not words in their "kan...
- I passed the JLPT n5. I used Duolingo only, and a couple of months before the test, I started WaniKani. I got a really good mark.
Cons
- Parent context: I started building it when I was using Wanikani because I kept running into the same problem: I could read … Reply: I started building it when I was using Wanikani because I kept running into the same problem: I could rea...
- Especially not wanikani. Wanikani assumes you have 0 knowledge about pretty much anything written in Japanese, and they intentionally stop you from "studying ahead" by forcing you to stick to basic kanji and radicals with a time gated sy...
- But wanikani has a very unique system. What they call radicals (in their system) are not the real radicals - the ones with official names.
- Of all the things you cast doubt it's the way WaniKani handles things and not this...
- You can also look into Heisig derivatives like wanikani (though that's for Japanese).
Sentiment
154 positive (61%) · 69 mixed (27%) · 31 negative (12%)
Trust + time weighted score: +51% · raw score 48%
What redditors said (10 of 254)
Parent context: I started building it when I was using Wanikani because I kept running into the same problem: I could read … Reply: I started building it when I was using Wanikani because I kept running into the same problem: I could read the words, yet I struggled to actually use them in conversation.
Especially not wanikani. Wanikani assumes you have 0 knowledge about pretty much anything written in Japanese, and they intentionally stop you from "studying ahead" by forcing you to stick to basic kanji and radicals with a time gated system
services like Anki and Wanikani have proven results, and are probably the best way to close the gap in your abilities.
But wanikani has a very unique system. What they call radicals (in their system) are not the real radicals - the ones with official names.
Parent context: I think.... people learn things in different ways. I lived in Japan for many years and studied off and on, but never got a hold of even basic Japanese, even though it was obviously all around me. It was always indecipherable. Now that I spend lots of time with Anki and Wanikani and italki its finally sticking. I think stopping Anki and Wanikani would be a bad move for me, at this stage. But … Reply: i genuinely dont get the anki hype, just maximise native content instead of forcing vocab down your throat and then getting mad when you cant remember the word
Now I'm nearly halfway through WaniKani and still keep my duolingo streak going. Sometimes a kanji pops up in WaniKani that I've already been exposed to on Duo and it becomes much easier to solidify as a result.
Of all the things you cast doubt it's the way WaniKani handles things and not this...
Parent context: fair point but I already use wanikani for kanji. I feel like wanikani's way of teaching kanji is more effective than memorizing kanji words from anki decks Reply: They're mostly teaching you kanji, not words in their "kanji form". Although WaniKani does also pair words with their kanji, it's not the same as learning the words in their "kanji form".
You can also look into Heisig derivatives like wanikani (though that's for Japanese).
I passed the JLPT n5. I used Duolingo only, and a couple of months before the test, I started WaniKani. I got a really good mark.