Hey all, my goal is to be at an ability level where I would be comfortable living in Tokyo while working at a company that speaks English in the office.
To that end, I’ve been working through Genki and its workbook. I’ve noticed that the slowest part for me is the workbook exercises, because of all of the writing I’m doing. Additionally, while I’m learning kanji (through WaniKani) I’m not trying to learn how to write it. So I’m doing all of these exercises by writing down kana. This is starting to seem a little ridiculous because trying to read my kana-only answers is challenging (the kanji apparently helps me read).
Do I keep going like through all of Genki and even through Quartet? Or should I call it quits and start typing my answers?
Do you know of good tools to learn with the Heisig method? I’ve been using Kanshudo for building vocabulary, kanji recognition and remembering their meanings, and grammar; basically everything except writing skills. I bought Heisig’s book but not really sure if it’s worth dividing my attention from Kanshudo lessons, though the first couple Heisig chapters seemed pretty effective for remembering the kanji I reviewed. I think if I could figure out a way to study Heisig kanji with a spaced repetition system like Kanshudo I’d be a lot more motivated to work it into my study sessions 👀
I just use some Anki cards that I found online. Googling it, I found multiple Anki card decks for the Heisig method and I just chose the one that fitted me best.