rdearman wrote:I plugged in your numbers and to B2 (upper intermediate) you will need: 8 years, 1 month, 16 days.
No news like bad news.
rdearman wrote:I plugged in your numbers and to B2 (upper intermediate) you will need: 8 years, 1 month, 16 days.
rdearman wrote:You might be interested in the Study Time Calculator
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I plugged in your numbers and to B2 (upper intermediate) you will need: 8 years, 1 month, 16 days.
Sizen wrote:The one thing I'd recommend (read preach ) is learning how to read characters through actual vocabulary and not just memorizing a list of kun-yomi and on-yomi for each character. Although some generalizations can be made, it's not always clear whether a word will use one reading or another and some words will mix kun and on-yomi. Through vocabulary, you'll develop a sense of which readings are used when, which can never be 100% trusted, but it's something.
Querneus wrote:rdearman wrote:You might be interested in the Study Time Calculator
https://autolingual.com/study-time-calc ... motivation
I plugged in your numbers and to B2 (upper intermediate) you will need: 8 years, 1 month, 16 days.
What an interesting little page! Do we have a thread on it anywhere?
JLS wrote:[...] I've got a two-year timetable by which I'd like to be ideally "fluent" (ie. to be able to converse, give speeches, reason, persuade, talk somewhat professionally in it). [...]
JLS wrote:- Focus mainly on spoken Japanese and audible comprehension
- For reading and writing, concentrate on just getting what's needed to competently move around (eg. sign forms, order from menus, ask what aisle the soap is in)
- Beyond "everyday Japanese," focus on reading and writing and speaking related to what I'd be mostly doing if I went
Le Baron wrote:rdearman wrote:I plugged in your numbers and to B2 (upper intermediate) you will need: 8 years, 1 month, 16 days.
No news like bad news.
If you know traditional Chinese characters, then it's got to be over 90%.JLS wrote:if you already know Chinese then you know 30% of the Kanji you need to know for Japanese
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