After spending some time today studying Kanji with Reviewing the Kanji I realised something.
For months, even years I’ve been dreaming about finding the “best” method for learning Japanese. The most efficient, enjoyable system that will bring me to fluency in the shortest amount of time.
I’m not going to know for certain what works best until I’m fluent.
Once I know all the Kanji off by heart I’ll be able to see the most natural way for my mind to group them and understand them.
Once I can understand the discovery channel ( or its equivalent ) in Japanese I’ll realise that if I’d watched a particular program over and over that it would have been the ideal way to pick up vocabulary.
As soon as I understand every word on the back of some Japanese food packaging I’ll realise that cooking shows will stick to certain forms of the same verbs as they give instructions about how to make a dish.
I can try and use someone else’s method and while it may not suit me perfectly it will mean that I’ll find out the best way for me to learn.
Eventually
Given that the main point of Khatzumoto’s method is to have fun along the way, I don’t think I can go wrong.