My goals with listening practice are:
- Improve understanding when listening to others speaking
- Learn how to express myself in more natural Japanese
Others have recommended watching shows or media in Japanese, but what sorts of videos are ideal in this situation?
I've seen this question asked before, and usually the answer is "watch whatever you want. If you watch something you hate, you won't learn or practice well". I don't think this is a helpful answer, because my intent is to practice the language, not to watch TV (I otherwise never watch TV). In the same way that one reads a textbook for learning, not because the textbook is an exhilarating piece of literature.
Other times the answer is "Watch what you usually watch, but in Japanese". However on the rare occasions when I watch movies or TV, I watch historical films, or action/spy/thriller films. I don't think the style of speaking nor the vocabulary used is helpful for me to practice at this stage.
by OkIdeal9852
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teppei and Noriko is a good podcast for conversations.
terrace house(?) for very casual convos?
anything on YouTube with multiple people?
I highly recommend the video game series **うたわれるもの** (the English title is just **Utawarerumono**). Here are some of the reasons:
* It’s an extremely narrative game series.
* It’s fully subbed AND dubbed.
* The texts are paused until you press the confirmation button, meaning you can spend as much time as you like to read and understand them.
* You can replay the dialogs with voices, meaning you can practice your listening and speaking whenever you like.
* It’s a video game, meaning it somewhat forces you to understand the dialogues and scripts.
* The “playing” part of this game series is kinda negligible, meaning you don’t have to spend a lot of time on the combat.
Besides, the stories of these games are awesome.