So I've been studying Japanese for around 2 years now, at around 6500 vocab and I have gone through every grammar point on Bunpro all the way up to N1 but I'd say I'm only confident on N5-N3, with N2 – N1 there are some I fully understand but some I'm still quite bad at. I've only been intentionally immersing for maybe a year, on average doing an hour or 2 per night (though this varies between multiple hours on one day and none on the next).
As a person, I feel like I learn best when I actually apply the thing I am learning. Just listening or reading something will only get me part of the way there in most cases, in order to fully understand I usually have to complete the process myself. For example at school I was always very strong at maths, I would understand a decent amount from a teacher's explanation but where I fully locked in the info was repeatedly solving questions by myself.
I'm kind of at the point in my Japanese journey where I have done a lot of work, and I'm understanding more and more as time has gone on, but my learning routine feels like I'm not doing enough if I want to achieve fluency.
Hence, I've been looking into starting doing output practice in anyway that helps, but I've been a bit stuck with how to go about it. I don't really want to commit to another app, because that would mean semi restarting because I wouldn't be able to import my Bunpro progress. Shadowing doesn't really feel like it satisfies that "doing it yourself" thing I was talking about, it more just feels like I'm copying someone and not learning for myself. I tried to use language exchange sites but a lot of the dialogue felt quite samey, and I also don't know anyone Japanese that I can just chat to for hours on end to practice.
I ideally would want something that is convenient to do (fits around a 9-5 work schedule) and also explore a wide range of grammar and topics, so that I doesn't feel like I'm just introducing myself 100 time over. I'd really appreciate it if you share what your output routine is 🙂
by Substantial-Put8283