I've been studying Japanese for an embarrassingly long time off and on, which I know that is not conducive to actually becoming fluent in a reasonable amount of time. I've been trying to work on my listening comprehension, my worst skill next to speaking (reading is my only good skill). And I've found myself frustrated with listening to short 1 minute audio chunks because as the audio continues I'm already forgetting what was said a second ago which makes comprehending the entire audio a struggle. The sounds also start to blend together if the sentence is especially long. When I read the text for the audio I pretty much understand most things no problem. Not sure if other people have struggled with this and what their strategies were to overcome this hurdle.
The solution is probably stuff I've already heard but I'm hard headed and need to be reminded to keep my motivation up. And it helps knowing if other people have also struggled with this and that it's possible to overcome and get better.
by blackanimegirl