Patreon Q&A - February 26th, 2022 (Patreon)
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:33 - Are 1-mora accented nouns considered atamadaka or odaka?
10:23 - What are some pronunciation exercises you recommend other than shadowing?
12:11 - If I'm watching two shows and one is more comprehensible than the other, which should I watch raw and which should I watch with TL subs?
16:18- If I'm taking a trip to a country in 6 months from now and want to learn a bit of the language before going, does it still make sense to do Refold?
19:49 - I grew up hearing Spanish, so I understand it but have never been able to speak it. I've been immersing but am still struggling with output. What should I do?
31:43 - Is Refold going to survey people in the community to create statistics on language learning?
32:21 - Is it really worth it to make sentence cards or should I just make vocab cards?
36:17 - If Matt could go back in time and change the way he learned Japanese, what would he do differently?
48:22 - If you have a background in linguistics, is it a good idea to read an academic book on grammar when beginning a new language?
50:18 - Should I learning through listening alone?
52:09 - I want to sentence mine but I hate constantly pausing while watching content with TL subs. Should I read books and sentence mine or use a pre-made deck?
54:35 - Should I count passive listening hours towards my immersion goal?
59:29 - Should I watch the same show multiple times or always watch new shows?
1:00:17 - How good is GaijinQuest's Japanese?
LINKS:
- BECOME 10% MORE FLUENT IN 3 STEPS: https://youtu.be/ikNkeFQTCCw
- Pitch accent study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00238309211022376
- GaijinQuest playing VR chat: https://youtu.be/x1YbbnMS1qA