[Audio] [Q&A] If English is Not My L1, Should I Use It To Learn Kanji Or Not? (Patreon)

Birgit, a young German woman with impeccable taste in language acquisition methods wonders:

"Hi Khatz, [I know you're] not my boy and not my mothers either (maybe?), 

But I have a question regarding learning the meanings of kanji.

Most sources are in English, which is not my L1 but my L2. 

Now I‘m learning Japanese as my L3 (hopefully [it'll be] better than my English) and [I wanted to ask: should I] translate everything [in]to German (which is my L1) or just the parts I can‘t remember in English? 

Thanks a lot and wash properly (I leave the "what" to your imagination), 

Birgit"

Short answer: keep it in English, fall back to German only when necessary. That way you're essentially laddering.

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