GLJ Podcast

The episodes 18–20 will be released on YouTube only. We ran out of podcasting storage space just before we could reach our goal of 20 episodes. If you were interested in hearing our final episodes, you'll have to listen to them here on our YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and best of efforts with your endeavors to learn Japanese.

In this episode Nick and Derek discuss study methods, enjoying native content, charting progress, blogging, documenting milestones, keigo, dictionaries, males with effeminate diction, and setting goals.

In this episode Nick and Derek answer frequently asked questions, including how much they study; how long it takes to learn Japanese; how many Anki cards they review a day; and if they consider themselves fluent.

In this episode Nick and Derek talk about effective ways to start learning Japanese. The advice in this episode should help ease your path to the intermediate level.

In this episode Nick and Derek talk about some things to keep in mind when learning Japanese. We touch on some study guidelines, quality and level of resources, rōmaji, subtitles, and what your brain is capable of doing.

In this episode Nick and Derek reminisce about how they got interested in learning Japanese. Prepare for some nostalgia because we go way back to the 80s!

In this episode Nick and Derek talk about how to study on the go, i.e., when you're away from home or don't have access to your regular resources.

In this episode Nick and Derek discuss how to develop Japanese listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. They discuss the importance and give tips on how to become proficient in each skill.

In this episode, Nick and Derek discuss what and how they're studying at the moment. The discussion includes mentions of TV shows, Anki, textbooks, reading materials, sketchy resources, video games, and a great news website.

In this episode Nick and Derek discuss their experience with multitasking and its role in learning Japanese.

In this episode Nick and Derek talk about how to gain proficiency in kanji. Topics covered are Heisig's Remembering the Kanji, mnemonics, the websites Reviewing the Kanji and Kanji Damage, the conventional classroom method, the Kanji Kentei, the Movie Method, best times to study, and what to do when you get frustrated.

In this episode Nick and Derek discuss the value of using anime to study Japanese.

It would've been too difficult to cram this episode into 30 minutes so we decided to go over our usual format. In this episode, Nick and Derek talk about their history studying Japanese, e.g., how they got started, how they progressed, and the troubles they had along the way.

In this episode we discussed times of heartbreak that many learners of Japanese experience, i.e., when you start to doubt you'll ever reach the top of the mountain.

In this episode Nick and Derek have an impromptu talk about their frustrations learning kanji. If you haven't been listening to our talks at 1.5x, now is an ideal time to start.

In this episode Nick talks about a new resource he uses to improve his Japanese composition. Derek talks about his difficulties with studying indoors, and how a change of scenery helps him concentrate better.

This was a random episode talking about motivation. We also touch on what we think of textbooks, alternative study materials, and fluent foreign celebrities.

Welcome to Guys Learning Japanese. In this episode we talk about our favorite (direct) study tool, Anki.