Comments on: How to Stay Motivated When Learning Japanese

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 23:42:00 +0000

Hey all, I wrote a similar article on my blog, over at Delicious Japanese. It’s called “10 Ways to Keep Your Motivation to Learn Japanese High, Forever”. And can be read at:

http://www.deliciousjapanese.com/2014/04/08/10-ways-keep-motivation-learn-japanese-high-forever/

I feel like you missed the point a little bit with ‘habit habit habit’. If you feel rewarded by not studying Japanese and rather playing video games, going out, watching movies etc, shouldn’t you just be doing all of those fun things in Japanese?

Making something part of a daily routine certainly guarantees a lot of time will be spent on it in the long run, but I think Japanese needs to be made fun and exciting as well, and people should put conscious effort into experimenting with it and seeking out new learning materials. Very un-routiney kind of stuff.

By: Vanillakitty

Vanillakitty — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:23:00 +0000

I bribe myself with cake:) Its a fantastic method!!!!! Not so good if your on a diet though:)

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:41:00 +0000

Currently, I’m attending law school. The volume of work is absurd. Best thing to do is to study Japanese before bed, or devote a small portion of your time for it in the day. I think motivation is a mere catalyst to work and it can wear off. I do so much and it’s come to the point where finding “motivation” is becoming redundant in my life.

Commitment is the virtue to build. Real commitment means doing something even when you don’t feel like doing it.

By: Nightmaresky

Nightmaresky — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:44:00 +0000

Thanks for the article! It’s given me some encouragement. I am one of those people who are good at math, but terrible at language. I am glad I am not the only one who feels down about trying to learn Japanese! I swear I’ll start having nightmares about kanji. I am going to keep at it and try some of the things you suggested. :D

By: Rudyfrenchy

Rudyfrenchy — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Thanks for all the good learning, As soon as I feel a bit down for my Japanese study I just have to look at Tofugu, it really cheers me up and keep my intellectual curiosity up high about everything related to Japan. That motivates me a lot. Thank you Tofugu team. And now in my native language (since you mentionned learning french): Merci beaucoup pour la motivation et de m’aider dans mon apprentisage du japonais. ;-) (don’t pay attention to star rating stuff, I didn’t figure it out how it works, lol)

By: Koichinohaha

Koichinohaha — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:30:00 +0000

How to stay motivated when learning Japanese: read tofugu. :D