>>702088>I want to approach this efficiently, if not optimally.Which means you'll spend the rest of your life arguing with people on the internet about what is the best way to learn Japanese instead of studying.
Here's my advice, all the materials presented can be downloaded from /int/'s DJT resource repository:
-Learn Katakana and Hiragana, it'll take you a day for each and you'll understand japanese phonetics after it. Tofugu's guide is good enough, JapanesePod101's videos on YT will do the job too.
-Learn how to use anki and set premade decks so you can have a tool to help you to remember all the stuff you are going to learn.
-IF you can handle korean mmo-style grinding, get Remembering the Kanji and grind Kanji for 3 months - kanji is complex and trying to absorb it all as you go will make it harder for you to remember stuff, as it'll be too much information at once. RtK focuses on ensuring you can make sense out of Kanji and can remember it. If you can't handle it, skip it, it's not a requirement even if it'll ultimately make your life easier.
- Alternatively use the RRtK anki deck, it'll cut the quantity of kanji in half by focusing on those who are more frequently used., but because you're not writing them and not working on recall (as the goal is only to recognize them), your learning will be slower and it'll take the same time to learn half as many kanji. Again, If you are not good at it grinding, skip it it (unless you're going in without text books, then you're fucked).
-IF you want a more structured approach to learning, get Genki 2nd Edition (you can download it from /int/'s DJT resource list) and go through it using TokiniAndy's youtube videos. Anki decks for review.
-IF you are averse to text books, get anki and start grinding the core 2k deck (or Core 6k) , RRtK and the Tango N5 deck while reading through Tae Kim's guide to japanese grammar.
-If you need help with grammar, TaeKim's guide and CureDolly (on youtube) are good.
-Actively consume japanese media as much as you can, since you watch Vtubers, you should be good on that department, don't neglect on the rest of your studies to just consume media though.
-Once you're gone with the first volume or at least finished core 2k, Start reading stuff, there are list of japanese stuff that's good for beginners out there, google it.
-Work on rounding up skills, if you skimped on Kanji, now it's the time to start working on it concurrently with your reading.
Keep in mind that since you are self-studying, what dictates the rythm and speed of your learning is you, your capability of learning and retaining information and your study habits. The average Japanese learner will take a quite a few years to be competent enough at the language (JLPT levels N2 and N1), so if you're in this, you're in for the long haul - and be wary of anyone who says otherwise.
Good luck.
>>703161While I agree with the poin, there's one tidbit that needs a correction.
>2000 hoursThat study by the State Department says it's 2200 hours of CLASSROOM study.
It's assumed that for every classroom hour you put 3 hours of self-study.
if you put 4 hours of study a day, everyday, It'll take you six years to reach fluency.
