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A look-back on my english learning in 2019

What I did in 2019

  • Shadowing
  • Reading books in English
  • Anki
  • Watching tech conference videos on YouTube

Shadowing

  • Listen to audio and pronounce it as it is
  • To improve listening skill
  • Use same learning material at least 100 times
  • I used:

Good/Bad

  • Good
    • I really feel my listening skill is improved by shadowing🙆🏻‍♂️
  • Bad
    • I think it's difficult to continue for a long time:
      • Shadowing needs at least 30 minutes.
      • Shadowing can only be done at home.

Reading a book in English

  • In Japanese, "多読"
  • Read english books while listening to the audio
  • To improve listening skill
  • I used:

Good/Bad

  • Good
    • Fun🙆🏻‍♂️
    • There are many books I've never read in ラダーシリーズ
  • Bad
    • I didn't feel improving my listening skill by this🤔
    • I think it's difficult to continue for a long time:
      • needs at least 30 minutes.

Anki

  • https://apps.ankiweb.net/
  • "Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy."
  • Demo with my iPhone
  • There're 2 types of card in my Anki:
    • word in English → meaning of it in Japanese
    • sentence in Japanese → same sentence in English
      (like 瞬間英作文)
  • I add cards to Anki when:
    • I found new english word.
    • I learned new expression at Online English lesson.
    • I found the word which I know but don't use quickly & correctly
    • etc

Good/Bad

  • Good
    • Anki is available on both mobile and desktop.
    • Very easy & effective🙆🏻‍♂️
    • Improve reading & listening skills
  • Bad
    • Adding card to Anki is a pain.
    • Can't remove cards🤔(Maybe, I just don't know)

Watching tech conference videos on YouTube

  • YouTube has transcripts in English
  • On the train while commuting
  • I watched/am watching:
    • Google I/O '19
    • Chrome Dev Summit 2019
    • etc

Good/Bad

  • Good
    • Fun🙆🏻‍♂️
    • Improve listening & reading skills
    • YouTube Premium is great.
      • Offline
      • No ads
  • Bad
    • Nothing at the moment👍🏻

Conclusion

  • Shadowing 🙆🏻‍♂️
  • Tadoku 🤔
  • Anki 🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️
  • Watching tech conference videos on YouTube 🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️

Try in 2020

  • Continue what I did in 2019
  • Write tech blogs in English
  • Hold more Felt events
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