White Guy Speaks Perfect Japanese from watching Anime. Here's how he did it.

Joseph Everett - WIL July 24, 2021
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This is about connecting the dots, making conclusions and weighing that against modern dogma. Lately I'm focusing a lot on health since it's so important yet there's so much conflicting information about it; I am also keen on enhancing productivity, enhancing cognitive capability and general self improvement. My general goal is for each video to provide some takeaway that's applicable in your daily life. This is the official What I've Learned channel created and operated by Joseph Everett.

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My interview with @mattvsjapan Check out Matt's formula for mastering a language at https://Refold.la The clips early on of Matt speaking Japanese to people are from @xiaomanyc 's video: https://youtu.be/fMBhj5WGeaI ▲THE WIL NEWSLETTER: https://josepheverettwil.substack.com/ NAVIGATION: 00:00 - Who is Matt vs Japan? 1:24 - How did Matt learn Japanese? 4:03 - Context teaches more than textbooks 5:35 - Why you need to forget English 6:16 - Should we learn like babies? 10:04 - The only way to learn a language 10:57 - The real reason for flash cards 11:56 - The most effective input 15:18 - Why your brain enjoys this method 16:57 - What did you do specific for Japanese? 20:34 - Identity and language 23:48 - Matt speaking Japanese 25:58 - Why you can't hear pitch accent 28:53 - Why most people don't learn pitch accent 31:16 - How Matt learned pitch accent 33:25 - Improving Japanese pronunciation 36:50 - Staying focused on your goal 40:58 - Diminishing returns from input 42:41 - Converting input into output 46:17 - The barrier to effective output 56:08 - The refold formula for language 59:09 - Outro For business inquiries: [email protected]