Language Journal: August 29th 2018
Well, the last one was short. This one might be shorter.
I'm going to try and avoid discussing metrics/techniques. I've already done that to death over such a short period. I feel like I need some time to tinker and hopefully stick with something for a while, and THEN evaluate again. I guess I had gotten used to doing that every time I wrote one of these. But, before now I was keeping to roughly once a month.
Enjoying 僕だけがいない街 quite a bit as I keep going. I can't really say that I feel like I'm reading it most of the time. But, when I do, it is pretty amazing. When I hit a hard section I can find myself getting through 2-3 pages and putting it down. In a good stint, like just now, I went through 7. I barely stopped to look up words and when I did it was mostly just to confirm what I thought they meant. And I was mostly right.
And by 2-3 I guess I really mean 4-6, and by 7 I mean 14 since I'm talking about the number of pages I've flipped through, not actual page numbers. Which are painful to keep track of because it seems like Manga is anti-page numbers.
Most of the speed really comes from hitting stretches of the book focused on more typical conversations. But, at the same point, there are definitely terms which are sticking which are just new, like 違和感. So, there is definitely some lingo which is rarer in typical speech, but common to this book which is sticking.
I really am hoping to circle back and re-read to see how much, if at all, things have improved since my first time through.
In fact, if I wasn't more determined to get through all of the manga than I am to test this, I'd be kicking myself for not having gone back and done that for Orange.
And, I honestly think that decision is paying off. I've probably spent the same amount of time, if not more on this series and I'm barely over half way through.
Re-reading the manga I've finished will have some benefits. But, ultimately, not much more than simply reading more new manga (I suspect). And if each manga, generally gets easier it serves as it's own yardstick for measuring progress. Re-reading just has the benefits of being able to compare directly how much easier, if at all that material became after reading it once.
I'm going to try and avoid discussing metrics/techniques. I've already done that to death over such a short period. I feel like I need some time to tinker and hopefully stick with something for a while, and THEN evaluate again. I guess I had gotten used to doing that every time I wrote one of these. But, before now I was keeping to roughly once a month.
Enjoying 僕だけがいない街 quite a bit as I keep going. I can't really say that I feel like I'm reading it most of the time. But, when I do, it is pretty amazing. When I hit a hard section I can find myself getting through 2-3 pages and putting it down. In a good stint, like just now, I went through 7. I barely stopped to look up words and when I did it was mostly just to confirm what I thought they meant. And I was mostly right.
And by 2-3 I guess I really mean 4-6, and by 7 I mean 14 since I'm talking about the number of pages I've flipped through, not actual page numbers. Which are painful to keep track of because it seems like Manga is anti-page numbers.
Most of the speed really comes from hitting stretches of the book focused on more typical conversations. But, at the same point, there are definitely terms which are sticking which are just new, like 違和感. So, there is definitely some lingo which is rarer in typical speech, but common to this book which is sticking.
I really am hoping to circle back and re-read to see how much, if at all, things have improved since my first time through.
In fact, if I wasn't more determined to get through all of the manga than I am to test this, I'd be kicking myself for not having gone back and done that for Orange.
And, I honestly think that decision is paying off. I've probably spent the same amount of time, if not more on this series and I'm barely over half way through.
Re-reading the manga I've finished will have some benefits. But, ultimately, not much more than simply reading more new manga (I suspect). And if each manga, generally gets easier it serves as it's own yardstick for measuring progress. Re-reading just has the benefits of being able to compare directly how much easier, if at all that material became after reading it once.
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