🧭 WEEK 1 - Overview

Let's go! This week is about mastering survival grammar, basic sentence structure, katakana cleanup, and starting your Japanese mouth muscle training (pronunciation + shadowing).

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Theme: Survival Conversation + Grammar Core Level Focus: JLPT N5 Textbook Focus: Minna no Nihongo I – Lesson 1 & 2 Other Tools: BunPro, Anki, Shadowing Book, Katakana drill, listening content

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🎯 WEEKLY GOALS:

Skill	Goal
Grammar	Master 8–10 N5 patterns (Minna 1 & 2)
Vocabulary	100–150 N5 words (Anki)
Kanji	10–20 basic kanji (numbers, days, pronouns, etc.)
Katakana	Full recognition without struggle
Listening	30 min/day (slow Japanese, YouTube, or textbook CD)
Speaking	Start shadowing + sentence creation
Writing	Write 5–10 simple sentences/day

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🗓 WEEK 1 DAILY TIMETABLE (4–5 hrs/day)

Time Block	Task
Morning (60–90m)	📘 Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1–2 grammar + dialogue practice (Study grammar points + repeat aloud)
Midday (30m)	📱 Anki vocab review (50–70 cards/day, N5 deck)
Afternoon (60m)	🎧 Listening: "Comprehensible Japanese", Minna CD, or Nihongo no Mori (shadow 1–2 sentences)
Evening (60–90m)	✍️ Workbook exercises + Shadowing practice (5 mins listen → 20 mins repeat aloud)
Optional (30m)	🎮 Fun immersion: Anime with JP subs, Slice-of-life YouTube, or podcast

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📘 GRAMMAR TARGETS – WEEK 1

Focus using Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1–2 + BunPro (N5)

Grammar Point	Usage Example	Notes
〜は〜です	わたしはエンジニアです	Basic sentence
〜も〜です	たなかさんもエンジニアです	Use “も” instead of “は”
〜の〜	わたしのなまえ	Possession
これ・それ・あれ	これはペンです	Demonstratives
この・その・あの	このほんはわたしのです	With noun
〜さん／〜じん／〜ご	たなかさん／インドネシアじん／にほんご	Polite titles
〜は〜じゃありません	わたしはせんせいじゃありません	Negative form
〜ですか？	これはノートですか？	Question
はい／いいえ	はい、そうです。／いいえ、ちがいます。	Answering

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🧠 VOCAB FOCUS

Use Anki N5 Core Deck or Minna’s vocab list (Lesson 1–2)

Target: 15–20 new words per day Topics: Personal pronouns, occupations, countries, greetings, classroom objects, basic verbs

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🧻 KATAKANA CLEANUP

Goal: Get 100% fluent reading katakana words

How:

• Review full chart (morning)
• Anki Katakana deck (recognition drills)
• Read katakana-heavy labels (tech, food, apps) daily
• Practice writing 10 katakana words/day (e.g., コンピューター、パン、スマホ)

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🗣 SHADOWING PLAN (PRONUNCIATION + FLUENCY)

Materials: “Shadowing: Let’s Speak Japanese vol 1” or YouTube equivalent Time: 20–30 mins/day How:

1. Listen first (no text) – 1–2x
2. Listen + repeat (with audio)
3. Listen + repeat (without text)
4. Record yourself and compare

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✍️ WRITING TASKS

Day	Task
Day 1	Write your intro: わたしのなまえは...
Day 2	Write 3x この・その・あの sentences
Day 3	Write Q&A pairs: これはなんですか？ それは〜です
Day 4	Write a self-intro for your imaginary coworker
Day 5–7	Combine vocab + grammar to write 5 daily scenes (e.g. in class, on train, at work)

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🧠 MINI-MINDSET CHALLENGE

• Every day, narrate what you’re doing (in Japanese) out loud. "いまはコーヒーをのみます。これはあたらしいカップです。"

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✅ WEEK 1 CHECKPOINT (Sunday)

Ask yourself:

• Can I introduce myself, ask someone’s job/nationality?
• Can I say これは～です / じゃありません clearly?
• Can I read katakana without pausing?
• Have I done 5+ minutes of daily speaking out loud?

If not, repeat/practice missed points before starting Week 2.