I would like to talk about how I changed my study schedule to improve my attention span in study. To give you some background, I am an avid fan of anime and manga, so definitely I wanted to learn some Japanese to serve the purposes. However, I faced some challenges in regarding mastering the language, especially in Japanese, and Japanese still have to learn its distinct free alphabets. So my attempt to learn Japanese in the morning was quite overwhelmed, and it was unable to retain information effectively. So, attempt I contemplated giving up. However, as a last result, I turned to my mom’s suggestion. She used to be an exceptional student in school years, and she used to be a 9-hour, so I hope that she can give me some invaluable tips. As a surprise, she told me to study at night. She told me that she used the same method to experience improved academic performances. I found it really intriguing and decided to give it a try. So after switching the study time to the night time, I saw remarkable transformations in my academic performance and also my learning ability, given the quiet and serene atmosphere and the fact that I was not allowed to use phone in the evening. My concentration ability is improved without any distraction. I can grasp new vocabularies and complex structures much easily. After that, I found Japanese very captivating and fascinating. After discovering and modifying the habit, I found it not just a minor adjustment, but I saw a profound difference in my performances compared to 6 months or even a year to grasp the language, which basically, normally, within only 3 months, after following my mom’s advice, I can handle simple, more advanced daily conversations in Japanese.
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I would like to talk about how I changed my study schedule to improve my attention span while studying. To give you some background, I am an avid fan of anime and manga, so I definitely wanted to learn some Japanese for that purpose. However, I faced some challenges in mastering the language, especially since Japanese has its distinct three alphabets. My attempt to learn Japanese in the morning was quite overwhelming, and I was unable to retain information effectively. I contemplated giving up. However, as a last resort, I turned to my mom's suggestion. She used to be an exceptional student in her school years, and she studied for 9 hours, so I hoped that she could give me some invaluable tips. To my surprise, she told me to study at night. She mentioned that she used the same method to experience improved academic performance. I found it really intriguing and decided to give it a try. After switching my study time to the evening, I saw remarkable transformations in my academic performance and my learning ability, given the quiet and serene atmosphere and the fact that I was not allowed to use my phone in the evening. My concentration improved without any distractions. I could grasp new vocabulary and complex structures much more easily. After that, I found Japanese very captivating and fascinating. After discovering and modifying my habit, I realized it was not just a minor adjustment; I saw a profound difference in my performance compared to 6 months or even a year. Within only 3 months, after following my mom's advice, I could handle simple, more advanced daily conversations in Japanese.
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