Small breakthrough in my studying Japanese

[TuxedoKat]

6. Listening to music is great

Someone told me once that the area of the brain that processes music also does language, so you are getting a double benefit when you combine the two. Doing this greatly helped me with French and Mandarin. You don't even have to consciously listen to words all the time to get the benefits, just put the music on in the background and let it run constantly. If you have a Spotify account, search for Japanese songs, you will find so many different offerings. Children's songs are especially good, because they are slower, and simpler, and more repetitive. I tried listening to Italian radio online, but with most of the stations, every third song or so was in English, so not that helpful. Spotify is great.