Well of course they do. Because these things are necessary to learning a language. This is the 20% that’s most efficient. By definition someone who puts in 100% of the effort will be doing what I did.
The efficiency of this approach revolves around what you don’t do. You’re excising the 80%. I didn’t spend long hours learning katakana, hiragana and kanji. I didn’t learn the more complex tenses and conjugations. I didn’t spend time on vocabulary words that are highly situational. Contrast this to a typical Japanese textbook.
Well of course they do. Because these things are necessary to learning a language. This is the 20% that’s most efficient. By definition someone who puts in 100% of the effort will be doing what I did.
The efficiency of this approach revolves around what you don’t do. You’re excising the 80%. I didn’t spend long hours learning katakana, hiragana and kanji. I didn’t learn the more complex tenses and conjugations. I didn’t spend time on vocabulary words that are highly situational. Contrast this to a typical Japanese textbook.