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Thank You Synewave - meolox - 2008-02-24
This is a bit of a belated response but In the middle of writing up a blog post detailing the journey I've went through during my first year of Japanese I did some internet detective work to try and find the earliest record of me finding out about this site and being turned on to the Heisig method after being a Heisig-doubter for 6 months, until today I wasn't quite sure what post it was and in which forum it was that lead me here.
Through my search I found my account at the JLPT study forum and while there I found the post that made me reconsider the Heisig method and save me from kanji hell, and guess who it was by....synewave, a member I've seen around here all to often but hadn't realised his post is what made me come to this site and make my way through the kanji, which I'm about to finish after 6 months.
Anyways here is the post from the JLPT study forum that made me give Heisig a second go:
synewave Wrote:I love Heisig. Within 6 months I went from being able to write 300 odd kanji to over 2000.Thanks synewave If i had realised it was your post that brought me here to my current knowledge level I would have thanked you earlier. I just remember seeing your post roughly six months ago and thinking "gee it's taken me 3 months to learn 100 kanji, why don't I give this thing a second go", thanks synewave thanks thanks thanks ^ infinity
Admittedly I couldn't read them all after that time, still can't. However it seems much easier now to pick up vocab since I'm already comfortable with the written form and "meaning" of most characters that I come across.
I know people who've passed １級 without ever having heard of Heisig. However as a gaijin in Japan being able to write the 常用 set and then some is pretty good in my book.
Heisig isn't difficult, one just has to put the time and effort into it. In my case, it was the single best thing I have done to improve my Japanese ability.
As far as JLPT is concerned Heisig gave me something from a vague idea, to knowing the meaning of all compounds in there. This has allowed me to focus on the part of the language that I don't have a clue about...grammar!
How I pity all the people in that thread who doubt the Heisig method I really hope somebody converts them to it as i was.
Thank You Synewave - synewave - 2008-02-24
Glad to hear my internet over posting has actually had some beneficial effect.
I would have loved to have found out about RTK1 sooner than I actually did. After 3 years in Japan I was put on to Heisig by a guy called Mike that I met at Meguro Language Center...respect that work of mouth
Thank You Synewave - rich_f - 2008-02-25
Yeah, I did 6 semesters' worth, and came out with maybe 300 or so kanji, which I had a tenuous grip on at best. I wish I had found it sooner, but I'm glad I found it anyway. It soooo much easier to recognize kanji now.
I'm also glad I kept an open mind and tried it for myself before deciding. If I had listened to some self-appointed experts, I may never have tried it.
Thank You Synewave - yorkii - 2008-02-25
which leads us onto the "Who introduced you to Heisig" thread.