+- kanji koohii FORUM (http://forum.koohii.com)
+-- Forum: Learning Japanese (http://forum.koohii.com/forum-4.html)
+--- Forum: General discussion (http://forum.koohii.com/forum-8.html)
+--- Thread: SRSs, Immersion techniques, etc. - explained in Japanese? (/thread-2343.html)
SRSs, Immersion techniques, etc. - explained in Japanese? - thermal - 2008-12-29
I am frequently in the situation where I am asked "How should I study English?" by Japanese students. The problem is that they are usually low level and I can't explain the concepts and I am not allowed to use Japanese with them. Even if they are higher level, they are always like "Oh, so there is this method too huh?". I have even shown them my Anki on my laptop and they are like, "huh, that's pretty cool".
Further more, I can't really say "You will never get good just by coming to our school and doing the homework we give you". I can't really stress that this is not just another method, but that if you don't at least get a lot of English input you will never get good.
I would like to recommend them the books that Khatsumoto recommends:
http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/book-review-absolutely-do-not-study-english-a-korean-antimoon-in-japanese
But I can't because they recommend not coming to a conversation school. I do agree that it isn't necessary to go to a school, but I do think our school is pretty good. We give them a bit of grammar and then get them to speak a crap load.
Anyway, if anyone knows anything, particulary online I would love to check it out.
SRSs, Immersion techniques, etc. - explained in Japanese? - KristinHolly - 2008-12-29
These two look pretty good so far -- I didn't read everything though.
Site with explanation and support for a much-reading / much-listening natural approach method of learning English:
http://tadoku.org/index.html
Online English flashcards with spaced repetition designed for speakers of Japanese (free sign-up but I think there may be some pay-based functions somewhere on the site):
http://www.lexxica.com/vflash
SRSs, Immersion techniques, etc. - explained in Japanese? - thermal - 2009-01-03
Thanks. The first one is just what I was looking for. I would probably not recommend the second one, since Anki is better and free.