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Thread: Online Education:Coursera, Udacity, Edx, etc. Post: Online Education:Coursera, Udacity, Edx, etc. Hi all— I am a senior at a high school in Massachusetts, and am currently participating in an interdisciplinary seminar exploring the role of the individual in the 21st century global community. As a... |
tylerdevlin | General discussion | 0 | 661 | 2013-02-27, 11:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Amount of vocabulary Post: Amount of vocabulary drdunlap Wrote:According to my Anki, I have ~12,000 words in all of my decks combined. Is that number being generated by a plugin or is that just how many vocab cards you have in your deck? |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 85 | 18,800 | 2012-12-26, 3:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Duolingo Post: Duolingo I know we've all heard the warnings against translating in your head, but when it comes down to it, you can't translate something well without understanding it first. So I think you train understandi... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 7 | 2,175 | 2012-11-21, 6:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Duolingo Post: Duolingo I think it's been mentioned once or twice on the forum, but it deserves its own thread. Check it out: http://duolingo.com As far as I can tell, it's free, effective, and beautiful. It's just French... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 7 | 2,175 | 2012-11-20, 11:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Kyokasho Font Post: Kyokasho Font Thanks for the link, but after I download the .exe file, what exactly do I have to do to start using it? |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 4 | 6,622 | 2012-07-18, 5:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Kyokasho Font Post: Kyokasho Font Where can I find a free download of a decent looking 教科書 font? If it makes a difference, I'm on a mac. Thanks! |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 4 | 6,622 | 2012-07-17, 4:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Any one learning Spanish with an SRS? Post: Any one learning Spanish with an SRS? I'm curious as to why you guys decided to learn Spanish laddering from Japanese. I'm also learning Spanish. I already know English, French, and Japanese (in that order), and I chose to ladder Spanis... |
tylerdevlin | General discussion | 12 | 2,935 | 2012-07-02, 5:34 pm | ||
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Thread: I use Anki for ... Post: I use Anki for ... I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I like to get some fresh opinions on old topics every once in a while. (Also, if this should be in the Anki forums, let me know. But personally, I tend to... |
tylerdevlin | Off topic | 11 | 4,557 | 2012-05-03, 11:49 pm | ||
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Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com imabi Wrote:You do have to admit that no 16 year old would have started and committed two years to something that I have. I think the project is novel. In fact, I am going to start teaching it in a cl... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 503 | 66,738 | 2011-12-16, 8:35 pm | ||
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Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com The whole privacy thing aside, it probably isn't even a good idea to advertise things like "politics" or "religion." Whether it's justified or not, people tend to react strongly to assertions of opin... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 503 | 66,738 | 2011-11-23, 9:05 pm | ||
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Thread: What's your area of study? Post: What's your area of study? From what I've seen on this forum so far, I get the feeling that a lot of us tend to fall into a certain academic category. But I'm not completely sure. So, I'm interested in what your focus of stud... |
tylerdevlin | Off topic | 45 | 10,656 | 2011-11-22, 4:40 pm | ||
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Thread: J-CAT Post: J-CAT Listening 62 Vocabulary 63 Grammar 55 Reading 49 Total 229 This is actually a lot higher than I thought I would get. I was planning to take N3 in December but accordin... |
tylerdevlin | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 65 | 37,172 | 2011-09-06, 6:08 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread yudantaiteki Wrote:も can mean "even" (not just "also"), so in uses like that it just adds some emphasis. I know but in this case も doesn't really seem to mean "even" or "also." If its purpose is simp... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-07-23, 9:04 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Hello everyone, I have a quick question. In my textbook, one of the vocabulary words is 不幸 As a noun, it is defined as "unhappiness," and as an adjective, "unhappy/unfortunate." The example sentence ... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-07-23, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Dialects and Accents Post: Japanese Dialects and Accents I thought I'd start a discussion on accents and dialects since there doesn't seem to be a thread on this already. Post anything related to Japanese speech variations. The following are some examples... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,976 | 2011-06-30, 5:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Is my handwriting legible? Post: Is my handwriting legible? I think that my handwriting is pretty neat. In fact, I think my handwritten Japanese is much neater than the chicken scratches that I scribble in English. However, my handwriting didn't start off th... |
tylerdevlin | General discussion | 57 | 15,407 | 2011-06-17, 8:32 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread pm215 Wrote:I know what you mean; it does sound just slightly odd to me as well, taken as a single 'example' sentence without context. Unfortunately no context is provided. ていく／ていった isn't even the wh... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-06-07, 6:19 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Sorry, but I still don't completely understand. It was definitely "ていった" in the book so either that's a typo, or nest0r is wrong. I checked out the Tae Kim link but he only cited two examples and in ... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-06-07, 3:58 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I saw this phrase and translation in my textbook: 成績はどんどん良くなっていった。 My grades rapidly improved. I was wondering how the "いく" part of "なっていった" changes the meaning of the sentence. I don't think that ... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-06-07, 9:53 am | ||
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Thread: Irregular Okurigana/Kanji Readings Post: Irregular Okurigana/Kanji Readings I recently got around to reading Breaking into Japanese Literature and I've noticed a few things regarding irregular okurigana and kanji readings. For example: 坐る vs. 座る 度 vs. 毎 vs. たび 確に vs. 確かに 潤 ... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 2 | 2,315 | 2011-04-23, 3:40 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread What is the function of でも in this sentence? お茶でも飲みましょう。 The translation that was given read, "Let's drink some tea," but I'm not sure if that's completely right. I know that in other contexts, でも ... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-04-23, 8:28 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 田中さんが入院したことを知っていますか。 Would you translate this as: "Do you know if Mr. Tanaka has been hospitalized?" (asking for information from listener) or "Did you know that Mr. Tanaka has been hospitalized?" (a... |
tylerdevlin | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,326 | 2011-03-18, 7:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Discovered an awesome Japanese text - "Elementary Japanese" Post: Discovered an awesome Japanese text - "Elementary ... I'm not sure about this whole "5 year old" argument. Babies and toddlers learn languages through immersion because they don't have the mental capacity or attention span to study with textbooks or dic... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 75 | 16,383 | 2011-03-12, 7:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Smart.fm closing down Post: Smart.fm closing down I just tried using the new plugin but it tells me I have an invalid url. I'm trying to get the sentences/audio for the final step of core 6000 and I copy-pasted this: http://smart.fm/goals/28836 Any... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 143 | 43,807 | 2011-03-08, 1:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Intermediate Textbooks Post: Intermediate Textbooks I was wondering what kinds of textbooks are available for intermediate study. I've been doing research and I've encountered a lot of mixed feelings about the following textbooks: An Integrated Appro... |
tylerdevlin | Learning resources | 3 | 4,582 | 2011-02-19, 1:08 am | ||
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Thread: RevTK stories or my own? Post: RevTK stories or my own? Thanks everyone for your comments. I think I will continue with the book using the stories from this site. It just seems so much easier than coming up with them myself. |
tylerdevlin | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,607 | 2010-12-22, 7:57 pm | ||
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Thread: RevTK stories or my own? Post: RevTK stories or my own? Hi everyone. I recently started using RTK and I'm approaching the end of Part 2 at around 500 kanji. From the introduction and from looking ahead a little, I learned that in Part 3, for the most par... |
tylerdevlin | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,607 | 2010-12-22, 2:17 pm | ||