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Thread: Love in Japan... Post: Love in Japan... This thread is pretty hilarious.... I hope TrueBlue buys his ticket to Japan months in advance and then falls in love with a girl in NY 1 month before he leaves. Haha, but seriously Blue....you ne... |
sutebun | General discussion | 578 | 67,333 | 2009-07-20, 2:53 am | ||
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Thread: ALT Directory: discover money Assistant Language Teacher jobs Post: ALT Directory: discover money Assistant Language T... Would the BoEs for these direct hires also pay the plane ticket like JET does (or, at least for the way there)? Also, just curious as to the process, do you know why these schools don't try to get a ... |
sutebun | Off topic | 32 | 12,484 | 2009-01-23, 2:33 am | ||
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Thread: A thought about changing my method up Post: A thought about changing my method up Not as terrible as you think, but also not very productive. I actually did something very similar before I did RtK. At the time I didn't want to put the time in for RtK, but I still wanted to learn al... |
sutebun | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 2,598 | 2009-01-20, 10:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Teaching Japanese to English-Speaking High Schoolers? Post: Teaching Japanese to English-Speaking High Schoole... Enjuku (or anyone with any teaching experience in language for that matter), how would you go about motivating someone who doesn't ever speak to speak up more (in the case of skill both being an issu... |
sutebun | General discussion | 71 | 9,134 | 2009-01-14, 3:50 am | ||
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Thread: Suggestopedia: Real or Voodoo? Post: Suggestopedia: Real or Voodoo? Just came across this in my language teaching class. My teacher posted a link to a youtube video of a real suggestopedia class. For anyone interested: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8KxoYc_Uw Watch ... |
sutebun | General discussion | 6 | 3,768 | 2009-01-13, 11:12 am | ||
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Thread: How to say NO! and buckle down... Post: How to say NO! and buckle down... If you could give some more details, people might be able to give you more advice. "Whenever someone would ask me something I would reply yes, even if it wasn't something I needed to do." Who is som... |
sutebun | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 2,591 | 2009-01-06, 5:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Awesome girl that learned japanese from anime on youtube Post: Awesome girl that learned japanese from anime on y... Tobberoth Wrote:She's 17. I might be better than her now, but it's kinda sad when I realize that when she hits my age (22) she will probably be lightyears beyond my current ability. I wish I could hav... |
sutebun | General discussion | 120 | 27,245 | 2009-01-02, 1:06 pm | ||
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Thread: How to watch Japanese TV/Drama Post: How to watch Japanese TV/Drama Also, if by subs, you meant English subs, drop them now. They are a crutch; if someone wants to ever be able to watch tv in a foreign language without their native subs, they need to stop using the s... |
sutebun | Learning resources | 35 | 8,507 | 2008-12-30, 9:29 pm | ||
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Thread: How to watch Japanese TV/Drama Post: How to watch Japanese TV/Drama I hear you. I've encountered (am encountering~) all those problems too. My advice: 1) Don't lose hope. Keep watching. 2) Find the lines if you can. It was posted awhile back that there was a book wi... |
sutebun | Learning resources | 35 | 8,507 | 2008-12-30, 9:24 pm | ||
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Thread: iKnow Post: iKnow Just took a look at the site again for a second time since this thread was started (back when there was not much content on iKnow) and am really impressed. This is a great example of integrating techn... |
sutebun | Learning resources | 599 | 116,993 | 2008-12-29, 4:58 pm | ||
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Thread: What concepts does Japanese struggle to express? Post: What concepts does Japanese struggle to express? (God I am such a sucker for these linguistic-type discussions. Argh.) @Matty I understand a little more where you are coming from. I guess we each read into Alyks' words a little differently. Wheth... |
sutebun | General discussion | 38 | 7,009 | 2008-12-23, 10:23 pm | ||
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Thread: What concepts does Japanese struggle to express? Post: What concepts does Japanese struggle to express? alyks Wrote:I myself don't particularly care to try and express what I would in English in Japanese. Sure, there may be no way to express the the same "That girl is f--ing hot!" in Japanese, but I thi... |
sutebun | General discussion | 38 | 7,009 | 2008-12-23, 7:05 am | ||
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Thread: Heisig is rote memorization Post: Heisig is rote memorization This is either: 1) A really, really, bad troll. 2) Someone who doesn't really get Heisig 3) Someone will keep arguing different semantics about rote/the Heisig method and will never give it up. To... |
sutebun | General discussion | 42 | 10,196 | 2008-12-21, 1:28 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS Theory Post: SRS Theory He was talking about the input hypothesis, so it should probably be amended "input +1". I'm sure he means you need new stuff in the input to grow. |
sutebun | General discussion | 13 | 8,087 | 2008-12-19, 11:49 am | ||
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Thread: The AJATT Method Post: The AJATT Method If you want to do something like Kanji Odyessy, using a TTS to test your listening is not such a bad idea. Though if you are a complete beginner, I would be wary of it. I used a book (that is almost t... |
sutebun | General discussion | 1,517 | 595,133 | 2008-12-17, 11:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? Post: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? mentat_kgs Wrote:Once you are done, start reading real Japanese and compare your progress with people that have not done RTK, you won't find it taxing at all. Amen to this. I really can't believe mor... |
sutebun | General discussion | 47 | 7,061 | 2008-12-17, 11:07 pm | ||
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Thread: I completely stopped studying for 5 months. How do I start again? Post: I completely stopped studying for 5 months. How d... If you think you remember a lot of the stuff, one of the below might be a good option: If using Anki: Get a fresh Heisig deck. Start from 1, and do speed reviews up to the area you last learned. Hav... |
sutebun | General discussion | 3 | 731 | 2008-12-17, 11:03 pm | ||
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Thread: How many here already speak Japanese? Post: How many here already speak Japanese? 日本語、全然しゃべれないよ！全然わかんない！ （I can't speak any Japanese! I can't understand it at all!) At least that's what I tell Japanese people when I first meet them and start talking to them in Japanese. It's more ... |
sutebun | General discussion | 29 | 4,822 | 2008-12-17, 10:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? Post: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all? This just depends on your pace, expectations, and distractions in life. No one going at 5 kanji a day would call Heisig taxing or stressful I think. Someone going at 15 kanji a day who is otherwise ... |
sutebun | General discussion | 47 | 7,061 | 2008-12-15, 6:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Why Is Studying Kanji -> Keyword A Bad Idea? Post: Why Is Studying Kanji -> Keyword A Bad Idea? I have to agree with pretty much everything nukemarine said. Start with keyword -> kanji. Not doing keyword->kanji will make the process very hard. Tobb said he got two way recognition from do... |
sutebun | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 3,271 | 2008-12-12, 12:53 pm | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... 日本語で話すのはすごく楽しいから！ |
sutebun | Off topic | 358 | 111,124 | 2008-12-10, 8:01 pm | ||
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Thread: I've got egg on my face... Post: I've got egg on my face... My most starred one was also reported and eventually removed. It had sexual references, but wasn't written in a vulgar way... I used your story Raichu and I could remember the keyword from the kanji ... |
sutebun | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 1,813 | 2008-12-08, 11:15 am | ||
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Thread: Why do people think the Kana are hard? Post: Why do people think the Kana are hard? Old thread and I quickly skimmed this...but For learners, I think it's quite simple why people complain about kana: It's usually the first barrier people encounter when studying Japanese. Also becau... |
sutebun | The Japanese language | 92 | 28,250 | 2008-12-06, 3:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Online J-TV Post: Online J-TV kazelee Wrote:I started with TVU, but all the J-channels stopped working. This was like the biggest blow to my studying ever. During summer I was watching TVU almost all day. Access to high quality J... |
sutebun | General discussion | 11 | 2,386 | 2008-12-05, 10:17 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering the Order of the Parts Post: Remembering the Order of the Parts They follow rules. You will begin to notice patterns. In general, get used to writing the left part of the kanji first in kanji with left/right radicals. In top/bottom radicals, get used to writing ... |
sutebun | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 1,844 | 2008-12-04, 11:35 am | ||
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Thread: My _____ is always ______! Post: My _____ is always ______! 来る looking at it now though, I think it's because I always drew the horizontal lines at the same length. Oh, and like Tobb, I often royally Mess up 書く。 Horizontal strokes are the hardest for me. Esp... |
sutebun | The Japanese language | 20 | 3,994 | 2008-12-02, 11:32 am | ||
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Thread: The Discouragement Thread Post: The Discouragement Thread It depends a lot on your goals and what you're willing to do to get there. If you want to start from zero and get a really high level of ability in a short amount of time, normal classes will slow yo... |
sutebun | Off topic | 311 | 69,115 | 2008-11-30, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: j to j? when is it the right time? Post: j to j? when is it the right time? Also, even if it is hard, just keep trying. Don't spend forever trying to understand a J-J definition. Try to get it, but if you can't, go to the J->E next. But try to always look up a word in J-J ... |
sutebun | General discussion | 32 | 4,703 | 2008-11-30, 3:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Going Kanji to Keyword-who has done it? Post: Going Kanji to Keyword-who has done it? I haven't tried this, but I think if your Japanese is already at an intermediate or higher level, the best strategy would be to do Heisig with keyword to kanji like normal, review for 1-2 months, and ... |
sutebun | General discussion | 32 | 4,594 | 2008-11-24, 2:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Firefox Addon: Split Browser (keep a dictionary open all the time) Post: Firefox Addon: Split Browser (keep a dictionary op... Thanks for the link, this looks pretty nice. I also stopped using Rikaichan for pretty much the exact reason you said (and wanting to go J-J), so looking up words and switching between tabs/windows go... |
sutebun | Learning resources | 16 | 5,504 | 2008-11-23, 4:02 pm | ||
