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    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

sutebun Wrote:@bananarama It is pretty hard to determine what he means by "fluent". I don't think he was near native level in 18 months. I guess it could be done, but I don't think it can be if someon...
bananarama General discussion 1,517 595,269 2008-04-03, 8:57 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

rich_f Wrote:If you don't like the method, don't use it. AND THOU SHALL NOT SPEAK OF IT! rich_f Wrote:If you have issues with Khatzumoto, then take them up with him. Hasn't he made it clear he's not ...
bananarama General discussion 1,517 595,269 2008-04-03, 6:41 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

vosmiura Wrote:Regarding the 7,500 sentence thing... with language learning there comes a point where you don't need to worry about consciously learning and cramming stuff into an SRS. It would not s...
bananarama General discussion 1,517 595,269 2008-04-03, 5:51 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Mcjon01 Wrote:Fluent is a tricky word, it can mean lots of things to lots of people, and it's great advertising. All we know for sure if we take what he says at face value, is that at the end of the ...
bananarama General discussion 1,517 595,269 2008-04-03, 1:48 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

My reading of it is that he doesn't say you should hold off on speaking as such, just that you should avoid trying to make up your own sentences. He recommends speaking Japanese, but speaking only sen...
bananarama General discussion 1,517 595,269 2008-04-03, 1:32 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

There are several things about the AJATT site that, with the best will in the world, just don't seem to add up. A few have been mentioned above, but here's the thing that gets me. The guy says he lea...
bananarama General discussion 1,517 595,269 2008-04-03, 12:54 am
    Thread: JLPT 2007 Results
Post: JLPT 2007 Results

brucegaston Wrote:Level 3 has "telegram" in the prescribed vocabulary list. Is that really useful in this day and age? In a word - yes. If it's good enough to be on NTT's homepage then it's good enou...
bananarama JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 53 19,992 2008-03-06, 7:30 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007 Results
Post: JLPT 2007 Results

chamcham Wrote:It is filled with words, grammar, phrases that you will NEVER see outside the exam. In reality, it's just another impractical exam that everyone must "study to the test". So if you're ...
bananarama JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 53 19,992 2008-03-05, 5:36 pm