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Thread: What age are you? Post: What age are you? 46 yrs. Finished RTK1 when I was 45. Currently have 2015 cards in the final stack. Mike |
mspertus | Off topic | 357 | 73,694 | 2008-02-24, 2:22 am | ||
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Thread: Manga for teenage boys Post: Manga for teenage boys I went with Bleach. I'll let you know how it goes. Mike |
mspertus | Off topic | 9 | 2,759 | 2008-01-01, 7:44 pm | ||
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Thread: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The Kanji 1? Post: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The ... vosmiura Wrote:My view is pretty much the same as mspertus. It wasn't really hard, but it just took time. Getting yourself with the book open spending a few minutes on each new frame every day plus ... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 44 | 15,368 | 2008-01-01, 7:42 pm | ||
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Thread: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The Kanji 1? Post: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The ... To answer the question in the subject, it wasn't really that hard. The key thing was that I had to spend 30-45 min every day for about 4 months. If you can do that diligently without sweating the smal... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 44 | 15,368 | 2007-12-30, 10:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Manga for teenage boys Post: Manga for teenage boys jondesousa Wrote:Hi mspertus, I have read several Dragonball manga in Japanese (and I know they have English counterparts available at Borders, BN, etc.) I think that they are very interesting, but t... |
mspertus | Off topic | 9 | 2,759 | 2007-12-26, 12:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Manga for teenage boys Post: Manga for teenage boys I would like to get some Manga as a gift for my 14 year old stepson. He doesn't know Japanese or manga, so I'd be looking for some good choices to start with (in English of course). Any suggestions? ... |
mspertus | Off topic | 9 | 2,759 | 2007-12-26, 11:16 am | ||
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Thread: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig method... Post: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig m... Nukemarine Wrote:However, what we REALLY need are those that used Heisig's methods then went on to become reasonably fluent in Japanese. Yeah, you learn the basic meaning and writing of 2000 kanji. H... |
mspertus | General discussion | 139 | 44,877 | 2007-12-18, 11:34 am | ||
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Thread: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig method... Post: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig m... I think dukelexon is right on target. The real point is that Heisig (and this website) make it so easy to learn the keywords and writing for the kanji that it is hard to argue against. I did the whole... |
mspertus | General discussion | 139 | 44,877 | 2007-12-16, 5:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Book Recommendations (novels not textbooks) Post: Book Recommendations (novels not textbooks) Thanks for all the input. I'm going with 親指さがし, which was suggested on the "What are you reading?" thread. I'll let everyone know how it goes. Mike |
mspertus | General discussion | 10 | 2,730 | 2007-10-01, 9:56 am | ||
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Thread: Book Recommendations (novels not textbooks) Post: Book Recommendations (novels not textbooks) synewave Wrote:Might be worth having a look at the What you reading? thread as well as the List of free audiobooks thread if you haven't already. Thanks. That would have been a better place to post, a... |
mspertus | General discussion | 10 | 2,730 | 2007-09-28, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Book Recommendations (novels not textbooks) Post: Book Recommendations (novels not textbooks) I'm ready to start reading novels in Japanese (I hope) but would like to start gently. Can anyone suggest a book that's both good and fairly easy reading. Thanks, Mike |
mspertus | General discussion | 10 | 2,730 | 2007-09-28, 4:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Obscure religious and cultural references in RtK1 Post: Obscure religious and cultural references in RtK1 Many people are exposed to extensive religious imagery as childred, so they have deep memories associated with them, which makes for memorable images. I have posted a number of stories that I find mem... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 15,672 | 2007-09-17, 11:10 am | ||
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Thread: An hour a day to study isn't enough... Post: An hour a day to study isn't enough... If you are having that much trouble with the Kanji that are already in your stack, you shouldn't be adding any new ones until you've learned the ones you have. I'd recommend just spending an hour revi... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 2,128 | 2007-09-07, 9:22 am | ||
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Thread: continuation of Christine's discussion - phonetic components Post: continuation of Christine's discussion - phonetic ... Christine_Tham Wrote:[But I am curious how you have mastered English. How did you build your vocabulary? Was it by reading (like me), or watching TV, or talking, or did you memorized an entire diction... |
mspertus | General discussion | 68 | 16,261 | 2007-09-04, 10:08 pm | ||
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Thread: continuation of Christine's discussion - phonetic components Post: continuation of Christine's discussion - phonetic ... Hi Christine, Thanks for the thoughtful response. Christine_Tham Wrote:I think it's important to realise I don't actually have a "system" as such, or if I do then I'm clearly changing it as I go along... |
mspertus | General discussion | 68 | 16,261 | 2007-09-03, 10:09 am | ||
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Thread: continuation of Christine's discussion - phonetic components Post: continuation of Christine's discussion - phonetic ... Christine, I've been lurking on this (and the predecessor thread) for a while and thought I'd share my experience FWIW. I've tried to learn kanji 3 or 4 times over the last 30 years and tried a lot of... |
mspertus | General discussion | 68 | 16,261 | 2007-09-02, 6:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Retention rate after finishing RTK1 Post: Retention rate after finishing RTK1 I've found my retention rate dropped a bit in the last couple of months, but for a good reason. Since the January 20 change, you no longer can boost up your recall percentage with a bunch of easy kanj... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,830 | 2007-03-08, 10:26 am | ||
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Thread: Heisig courses - input appreciated Post: Heisig courses - input appreciated There are many parts to learning kanji that are not covered by Heisig, especially compounds and pronunciation (unless you use vol. 2, which I'm not sure I'd recommend for the course). You'll need to c... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 4,793 | 2007-01-15, 3:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Subverting Leitner? Post: Subverting Leitner? ファブリス Wrote:For the past 5 months or so I have been reviewing very seldom, you may have noticed that "fuaburisu" is not a regular on the "members reviewing today" list on the homepage. And yet since c... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 3,085 | 2006-12-23, 6:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Optimal failure rate Post: Optimal failure rate Just for reference, I've been tracking my success rate since Oct. 9 (a few weeks after entering all the RTK1 kanji), and it's averaged 84%. I think I'll eventually get up to 90%, but it won't be soon.... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 4,582 | 2006-11-24, 2:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Optimal failure rate Post: Optimal failure rate CharleyGarrett Wrote:My intuition also suggests that 90% is an optimal failure rate. Phew! I was worried that I was in trouble because I was failing 90% of my flashcards :D |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 4,582 | 2006-11-20, 12:24 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK3: easy kanji Post: RTK3: easy kanji JimmySeal Wrote:astridtops Wrote:For me, the motivation to do RTK3 came from the compound for chair, 椅子 (いす). いす is a very common word, but the kanji would very rarely appear without furigana.... That... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 19,282 | 2006-11-13, 8:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Hitting "The Wall" Post: Hitting "The Wall" ziggr Wrote:Time and willpower fading: with 100+ review cards, by the time I finish my review, I'm late for work and my brain is all squishy and tired. I only get to add a small handful of new cards. ... |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,628 | 2006-10-13, 10:20 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Just did it! Woo hoo! |
mspertus | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,660 | 2006-10-07, 10:43 am | ||
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Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool Post: New vocabulary drilling tool All this feedback is fantastic and gratifying, but in order to not distract from Fabrice's fantastic tool or stretch his generosity, I have created a forum at http://www.japaneselearningtools.com to d... |
mspertus | Learning resources | 48 | 16,502 | 2006-09-27, 10:45 pm | ||
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Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool Post: New vocabulary drilling tool darg_sama Wrote:jondesousa Wrote:I spent about 30 minutes on the level four test, saved my file, and closed excel to work on some other things. When I tried to open the file the Test Kanji toolbar wa... |
mspertus | Learning resources | 48 | 16,502 | 2006-09-27, 9:51 pm | ||
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Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool Post: New vocabulary drilling tool Johnnyltn Wrote:You guys are fantastic. Sure, I can wait for the color change. Thank you for considering it . I appreciate that. By the way, I get the following Microsoft Excel dialog box whenever I... |
mspertus | Learning resources | 48 | 16,502 | 2006-09-27, 6:52 pm | ||
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Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool Post: New vocabulary drilling tool Renske Wrote:If you release a new version, can I keep my current results somehow? Yes. The next release will have code to import your old history. |
mspertus | Learning resources | 48 | 16,502 | 2006-09-27, 8:58 am | ||
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Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool Post: New vocabulary drilling tool Johnnyltn Wrote:I know you guys have your hands full but do you have any thoughts concerning the colors for the background? I had mentioned about the difficulty seeing the lettering on the red backgro... |
mspertus | Learning resources | 48 | 16,502 | 2006-09-27, 8:57 am | ||
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Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool Post: New vocabulary drilling tool Thanks for all the great feedback! The system should be self-adjusting. Give it a week, Synewave and Renske, and if it isn't primarily testing you on level 2 words, let me know and I'll add a "minimu... |
mspertus | Learning resources | 48 | 16,502 | 2006-09-27, 5:12 am | ||
