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    Thread: a Brief Practicum, need people interested
Post: a Brief Practicum, need people interested

Not sure if you ever got my PM, but I'm certainly curious.
A_Broken_Pencil Group study 1 1,200 2010-10-24, 1:07 am
    Thread: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated?
Post: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated?

sarahrepin Wrote:as awesome as Heisig's method is, his stories are hard for me to remember. :p That's because Hesig's stories were (at least, I assume) originally made for Heisig.* They're influenced ...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 76 23,533 2010-10-24, 1:06 am
    Thread: Is RTK right for me?
Post: Is RTK right for me?

harhol Wrote:未末 Um, is there actually a difference between those two? All the others I could discern, but not these. Also, RTK won't help you read Japanese, but it'll at least help you read a good nu...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 38 9,309 2010-10-13, 7:35 pm
    Thread: What means "to learn"?
Post: What means "to learn"?

Honestly, the phrase "to learn a language" is vague and silly; that's probably why it gives people so much trouble. Language is not on the same scale as learning to drive, or learning the lyrics to a...
A_Broken_Pencil The Japanese language 14 2,666 2010-10-12, 10:18 pm
    Thread: Before you SRS
Post: Before you SRS

My method's probably fairly clunky compared to most people's, but right now it's working for me. When I first encounter a new Kanji or piece of vocab, I'll spend a few minutes looking it over, trying...
A_Broken_Pencil Learning resources 20 7,697 2010-10-09, 1:54 pm
    Thread: Looooooooooooooooong Anki Reviews
Post: Looooooooooooooooong Anki Reviews

harhol Wrote:Tbh it would be better to just choose whichever answer fits best, like you're supposed to. It's kind of silly not to take advantage of the buttons; heck, the first letter of SRS stands fo...
A_Broken_Pencil Learning resources 38 12,540 2010-10-09, 1:20 pm
    Thread: Non-Typical Anime
Post: Non-Typical Anime

Hmm...so many to mention, and I'm not sure how to describe them all, so for now I'll just be dull and list some. Seconds/thirds/eleventy-thirds to things like Mushishi, Kino's Journey, Cromartie, Sex...
A_Broken_Pencil General discussion 104 23,884 2010-10-04, 9:22 pm
    Thread: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?
Post: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?

Okay, I think I just need to hold off the doubting until something actually goes wrong. So far, Heisig's been fun, and very effective. Quick question, though, after I'm done, are there any dictionary...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 96 103,404 2010-10-04, 9:01 pm
    Thread: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?
Post: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?

Anna B Wrote:When doing RTK it helps to banish the words "meaning" and "definition" and think of keywords as concepts or ideas. Using a dictionary will inevitably get you mired in meanings and definit...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 96 103,404 2010-10-03, 9:20 am
    Thread: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?
Post: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?

Well, colour me convinced. I picked up Volumes 1 and 2 about a week or so, but have been reticent getting around to them, since I still feel odd knowing how to write a kanji, but not how to pronounc...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 96 103,404 2010-10-02, 8:39 am
    Thread: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?
Post: What's the point of RtK (Remembering the Kanji) ?

thecite Wrote:Tobberoth Wrote:undead_saif Wrote:Why do you guys keep saying that the keywords aren't important? Usually, the keyword is one of the meanings for the kanji, sometimes it differ, so when ...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 96 103,404 2010-09-14, 5:44 pm
    Thread: English help (heh)
Post: English help (heh)

As a kid, my mother always told me that "Yours Faithfully" should generally be used when you're awaiting some kind of reply or some sort of action, because you're literally describing yourself as havi...
A_Broken_Pencil Off topic 23 4,771 2010-09-14, 1:54 pm
    Thread: How many Kanji?
Post: How many Kanji?

I apologise if this has been asked before, but just how many Kanji do Heisig's books actualy cover? I'm looking through several different reviews/summaries; some of them seem to imply that the series ...
A_Broken_Pencil Remembering the Kanji 20 7,218 2010-09-14, 1:44 pm