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    Thread: Any recommended text books?
Post: Any recommended text books?

Just looking for a text book or two to read and learn from on and off. Its nice to get away from the anki and the online resources for a bit and let my eyes read something thats not back lit. Any sug...
FattyMagee Learning resources 5 1,150 2010-07-25, 6:07 pm
    Thread: How to get more context
Post: How to get more context

I just got back from a trip to japan a week ago and am realizing I need to learn with more context and more of everyday situations. I completed RTK probably 4 or 5 months ago, completed the recommend...
FattyMagee The Japanese language 2 823 2010-06-14, 8:28 pm
    Thread: Anki deck study method
Post: Anki deck study method

I take it back. I just went over my hira and found out I know it all. I was only stumbeling on my kata. Think I'll just do a few once overs with all the katas and I think that will solve my problem.
FattyMagee The Japanese language 6 2,097 2009-09-19, 9:57 pm
    Thread: On why it's important to make your own stories
Post: On why it's important to make your own stories

I use both methods. If I looked at the image and the keyword and just immediately got an image and story in my head, I went with that. That happened rarely though, maybe 1/25 kanjis. For those other ...
FattyMagee Remembering the Kanji 24 4,577 2009-09-19, 7:37 pm
    Thread: Anki deck study method
Post: Anki deck study method

I learned the kanas before doing RTK. But while I did RTK, i basically shutout everything else about the language and anything else that might pull me away from finishing it. So it kind of left stumbl...
FattyMagee The Japanese language 6 2,097 2009-09-19, 7:30 pm
    Thread: Anki deck study method
Post: Anki deck study method

I finished RTK1 not to long ago and decided that I was going to put all the hira and kana on Anki now to keep it permanently in my brain as well as the kanjis are now. One question though, should I c...
FattyMagee The Japanese language 6 2,097 2009-09-19, 3:58 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Wooooooooooooooo!! All done! Took about 2.5 months with a week long break in there about halfway. Full time 9-5 job and a girlfriend too. I of course was a hermit those 2.5 months. Feels freaken grea...
FattyMagee Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,966 2009-08-29, 2:19 pm