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    Thread: Movie Method after RTK 1?
Post: Movie Method after RTK 1?

I've been using a modified movie method for learning onyomi and it works quite fine. Like Nukemarine, I picked a movie and linked the readings to it. So everytime I come across a new reading, I connec...
timcampbell The Japanese language 16 3,026 2009-03-20, 7:27 am
    Thread: 100 Kanji A Day Project -- the report.
Post: 100 Kanji A Day Project -- the report.

I finished the last 1000 in a burst last Christmas holidays, pulling about 100 a day. I don't think it really affected my recall - just be prepared for massive amounts of reviews that won't subside fo...
timcampbell General discussion 36 13,042 2009-03-18, 9:11 am
    Thread: Remembering the words of the story or the mental image?
Post: Remembering the words of the story or the mental i...

Generally I found a powerful mental image worked best, yet others times a sentence was so perfeectly formed it was hard to forget. Whatever works.
timcampbell Remembering the Kanji 8 1,339 2009-02-21, 10:51 am
    Thread: Tim's big Beijing adventure
Post: Tim's big Beijing adventure

OK, so I finally get to the point where RTK and AJATT are starting to pay off and my Japanese is advancing like crazy and what happens? I get a job in Beijing. SCREEEEECH. Turn the Titanic around!! ...
timcampbell Off topic 1 598 2009-02-19, 11:28 pm
    Thread: Sentences before finishing
Post: Sentences before finishing

If 10 kanji a day is optimal for you, I'd say stick with it. You know yourself better than we do, and if trying to force more into your brain only causes you to forget more, it's not worth it. With ...
timcampbell Remembering the Kanji 16 2,288 2009-02-19, 8:31 am
    Thread: Views on Other Forums and the Culture Shock Relation
Post: Views on Other Forums and the Culture Shock Relati...

I believe Tobberoth's girlfriend speaks Japanese as well ...
timcampbell Off topic 82 10,449 2009-02-17, 1:08 pm
    Thread: The best way to learn a foreign language is to go to a foreign country
Post: The best way to learn a foreign language is to go ...

It does become second nature. The two biggest obstacles to learning Chinese are the tones and the kanji. You already have the kanji down, and the tones will come with time, they will start to "click."...
timcampbell General discussion 113 21,674 2009-02-17, 1:06 pm
    Thread: The best way to learn a foreign language is to go to a foreign country
Post: The best way to learn a foreign language is to go ...

wccrawford Wrote:They even did a study where they exposed a child to Chinese sounds that English speakers can't differentiate, and the child grew up able to differentiate them. I agree with this, with...
timcampbell General discussion 113 21,674 2009-02-17, 11:35 am
    Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)
Post: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only)

ビョンビョンという意味は飛び出すだけどそんなによく使わない。 ピョンピョンはうさぎの音です。よく使うけど子供の単語です。 「ビョン」と「ピョン」はパソコンで読めると混同するのはやりやすい
timcampbell General discussion 237 101,079 2009-02-17, 2:04 am
    Thread: Japanese and Martial Arts
Post: Japanese and Martial Arts

飲む技の九段
timcampbell General discussion 43 6,301 2009-02-17, 1:27 am
    Thread: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people
Post: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people

Jarvik7 Wrote:timcampbell: I actually do have these kinds of conversations in pubs :D I'm stumbling distance from the Dover Arms if you're ever in town :)
timcampbell General discussion 168 23,223 2009-02-15, 1:57 pm
    Thread: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people
Post: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people

kazelee Wrote:timcampbell Wrote:If we look at the children of immigrants, for example, you will find many who can understand their parents' native language, because they have heard it from the time th...
timcampbell General discussion 168 23,223 2009-02-15, 12:50 pm
    Thread: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people
Post: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people

@musigny While I agree that lots of input is a tremendous way to learn, and that we often force students to speak too much too early, simple input does not equal output. If we look at the children of...
timcampbell General discussion 168 23,223 2009-02-15, 11:32 am
    Thread: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people
Post: Regarding the English skills of Japanese people

musigny Wrote:I spoke to a Chinese person today who studied English for six years in school and has lived in an English-speaking country for four. Very nice woman. Her pronunciation is quite poor and ...
timcampbell General discussion 168 23,223 2009-02-15, 3:30 am
    Thread: Japanese names (study tip)
Post: Japanese names (study tip)

I've started occasionally replacing the "he" or "she" in a sentence with the name of a person I want to learn. I works quite well. It's an easy way to learn names without having to purposely study the...
timcampbell Learning resources 30 8,835 2009-02-14, 11:15 am
    Thread: Hard to actually learn words
Post: Hard to actually learn words

Like Jarvik7, (maybe its an Edmonton thing) I had rhubarb in my backyard ... and strawberry rhubarb pie is delicious. Rhubarb crumble as well.
timcampbell Remembering the Kanji 74 15,761 2009-02-10, 11:25 am
    Thread: Albertan Jgo Benyou-ers?
Post: Albertan Jgo Benyou-ers?

Hm .... I grew up in Edmonton, went to U of A and Grant McEwan, did my drunks in Old Scona, RATT and HUB, lived in Medicine Hat for seven years working for their paper and I've been through every part...
timcampbell Off topic 9 1,408 2009-02-07, 12:12 pm
    Thread: Learn vocabulary in most-used-kanji order
Post: Learn vocabulary in most-used-kanji order

jokoto Wrote:I was also considering a sentence method but thanks to relying completely on heisig method I neither know vocabulary nor grammar. I'd consider getting some grammar studies done along with...
timcampbell General discussion 9 3,290 2009-02-06, 10:15 am
    Thread: Meditations on Anki stats
Post: Meditations on Anki stats

@ mentat_kgs Interesting stats to compare. You're much more kanji heavy than me, it appears. I actually have a lot of katakana words (boo, hiss), so that makes sense.
timcampbell General discussion 7 2,641 2009-02-03, 9:56 pm
    Thread: Meditations on Anki stats
Post: Meditations on Anki stats

Here are my Anki stats as of this morning: The 7062 seen cards in this deck contain: 1227 total unique kanji. Jouyou: 1142 of 1945 (58.7%). Jinmeiyou: 18 of 287 (6.3%). 67 non-jouyou kanji. Jouyou l...
timcampbell General discussion 7 2,641 2009-02-03, 4:22 pm
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

I'm normally more selective about what I put into Anki, sometimes so reviews don't pile up, but in a case like this because the effort to manually input it would be huge. I'm about 250 cards through t...
timcampbell Learning resources 1,039 387,033 2009-02-03, 1:08 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

Though this is a great tool, I suspect swapping files will be limited. Since what you are doing is effectively memorizing every line in a movie, you're only going to do it with real favourites, since ...
timcampbell Learning resources 1,039 387,033 2009-02-02, 11:21 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Doesn't Khatz also recommend Tae Kim's guide? It would seem to me what he's warning about is the excessive use of grammar and explanation books, which all of us have seen ESL students use, and far to...
timcampbell General discussion 1,517 595,029 2009-02-01, 11:55 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

Tobberoth Wrote:Won't the import files be quite enormous? I mean, just look at a random subtitle file, it's generally several hundred lines of dialogue. Getting through just one movie would probably t...
timcampbell Learning resources 1,039 387,033 2009-02-01, 11:49 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

Just want to say I'm 100 cards into this deck already and the file works brilliantly. It's such a great tool, with maybe the best potential of any I've used. It provides natural native sound files, wi...
timcampbell Learning resources 1,039 387,033 2009-02-01, 2:37 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

If we can judge Khatz' accomplishments by what he writes in his blog, I think his acheivements are admirable. As far as I remember, though, he only said that in 18 months he got to the level of Japane...
timcampbell General discussion 1,517 595,029 2009-01-30, 10:21 pm
    Thread: The I love learning Japanese thread.
Post: The I love learning Japanese thread.

Thora Wrote:KristinHolly Wrote:If only I had known earlier that picking up Japanese girls was the only legitimate reason to study Japanese . . . Thora Wrote:I study Japanese so that I can pick up Japa...
timcampbell Off topic 71 13,032 2009-01-30, 1:01 pm
    Thread: The I love learning Japanese thread.
Post: The I love learning Japanese thread.

Thora Wrote:KristenHolly - I study Japanese so that I can pick up Japanese guys. I have trouble picking up guys in my own country. I suspect that they're probably only with me for my nationality, but ...
timcampbell Off topic 71 13,032 2009-01-30, 3:03 am
    Thread: Does anybody ever feel like this?
Post: Does anybody ever feel like this?

It happens to me if I get a phonecall at work from a Japanese friend. I'll immediately switch into Japanese, since I'm quite comfortable in it and don't feel self-conscious. Sometimes co-workers will ...
timcampbell Off topic 34 4,219 2009-01-29, 11:44 pm
    Thread: The I love learning Japanese thread.
Post: The I love learning Japanese thread.

snispilbor Wrote:I was really saddened when I realized this, but it seems like most Japanese girls (including my GF) would much rather talk in English. English is sexy and exotic to them. I used to ...
timcampbell Off topic 71 13,032 2009-01-29, 11:36 pm