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    Thread: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Japanese?
Post: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Jap...

Both in the country and out of the country immersion have positives and negatives. Out of the country it takes a lot of effort to create the immersion environment. In the country it takes effort to ...
baldy514 Off topic 132 22,593 2009-02-07, 1:49 pm
    Thread: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Japanese?
Post: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Jap...

woodwojr Wrote:Tobberoth Wrote:I don't know about colleges in the states but if you study Japanese full time I've bolded the incorrect assumption here. There are likely some Japanese majors who do ind...
baldy514 Off topic 132 22,593 2009-02-07, 12:09 pm
    Thread: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Japanese?
Post: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Jap...

Nukemarine Wrote:Remember there's a difference from being a functional adult in Japanese society, and being an interpreter for businesses and/or governmental agencies. I'm aiming for the functional a...
baldy514 Off topic 132 22,593 2009-02-07, 11:50 am
    Thread: Learn vocabulary in most-used-kanji order
Post: Learn vocabulary in most-used-kanji order

jokoto Wrote:baldy514, You could take a look into RTK LITE for remaining 1.000 kanjis, there may be only 350-400 kanjis left for you to have more than enough kanjis for thousands of vocabs. I did RTK ...
baldy514 General discussion 9 3,292 2009-02-06, 10:54 pm
    Thread: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Japanese?
Post: How long do you think it takes to be fluent in Jap...

I work at a university with students intending to study abroad. I was working with a Japanese Linguistics prof today doing interviews. The topic of fluency came up with the parameters of being skil...
baldy514 Off topic 132 22,593 2009-02-06, 10:21 pm
    Thread: Learn vocabulary in most-used-kanji order
Post: Learn vocabulary in most-used-kanji order

I made it to about 900 in Heisig before I started getting a little restless. I popped over to Iknow and started the first 200 of the core 2000. They are supposedly in some kind of frequency of use o...
baldy514 General discussion 9 3,292 2009-02-06, 10:05 am
    Thread: ALT Directory: discover money Assistant Language Teacher jobs
Post: ALT Directory: discover money Assistant Language T...

I signed up last night and woke this morning to a nice personal email from Andrew. Props on the customer service. I would say to anyone thinking about it, be realistic. He is not going to place you...
baldy514 Off topic 32 12,485 2009-01-22, 1:48 pm
    Thread: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)
Post: KO2001 and iKnow (Group Effort Request)

I just ordered the book. If I get it on time to help out I'll do my best to contribute. If not, I really appreciate all the effort you all are putting in to this. Thanks!!!
baldy514 Group study 304 90,290 2009-01-17, 12:05 am