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    Thread: MIT OpenCourseWare
Post: MIT OpenCourseWare

I found a nice link perusing around reddit today. http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm MIT offers a wealth of information about various courses with free material online to learn from. There's even some d...
Kyle_N Learning resources 9 2,752 2010-08-18, 1:51 pm
    Thread: If the throwback Peps! is made with real sugar....
Post: If the throwback Peps! is made with real sugar....

Found this study on Reuters the other day. http://www.reuters.com/article/idAFN0210830520100802 Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds | Reuters As a general rule of thumb I steer clear of...
Kyle_N Off topic 26 5,170 2010-08-09, 3:12 pm
    Thread: How to talk, when to talk.
Post: How to talk, when to talk.

My recommendation to you is try out shadowing audio when you are unable to converse. Find high quality audio recorded in natural speed and shadow the hell out of it until you've gotten the intonation...
Kyle_N The Japanese language 17 5,280 2010-07-30, 3:05 pm
    Thread: Japanese TV on Internet
Post: Japanese TV on Internet

Same here! お願いします。
Kyle_N Learning resources 182 105,132 2010-07-14, 6:46 pm
    Thread: Smart.fm Anki importer not working?
Post: Smart.fm Anki importer not working?

caprice Wrote:i'm having problems getting the plug in to work. i notice it says in the guide to give them a url of the 'list' but i can't find 'lists' only 'goals' on smart.fm so i guess they're the s...
Kyle_N General discussion 9 4,316 2010-03-13, 8:04 pm
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

atreya Wrote:And I know better about India cos I have been living in India all my life. I see poor people all the time. Children begging on the streets and not going to schools. India and China will a...
Kyle_N General discussion 131 24,148 2010-03-07, 12:37 pm
    Thread: Smart.fm new update broke Anki's import plugin
Post: Smart.fm new update broke Anki's import plugin

If you open an empty deck and import smart.fm cards it works without any snags. Then you can merge your new deck with your old one.
Kyle_N Learning resources 6 3,793 2010-01-31, 7:30 pm
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

I'd like an invite if there are any still available. Thanks you guys! kyle [dot] naizer [at] gmail [dot] com
Kyle_N Off topic 168 22,136 2009-11-20, 1:10 pm
    Thread: Scrapped "study" ... Learning Loads
Post: Scrapped "study" ... Learning Loads

Just have fun man, there were plenty of people learning Japanese before SRSs. I'm going through Kanji Odyssey with Anki right now, but I really don't see myself mining a million sentences later on. ...
Kyle_N The Japanese language 7 1,445 2009-10-29, 11:55 pm
    Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread
Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab...

The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next. -Ralph Waldo Emerson A wonderful quote, and my only comment on this subject.
Kyle_N Off topic 465 58,542 2009-10-28, 10:27 am
    Thread: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)
Post: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)

Bodhisamaya created a sentence pack for All About Particles on Smart FM. It's quite good, and he was able to have audio recorded with it.
Kyle_N Learning resources 94 21,104 2009-10-21, 11:50 am
    Thread: 「外人嫌い」
Post: 「外人嫌い」

When I was teaching in Japan I had a few situations like this. Comments like that can make you feel small, but you have to cope with them. No matter the country kids say hurtful things without reali...
Kyle_N General discussion 44 5,602 2009-10-07, 10:49 pm
    Thread: JET Program
Post: JET Program

I'd recommend you work a year in the States before you go into JET. Work a job within your skill set you gained in Univeristy. A real 9-5 kind of job. Can't find a good one? Volunteer in your fiel...
Kyle_N Off topic 16 5,019 2008-08-28, 10:48 pm
    Thread: Why Japanese?
Post: Why Japanese?

Initially it was cultural curiosity like film, animation, history. Teaching in schools made it a matter of communication. Now it's so I can speak with my fiancee's family freely. Ultimately learning...
Kyle_N General discussion 63 8,713 2008-08-27, 10:35 pm
    Thread: On taking a break from adding new kanji...
Post: On taking a break from adding new kanji...

It's perfectly fine to take a break from adding new cards. If you have the option to go to the beach for a week or study kanji...go to the beach and breathe some fresh air. You are already ahead of...
Kyle_N Remembering the Kanji 11 1,927 2008-08-06, 8:01 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2008 Sign-Up Thread
Post: JLPT 2008 Sign-Up Thread

Also living in Japan and above level 3, 2 is my mark for December... we'll see how it goes. After using SRS it feels like any sort of standard test can be a snap with enough prep.
Kyle_N JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 153 34,116 2008-07-17, 8:19 am
    Thread: I'm going to Japan!
Post: I'm going to Japan!

Meet some locals or friendly foreigners who live there and know the score, and go to some regional events if you can. The cities are cool, but the country side will give you a better picture of what ...
Kyle_N Off topic 37 6,754 2008-07-17, 2:43 am
    Thread: my rant about Japanese TV
Post: my rant about Japanese TV

Haha, this is exactly the same problem I have. I try to stomach an hour or two a night but it can be difficult sometimes. Travel and nature shows are somewhat interesting, but most TV is just horrib...
Kyle_N General discussion 21 4,139 2008-07-13, 10:08 pm
    Thread: クロノ トリガー
Post: クロノ トリガー

Awesome, this was my fav as a kid too. sutebun Wrote:Xenogears I love this one..but wow it would be a tough one to crack in Japanese.
Kyle_N General discussion 24 4,218 2008-07-07, 8:30 pm
    Thread: Book - Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar
Post: Book - Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar

Hashiriya Wrote:why don't you guys use yesjapan.com 's website to help you learn japanese? they have an awesome kanji+ mode that you can study in that uses a lot of the kanji in the Remembering the K...
Kyle_N Learning resources 225 71,016 2008-05-19, 12:55 am
    Thread: What is RtK ????
Post: What is RtK ????

This site is meant to be a companion site for Dr. James Heisig's book "Remembering the Kanji". http://kanji.koohii.com/learnmore.php If this were any other internet forum you would be forever razz...
Kyle_N Remembering the Kanji 43 10,516 2008-04-10, 1:48 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I just finished up today. :) This Fukushima inaka winter has been very conducive to kanji study.. haha I'm so happy to be through the book, now I'm going to be hammering anki and pushing those card...
Kyle_N Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,637 2008-02-21, 1:52 am