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    Thread: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?
Post: JLPT 2008 Cream Puffed?

kfmfe04 Wrote:Jawful Wrote:Someone on another forum said they were taking it in China, and everyone just opened it and started as soon as they got the booklets. No one waited and the proctors didn't s...
parasitius JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 96 21,488 2008-12-16, 11:00 pm
    Thread: Turning Vocab words into Sentences
Post: Turning Vocab words into Sentences

TGWeaver's method is a good way if you want to have Japanese running away to hide at the sight of you for the rest of their lives. I take it he has never suffered having to communicate with people who...
parasitius Learning resources 13 4,338 2008-09-08, 10:48 pm
    Thread: Anyone got a reliable JLPT2 Vocabulary list.
Post: Anyone got a reliable JLPT2 Vocabulary list.

I've learned JLPT 2 and a quarter of JLPT 1 from the playsay "pro" lists and they are maybe better than just plain Edict in a few spots, but for every spot they're better they're worse somewhere else....
parasitius JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 15 6,782 2008-09-08, 10:44 pm
    Thread: Learning Resources: Boyfriends, Girlfriends, and your study.
Post: Learning Resources: Boyfriends, Girlfriends, and ...

Okay rule #1 is: either get a monolingual or forget it. If you get one that speaks English, most of the time you are both going to take the path of least resistance and speak English and then you are ...
parasitius Learning resources 29 4,811 2008-08-13, 9:31 pm
    Thread: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?
Post: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?

i can't believe what a tiny % of the people who have read this are signing up! haha. We are about to get started (sent out the first assignment to everyone just now) so if you want to participate, ple...
parasitius Learning resources 24 3,928 2008-08-04, 5:43 am
    Thread: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO2001 and others
Post: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO200...

The copyright debate you guys are having is easy to essentialize. If we were all at a university and living in the same dorm, and I lent you my book and asked you help me to type it into my computer...
parasitius Learning resources 59 25,614 2008-08-01, 12:19 am
    Thread: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?
Post: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?

Agreed. Your "initial set" (coining a term now) is all about personal will-power. Do you recommend starting with a novel after learning 1 single Japanese word? 10? 100? It's quite arbitrary. But now a...
parasitius Learning resources 24 3,928 2008-07-31, 9:53 pm
    Thread: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?
Post: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?

I don't know why anyone would think putting this PERFECT book into an SRS is a waste of time. If I can get it in with relatively little effort (like sharing the typing work), it is an EXTREMELY EFFICI...
parasitius Learning resources 24 3,928 2008-07-30, 10:16 pm
    Thread: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?
Post: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?

@rich_f: I don't have access to anything like that unless you can point me in the direction of something good and free which can deal with a mess of random furigana too? (I don't need the furigana, bu...
parasitius Learning resources 24 3,928 2008-07-30, 9:19 am
    Thread: List your websites (and blogs)!
Post: List your websites (and blogs)!

I have a blog which will cover more Japanese study stuff in the future, but right now mostly has (1) stuff about getting my Japanese study working in Supermemo (2) rants about life in China. (And Chin...
parasitius General discussion 25 5,882 2008-07-30, 12:54 am
    Thread: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?
Post: Kanji in Context -- type in half and swap?

I want to have the entire book typed in almost word for word -- but it's really a lot of work. It takes me upwards of 30 minutes per lesson, and I am starting to run out of steam. It would be really s...
parasitius Learning resources 24 3,928 2008-07-30, 12:52 am