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Thread: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? Post: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? BTW, they don't teach kanji at all, which I think is also a positive for a RTK devotee. Minna no has the kanji in vocab lists, and they use kanji (always with furigana) in printed dialogues and homewo... |
Harrow | General discussion | 15 | 5,201 | 2009-08-12, 8:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? Post: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? After a week my impression of the SILAC program is positive. It was a bit of my blow to my ego to be placed at a relatively low level (I have made it through three years of University Japanese) but a... |
Harrow | General discussion | 15 | 5,201 | 2009-08-12, 8:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? Post: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? Hey NestOr please tell my mom to pack for hot weather. Thanks! |
Harrow | General discussion | 15 | 5,201 | 2009-08-12, 8:37 am | ||
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Thread: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? Post: Anyone else currently at Yamasa? I just arrived for four weeks of study in SILAC. Working to dig myself out of deep expired reviews hole now that my focus is firmly back on Japanese. |
Harrow | General discussion | 15 | 5,201 | 2009-08-07, 6:15 pm | ||
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Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club mafried Wrote:Ughh... I'm back in the states and I've got 1000+ expired cards. God I hate doing SRS so much right now. Zero motivation. zilch. I totally relate to the zero motivation comment. I'm... |
Harrow | General discussion | 48 | 12,422 | 2009-07-05, 11:36 pm | ||
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Thread: "Military time" Post: "Military time" Aijin Wrote:I should also note that it's not extremely uncommon for late-night businesses to list closing time as 25:00, 26:00. I dunno the exact reason why they feel the need to go over 24 hours, but... |
Harrow | General discussion | 30 | 8,463 | 2009-06-10, 3:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji writing problem, help needed. Post: Kanji writing problem, help needed. I haven't been to Japan since doing RTK but I found that handwriting was really handy and RTK was a big help when I was in Beijing recently. I was able to communicate on a basic level with taxi drive... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,051 | 2009-06-07, 3:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Omedetou, stevesayskanpai-san & inayana-san. Of course more awaits you on the long road to knowing Japanese, but this is a big accomplishment, I say kanpai to both of you! Stopping for refreshme... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-06-07, 2:55 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... I see I'm way behind on my congratulations: おめでとう lanval & jorgebucaran & fanty & kanjiwarrior & lunatic & plumage & barrik & Dayvad!!! Well done, 皆さん : |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-05-26, 7:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Most failed Kanji Post: Most failed Kanji Pass Fail 984 儀 ceremony 10 11 1398 御 honorable 7 11 450 混 mix 18 9 Mix I finally got to stick (in box 6 now), still working on the others! |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 30 | 8,559 | 2009-05-26, 3:19 am | ||
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Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club Down to 466 and way past bedtime. More tomorrow. |
Harrow | General discussion | 48 | 12,422 | 2009-05-24, 4:05 am | ||
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Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club 571... I keep trying to claw my way back and my fail rate is high enough that it makes things worse (because some many go back into the fast-cycle early piles). I have to say it is comforting that I ... |
Harrow | General discussion | 48 | 12,422 | 2009-05-24, 3:11 am | ||
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Thread: Deadlocks? Post: Deadlocks? mafried Wrote:I have exactly that problem. People here quote 90%, 95% retention rates. I believe it, but I've never been able to achieve it myself. Keep in mind the selection bias in what people rep... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 42 | 8,060 | 2009-05-18, 3:57 pm | ||
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Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! jmkeralis & wishroom, you are twins! |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 526 | 167,137 | 2009-05-18, 1:58 am | ||
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Thread: I LOVE THIS SITE! DON'T EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN! Post: I LOVE THIS SITE! DON'T EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN! So happy site is back, and thanks for all the hard work getting it back up. And now I'd better swear off the forum until I hack my way through the review forest... over 400, yikes! |
Harrow | General discussion | 14 | 1,958 | 2009-05-17, 8:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Brilliant idea to speed reading KATAKANA! Post: Brilliant idea to speed reading KATAKANA! smujohnson Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:I don't see why you'd want to study katakana-english on a 1:1 level unless you cannot speak English. When you see them in real life you will understand them then. There ... |
Harrow | Learning resources | 36 | 13,580 | 2009-05-12, 9:24 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... おめでとう klaoth!! 100 kanji a day is some impressive pace, you are going to be surfing some huge review waves but they will eventually calm down. Good luck with your next step... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-05-11, 12:55 am | ||
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Thread: The Discouragement Thread Post: The Discouragement Thread mafried Wrote:Harrow, I'm curious: do you know/have studied any other languages? I've noticed that for many would-be polyglots I've met they have trouble picking up a third language while retaining t... |
Harrow | Off topic | 311 | 69,120 | 2009-05-11, 12:39 am | ||
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Thread: The Discouragement Thread Post: The Discouragement Thread Here's what I find discouraging: I've been studying Japanese with some seriousness for five years, including taking classes at uni, paying for tutors for conversation practice, and watching a lot of ... |
Harrow | Off topic | 311 | 69,120 | 2009-05-10, 10:13 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... おめでとう blackmacros & TaylorSan & Ryajinor & Doorknob & jrkester Big crowd sliding into the finish line right on top of each other!! High fives to all of you :) |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-05-01, 11:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Final Countdown Post: Final Countdown Thunk Wrote:Really? Not considered common use? By who? Man. I'm stuck in reviews right now, and had practically ZERO retention for frames 1531 - 1586. @_@ I remember the ones up to it, and the ones... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 71 | 23,830 | 2009-04-28, 10:01 am | ||
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Thread: Final Countdown Post: Final Countdown Thunk Wrote:I don't know kana yet (I understand more of the Chinese stuff I have around my house than the Japanese), but I'm super anxious to get to the next step. Can't wait. I went through Heisig's... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 71 | 23,830 | 2009-04-19, 10:27 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! BTW all of you who are marching toward the finish line... I created the Final Countdown topic when I was at that stage, see http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=2714 Helped me push toward the f... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,196 | 2009-04-19, 4:55 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... おめでとう to hotkiller123 & Rooboy!!! |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-04-19, 4:51 am | ||
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Thread: 100 Kanji a day Post: 100 Kanji a day jorgebucaran Wrote:Well if KanjiMood is like me .... But maybe Kanjimood is *not* like you. Don't know why that should upset you so... Everyone has their own path and approach that works, good luck... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 435 | 87,010 | 2009-04-18, 5:13 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... おめでとう Gendal さん!!! My reading is more frog like than sloth like, I hop back and forth from text to dictionary to web... then distracted for a while, then back to the text...Of course, my word to wo... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-04-14, 2:41 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Thunk Wrote:I just don't know how to get my kanji mojo back, though. I know myself, and once I start to lose steam, it's almost impossible to get back up to par. Ugh! One way to get your mojo back is... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,196 | 2009-04-12, 11:54 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... おめでとう jonny_wonny さん!!! Seems to vary a lot what people do next, many go on to Kanji Odyssey and other approaches to sentences instead of RTK2 or RTK3. I've gone back to working my way through a b... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,651 | 2009-04-12, 5:12 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication. Post: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communica... fluxcapacitor Wrote:I've typed all the sentences from this book into an Excel spreadsheet. 1,129 sentences in total. http://www.mediafire.com/?oemjozocn3q Notes to self: 1. Download this excellent res... |
Harrow | Group study | 60 | 51,881 | 2009-04-11, 11:24 pm | ||
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Thread: 100 Kanji a day Post: 100 Kanji a day KanjiMood Wrote:I'm on frame 450 now. I'm beginning to wonder if its worth starting sentences after RtK1, after frame 1500 or after RtK3 even (which I'll do after RtK1). It seems some people start doi... |
Harrow | Remembering the Kanji | 435 | 87,010 | 2009-04-10, 5:16 pm | ||
