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    Thread: Read Real Japanese-Great new reader
Post: Read Real Japanese-Great new reader

I read a review of these books yesterday actually. They sound pretty good, so I'll check them out at the weekend. From what I can remember from the review, there are two books. One is a collection of...
charchy Learning resources 8 4,698 2008-06-04, 10:56 pm
    Thread: Shadowing
Post: Shadowing

I got some free shadowing CDs and texts from a language school in Tokyo where I went for a summer course. I found it to be useful but a little boring over the long term. It is something that I come ba...
charchy General discussion 24 6,936 2008-02-14, 9:35 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007 Results
Post: JLPT 2007 Results

Thanks Synewave, Onwards and upwards, to the dizzying heights of Japanese competence! I take it you are aiming for 1 kyu next year?
charchy JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 53 19,984 2008-02-07, 11:11 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007 Results
Post: JLPT 2007 Results

Boo, I didn't pass 3rd kyu. I got 56%. It wasn't really a surprise but I was just hoping to sneak a pass... The big question is, do I know go for 2nd kyu next year or not? I don't really fancy spend...
charchy JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 53 19,984 2008-02-07, 5:34 am
    Thread: New motivation to study Japanese?
Post: New motivation to study Japanese?

The BBC also reported this, here, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7189277.stm They kind of give the impression that you would have to have learned Japanese before getting a visa which I thin...
charchy General discussion 13 2,538 2008-01-29, 7:16 pm
    Thread: Best way to get 24h/24 Japanese audio input?
Post: Best way to get 24h/24 Japanese audio input?

Fabrice, I use crunchyroll and D-addicts a lot. Even if i'm doing something else, I put a drama or an anime on in the background and listen/watch as I work. Be warned though, everything takes a lot...
charchy Learning resources 132 36,290 2007-12-22, 8:27 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Resolve, I'm the Mac 10.3.9 guy and I can happily report that it downloads fine and starts up ok. I'll have a play over the weekend and let you know if anything goes wrong. Thanks for updating the ...
charchy Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-06-01, 11:40 pm
    Thread: ichi, ni, san, ...
Post: ichi, ni, san, ...

frigileshards, I don't think the abreviated pronunciation is a dialect thing because that's the way we count in our Aikido dojo. There is people from all over Japan there and when we do our warm up e...
charchy General discussion 9 2,783 2007-05-31, 8:35 pm
    Thread: RTK website "Reading" Section
Post: RTK website "Reading" Section

I thought I would start a thread about the reading section on RTK. I was wondering how you guys use the reading section in your studies. It doesn't really seem useful to just cut/paste an article an...
charchy General discussion 8 2,342 2007-05-30, 3:18 am
    Thread: Japanese in Japanese
Post: Japanese in Japanese

Recently, on various drinking binges with my Japanese friends, the topic of my Japanese studies has come up a lot. Abviously this was my signal to regail them all with my RTK exploits. What I found...
charchy General discussion 3 1,236 2007-05-30, 3:10 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Bugger! Its still not letting me download the .dmg for my mac. I think its because im running 10.3.9. I get a verification failed message. Is everyone who got it running on a mac using 10.4? Im o...
charchy Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-05-29, 1:23 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Did anyone get it to work on a Mac? I tried but the image won't mount.
charchy Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-05-28, 8:17 am