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Thread: My results so far with RTK2... Post: My results so far with RTK2... john555 Wrote:So...I decided to take a break from reading, and spend some time memorizing all the "signal primitives" from RTK2 Memorize the compounds, not the primitives. That way you won't be confus... |
tikka | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,420 | 2015-07-17, 12:40 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way Rivvie Wrote:I'm curious, what do you find so horrible now? Thanks for asking, I wouldn't have otherwise thought about this properly. I couldn't answer that question, I didn't really know why it was s... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-13, 6:53 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way tikka Wrote:I want to see if it is possible to learn 700 words in a week. Maybe it kills my motivation and slows down long-term progress, but still. I've now learned 600~ new words in six days. This i... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-12, 7:49 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way anotherjohn Wrote:My personal best is 1000 in a single day :cool: Didn't add any for a while after that though, which kind of defeats the purpose :rolleyes: Something like that might not be such a bad... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-11, 7:35 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 994: Riddle - 謎 This character had one stroke less in RTK. Now that I see it for the first time on my computer, it has that weird extra dot in the middle. I googled it and some sites show it as 謎 in... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,671 | 2015-07-11, 2:45 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way Rivvie Wrote:Which anki deck do you use for reviewing? I made cardboard flashcards for RTK1 and added the readings to those. Quote:On the word play for remembering readings, yes I do that sometimes t... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-09, 4:27 am | ||
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Thread: Almost beginning with learning Post: Almost beginning with learning Awesome progress, Kruzer132! People like you always make me realize how lazy I am and then I end up studying harder, so thanks :) |
tikka | Remembering the Kanji | 63 | 9,401 | 2015-07-09, 2:35 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way cophnia61 Wrote:Do you review single kanji to readings, or compound on front and reading on back (as Heisig suggests)? I do it from compound to reading and meaning. There's no point in memorizing the ... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-09, 2:29 am | ||
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Thread: Headache from practice reading in Japanese? Post: Headache from practice reading in Japanese? My guess: you are sitting in a bad position because the text is too small. Zoom it so you don't have to keep your head tilted forward. Keep your head balanced or your neck muscles have too much work t... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,678 | 2015-07-09, 2:21 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way Rivvie Wrote:Interesting, I might give it a try, easy and fun reviews sound good to me. Might I ask what your level is and from where you add your cards? Do you use a premade deck? I am still at a be... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-08, 2:47 pm | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way Rivvie Wrote:When you use settings like "1, 2, 2, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160" or "1 10 15 45 120 600 600", how do you deal with the huge increase in the number of reviews that you have to do? The reviews ... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-08, 1:13 pm | ||
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Thread: input brackets [ ] with kana input? Post: input brackets [ ] with kana input? Copy the brackets to your clipboard like this [], paste them with a quick press of ctr+v and then press left arrow. |
tikka | General discussion | 10 | 2,860 | 2015-07-07, 12:05 am | ||
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Thread: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japanese) Post: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japa... Nayr182 Wrote:I'm definitely working on some cool stuff at the moment. I have put all of my personal Japanese studies on hold and am working (along with my colleague) on the project as fast as I can. ... |
tikka | Learning resources | 204 | 75,157 | 2015-07-05, 5:35 am | ||
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Thread: Non-Japanese textbooks in Japanese Post: Non-Japanese textbooks in Japanese anotherjohn Wrote:They are well within reach difficulty-wise now, but they represented a serious challenge until quite recently. Anyone below a strong N2 would struggle badly with them. Thanks for the... |
tikka | Learning resources | 7 | 1,349 | 2015-07-05, 1:20 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way "1 10 15 45 120 600 600" practically means that easy words graduate after three to four days depending on my study schedule, which is different from day to day. Difficult words will stick around a ver... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-07-02, 1:00 am | ||
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Thread: How to use ANKI the right way Post: How to use ANKI the right way "1 20 40 80" sounds good. For vocabulary decks, I have been using "1 10 15 30 70" which has been working well. Yesterday I changed it to "1 10 15 45 120 600 600" and a graduating interval of 4 days be... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,933 | 2015-06-30, 12:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Non-Japanese textbooks in Japanese Post: Non-Japanese textbooks in Japanese Have you ever seen a Japanese textbook? I don't mean those which teach Japanese for foreigners, but the ones Japanese kids are using in school. What do you think about using them to learn the language... |
tikka | Learning resources | 7 | 1,349 | 2015-06-30, 12:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Reinventing the Kanji ( Opinions Welcome ) Post: Reinventing the Kanji ( Opinions Welcome ) Sorry for being rude, but this is not going to help anyone in any way. I'm just some guy on the internet and that's just my opinion but still. Your problem with "getting lost in the story" sounds li... |
tikka | Learning resources | 4 | 701 | 2015-06-28, 11:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Almost beginning with learning Post: Almost beginning with learning Kanji are too complicated, your mind won't get accustomed to them without some kind of mnemonic device. There's no gain in going through them before you start with the 'real thing'. Think about these ... |
tikka | Remembering the Kanji | 63 | 9,401 | 2015-06-26, 11:06 am | ||
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Thread: Almost beginning with learning Post: Almost beginning with learning I think the book's author claims to have done it in a bit over a month by studying 10 hours a day 7 days a week. Most people won't be able to stay motivated for that, in fact I think most people will ... |
tikka | Remembering the Kanji | 63 | 9,401 | 2015-06-26, 5:44 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? anotherjohn Wrote:The most common mistakes made by L2 speakers are ones that L1 speakers essentially never make. E.g. in English native speakers never make mistakes with articles a/an/the, or irregula... |
tikka | General discussion | 52 | 13,144 | 2015-06-26, 5:14 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Jawful Wrote:OK, I agree about efficiency. That seems to be the key point of your argument and not at all what I was touching on. Well, if we are not even talking about the same thing and I only just ... |
tikka | General discussion | 52 | 13,144 | 2015-06-24, 11:57 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Jawful Wrote:That's just not true. As someone who has spent a long time learning about the science of children's intake of language, I can tell you there is plenty of research which shows that the dif... |
tikka | General discussion | 52 | 13,144 | 2015-06-24, 7:20 am | ||
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Thread: RTK3 Common Vocabulary Post: RTK3 Common Vocabulary I haven't seen RTK3 but I think the point of that book is to list rarely used characters. Most people will never need them all. Many argue that even RTK1 has many unnecessary characters. So "common wo... |
tikka | Learning resources | 2 | 602 | 2015-06-22, 12:38 am | ||
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Thread: How do YOU work with RTK ? Post: How do YOU work with RTK ? It's important to NOT recall the story when you review. The story should only be used to create the image in your mind. It is that image which you must then see in your mind when you review and it get... |
tikka | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,384 | 2015-06-22, 12:14 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Will365 Wrote:language baggage Will a professional watercolor artist have trouble learning to use Photoshop because of his 'artistic baggage'? Of course not. The same thing applies to more or less eve... |
tikka | General discussion | 52 | 13,144 | 2015-06-21, 7:26 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Will365 Wrote:I'm currently 25, meaning my ability to learn a new language compared to someone still in high school is poor The amount of study hours you have done in such a relatively short period of... |
tikka | General discussion | 52 | 13,144 | 2015-06-21, 2:19 am | ||
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Thread: American comedian expresses his frustration in learning Kanji Post: American comedian expresses his frustration in lea... patriconia Wrote:Well, the thing with Chinese characters is that they came from...wait for it...China. As in, not Japan. Making his punchline a complete non-sequitor, and an annoying one at that, now ... |
tikka | The Japanese language | 31 | 6,674 | 2015-06-04, 7:13 am | ||
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Thread: The most important free learning resource I've come across Post: The most important free learning resource I've com... cophnia61 Wrote:I find still to hard to express myself in Japanese so I don't write much If I remember correctly, you said somewhere that you have learned English as your second language. If so, do yo... |
tikka | Learning resources | 7 | 1,410 | 2015-06-04, 5:25 am | ||
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Thread: The most important free learning resource I've come across Post: The most important free learning resource I've com... (Oops, looks like I spent over 3 hours writing this thing. I tried to keep it as short as possible, but.. Despite the lenght I believe you should read it and think it over carefully!) I've been rea... |
tikka | Learning resources | 7 | 1,410 | 2015-06-03, 9:45 am | ||