Search Results

Post Author Forum Replies Views Posted [asc]
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

I've decided to just stop questioning myself and get on with it to be honest :P Instead of studying actual japanese I've been spending half of my time asking questions and googling stuff. I'm gonna go...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-09, 2:47 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Nukemarine Wrote:Arckus, if English is not your primary language, I think there are translations into other languages offered. There's also more than just Tae Kim when it comes to basic grammar. Genk...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-08, 4:15 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Although It's not on topic with the rest of the thread, I thought I'd ask another question because that's all I've been doing here anyway :P Going through Tae Kim, I don't feel like I'm fully graspin...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-08, 2:27 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Nukemarine Wrote:I just tagged kanji in the deck as RTK 1 or 3, KO2k1 Book 1, 2 or 3. In addition, I tagged if the kanji was Jouyou. I think the individual should be savvy enough to unsuspend Kanji th...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-07, 1:49 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

smartazjb0y Wrote:Arckus Wrote:*edit* I see now that you're supposed to do RTK lite in the heisig order and not 2001KO order which is why they were all messed up :P I'm still a little confused though,...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-06, 12:57 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

smartazjb0y Wrote:Arckus Wrote:Yeah that's what I was using, I was just finding it difficult to read kanji I can't write yet. I'm doing a different RTK lite from the shared decks, it's 1000 JLPT2 kanj...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-06, 12:16 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

smartazjb0y Wrote:Arckus Wrote:Well, I may have gotten a bit cocky. After reviewing all the stuff I learnt from Tae Kim so far it's proving difficult to review sentences with kanji that I haven't seen...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-05, 11:37 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Well, I may have gotten a bit cocky. After reviewing all the stuff I learnt from Tae Kim so far it's proving difficult to review sentences with kanji that I haven't seen in RTK yet. I may try changing...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-05, 10:33 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Thanks people! I'm gonna go with my initial idea and do tae kim on the side so I don't get bored. I'm gonna be careful not to add too many sentences and burn out though.
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-05, 9:20 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

yudantaiteki Wrote:That's why I think it's a good idea to get away from RTK as soon as possible and get into Japanese -- for those people who can finish RTK in 3 months that's fine, but personally I d...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-05, 8:07 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

yudantaiteki Wrote:Heisig claims it will cause problems but I've never seen any evidence that this is the case. Responding to something earlier: Quote:Japanese people already know a huge amount of vo...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-05, 7:28 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Hey guys, sorry for asking another question in this old thread but I've stumbled on something! I've been doing a bit of Tae Kim on the side because I find I get bored of RTK after doing 30 or so but I...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-07-05, 5:40 pm
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

ta12121 Wrote:Not sure as well lol. Seriously I don't know, I could say I have a strong passion to learn but it just doesn't feel like that. I agree with khatz when he says make it fun, if it's fun it...
Arckus General discussion 23 4,704 2010-07-01, 12:01 am
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

ta12121 Wrote:Offshore Wrote:ta12121 Wrote:Hmm I agree, you need to find motivation. Personally for me it's strange, i've gotten so used to immersing/reading/srs/writing japanese daily. If I didn't do...
Arckus General discussion 23 4,704 2010-06-30, 11:36 pm
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

ta12121 Wrote:Hmm I agree, you need to find motivation. Personally for me it's strange, i've gotten so used to immersing/reading/srs/writing japanese daily. If I didn't do it daily, it would just seem...
Arckus General discussion 23 4,704 2010-06-30, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

Great replies, thanks a lot people. I'm gonna sit down and write why I'm learning japanese so that I can review it whenever I feel like giving up!
Arckus General discussion 23 4,704 2010-06-30, 7:08 pm
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

Unfortunatly drivers99 and Asriel, I've already tried everything mentioned :P I try to do something, anything everyday. But I just go from loving it one day. To totally giving up the next.
Arckus General discussion 23 4,704 2010-06-30, 6:14 pm
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

I'm having a problem which I have with EVERYTHING I do. It's been a problem for a couple of years now and I don't know why, maybe I'm just lazy. I take up a new hobby like drawing for example. I reall...
Arckus General discussion 23 4,704 2010-06-30, 5:24 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Great! One more thing, I was just taking a look at the Tae Kim website and it's confusing. Should I be reading the complete guide or the grammar guide? They seem a lot different and the complete guide...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-06-21, 10:38 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Good point Asriel. So, would it be a bad idea to start reading and SRSing Tae Kim grammar for example?
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-06-21, 9:17 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

I'm only a couple of hundred into RTK but I'm still lost on the exact benefits of it. I know it teaches you how to write the kanji but from what I can tell it doesn't do much else, maybe it helps you ...
Arckus Remembering the Kanji 53 12,316 2010-06-21, 7:31 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

Thanks for the reply smartazjb0y :)
Arckus The Japanese language 712 401,484 2010-06-15, 1:32 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

Thanks for the information Nukemarine. It's really helpful, however I'm a little confused. When you say "RTK using 2001KO 1-555 Kanji" Do you mean do RTK but using the 2001KO order and only include RT...
Arckus The Japanese language 712 401,484 2010-06-15, 9:00 am
    Thread: Where to go after RTK?
Post: Where to go after RTK?

Thanks for all the responses, I really appreciate it. Very insightful stuff wildweathel =) This thread has given me more drive to speed up my japanese studying. Thanks again everyone.
Arckus The Japanese language 8 5,801 2009-12-08, 5:45 am
    Thread: Where to go after RTK?
Post: Where to go after RTK?

Thanks for the replies, I guess I'll do Tae Kim first then. Some other questions though.. after reading through it, it all seems abit confusing. Should I just read a page or two and try to understand ...
Arckus The Japanese language 8 5,801 2009-12-05, 3:06 am
    Thread: Where to go after RTK?
Post: Where to go after RTK?

I've been searching through these forums and reading AJATT and I'm still stuck on what to do after RTK. I already learnt the kana awhile ago and know some very basic vocabulary and a few sentences (fr...
Arckus The Japanese language 8 5,801 2009-12-05, 1:59 am