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    Thread: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide
Post: Japanese and E-book readers: A guide

It's very possible to view most PDFs files on the Kindle (I have two Kindles 4) but you need tons of programs to take care of the PDFs before putting them on the device. However, the occasional PDF (o...
mel685 Learning resources 57 50,901 2013-03-10, 6:44 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

Sorry for the late reply. I really appreciate your trying to help me! If you have links to shows/ comics I can download or suggestions, please send me a PM. :) I haven't started reading comics yet. I ...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-03-10, 6:39 pm
    Thread: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT
Post: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT

I don't read manuals. More seriously, read the website. Start on page 14 (the first page, I think). He'll tell you to a) learn 10,000 sentences, b) listen to 10,000 hours of Japanese and c) read 1...
mel685 The Japanese language 93 21,657 2013-02-13, 5:42 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

Thank you very much for the answers! I have downloaded TTC material in the past but I've never actually listened to it. Thanks for reminding me that TTC exists and that maybe I should give them a chan...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-13, 5:32 pm
    Thread: Dealing with SRS items/ sentences that potentially contain mistakes?
Post: Dealing with SRS items/ sentences that potentially...

Hello, everybody! Lately, I've been studying a lot of vocabulary but I have a pretty big problems with some of the sentences I've been "adding" to my paper deck. Like I said, my translation teacher g...
mel685 General discussion 2 891 2013-02-13, 5:30 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

I have a couple of picture dictionaries and I read a book about birds some time ago. I learn the words with their translations and now I'm learning them with their collocations--apparently, a sparrow ...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-09, 6:02 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

I'm trying to become a translation teacher so I *need* to know English extremely well. It's not like I'll be teaching something else in English. I don't use Anki but I use paper flashcards. Paper fla...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-09, 5:26 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

I understand where you're coming from but my ultimate (dream) goal is to become a college professor. I'd be okay with teaching junior high or high school kids (I've done it briefly before during an in...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-09, 12:59 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

Quote:I wonder if your discontent with your grip on "simple words" is actually a sign of growing sophistication? That is, those little words are looking more complicated because of increasing fluency...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-08, 7:57 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

Quote:I still remember some of the nasty words I picked from from university papers: minutiae, defenestration, antediluvian, niggardly, phenomenology, etc. I wouldn't expect any non-native to bother l...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-08, 1:37 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

I'm not about to try quitting anything cold turkey again. I had a very bad experience with benzos recently (and I need to take some again tonight, but I'll be more careful this time.) Anyway, back to...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-07, 6:39 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

EDIT: My computer has a mind of its own tonight and it won't let me connect to the internet or post here. Let's try again... Quote:Wow, OP, getting through the last three HP books is pretty impressiv...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-07, 5:09 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

Wow, thank you so much for all the answers. I didn't think so many people would be interested in my thread. I still consider myself a beginner and that's why I've come here for help. Quote:How much t...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-07, 7:06 am
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

I forgot to mention that I also listen to audiobooks, sorry. These days, I don't have the attention span for audiobooks. I fall asleep each time I listen to one and then I have to listen to the whole ...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-06, 7:18 pm
    Thread: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?
Post: Trying to get over a plateau--can you help?

Hello, I've been learning English for just over 10 years now, and I feel like I'm stuck in a rut. Most of that learning happened in a classroom (yuck!) and still does since I'm an English major (cur...
mel685 General discussion 47 8,199 2013-02-06, 4:19 pm