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    Thread: Monbusho and JASSO?
Post: Monbusho and JASSO?

monbusho gives you a full scholarship while jasso gives a smaller assistive grant, 40000¥ iirc
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 1 1,329 2010-12-04, 7:05 am
    Thread: Language study for Monbusho students
Post: Language study for Monbusho students

I don't really remember. I just described myself, what I'd done, why I wanted to go to Japan etc. They also asked me to speak something in Japanese.
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,845 2010-03-24, 6:10 pm
    Thread: Language study for Monbusho students
Post: Language study for Monbusho students

Andres Wrote:To get the Monbusho scholarship, what did you do to prepare yourself for the tests or the interview because I want to get that scholarship but don't know how to get ready for it. Were th...
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,845 2010-03-24, 7:54 am
    Thread: Could I get a Visa to Japan if I was rich?
Post: Could I get a Visa to Japan if I was rich?

Erubey Wrote:Just marry a nice Japanese girl. Trivial if you're rich. Looks like we've cracked it!
fjolnir General discussion 20 7,884 2010-03-16, 11:15 am
    Thread: Monbukagakusho Scholarship
Post: Monbukagakusho Scholarship

The special training college isn't quite vocational school but not quite university either. They do have a program where if you get exceptional grades in the special training college they will let you...
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 71 34,075 2010-03-16, 10:59 am
    Thread: Language study for Monbusho students
Post: Language study for Monbusho students

Womacks23 Wrote:The percentage of people who get sent home after that one year of language school must be huge. College entrance exams are way above 1級 level. We don't take entrance exams for the sc...
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,845 2010-02-26, 12:26 pm
    Thread: Language study for Monbusho students
Post: Language study for Monbusho students

Womacks23 Wrote:fjolnir Wrote:But I'm just wondering how they[MEXT] expect the students who haven't had any prior japanese study to get up to academic level from zero in just one year. They don't expe...
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,845 2010-02-26, 11:34 am
    Thread: Language study for Monbusho students
Post: Language study for Monbusho students

Hi, I got notified that I received the Monbusho scholarship. So I'll be leaving in april for study. The first year will be spent on studying japanese. Now I'm not very worried about that timeframe sin...
fjolnir JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,845 2010-02-26, 11:08 am
    Thread: Kanji font changer Chrome extension
Post: Kanji font changer Chrome extension

Cool beans n_n I use it with the kanjistrokeorders font
fjolnir Off topic 2 3,713 2010-02-08, 7:28 am
    Thread: New website anime-manga.jp
Post: New website anime-manga.jp

mezbup Wrote:fjolnir Wrote:mezbup Wrote:*Mastering different styles of speech for comedic effect It's a language learning objective for when you're fluent but you just can't stop learning. No it isn'...
fjolnir Learning resources 8 4,618 2010-02-05, 11:42 am
    Thread: New website anime-manga.jp
Post: New website anime-manga.jp

mezbup Wrote:*Mastering different styles of speech for comedic effect It's a language learning objective for when you're fluent but you just can't stop learning. No it isn't. Unless you actually mean...
fjolnir Learning resources 8 4,618 2010-02-05, 7:15 am
    Thread: best offline dictionary?
Post: best offline dictionary?

kapalama Wrote:fjolnir Wrote:http://www.jedict.com <- This. If someone stupid (say me) wanted to know how to make that program work, what would you tell them? Just download and double click : /
fjolnir General discussion 21 13,238 2010-01-10, 11:39 am
    Thread: A phrase that just boggles me...
Post: A phrase that just boggles me...

"Die by knocking your head against a block of tofu"? ..wat
fjolnir The Japanese language 6 1,990 2010-01-09, 5:49 am
    Thread: google's new japanese ime
Post: google's new japanese ime

I tried the mac version but was instantly frustrated by not being able to press caps lock to switch to romaji, and hold shift to type katakana. Anyone know if you can enable that?
fjolnir General discussion 46 24,964 2010-01-08, 12:10 am
    Thread: best offline dictionary?
Post: best offline dictionary?

http://www.jedict.com <- This.
fjolnir General discussion 21 13,238 2009-12-29, 3:02 pm
    Thread: RTK : am I correct or wrong? Am I cheating?
Post: RTK : am I correct or wrong? Am I cheating?

vosmiura Wrote:So, does Khatzu's advice work anyway? Well he managed to get pretty fluent pretty fast, so at least it works for him. If you've tried his way and it didn't work, you should modify it^^
fjolnir Off topic 24 5,307 2009-11-22, 1:07 pm
    Thread: Story on front?
Post: Story on front?

Thanks for the replies ^^ The way I'm doing it at the moment is: Front of flash card: Keyword, story in white text (not visible unless highlighted) so if I can't remember the kanji(either intuitively...
fjolnir Remembering the Kanji 14 4,707 2009-11-22, 1:04 pm
    Thread: Story on front?
Post: Story on front?

Simple question really, do you put your mnemonic story on the front or the back of the flash card? :)
fjolnir Remembering the Kanji 14 4,707 2009-11-21, 4:14 pm
    Thread: Using pre-made decks or making your own?
Post: Using pre-made decks or making your own?

Thanks Ice, I think I agree. I'll continue with the premade deck, adding my stories to the answer side as I go so I don't have to click through to my revtk account every time I forget the mnemonic / k...
fjolnir Remembering the Kanji 6 2,250 2009-09-28, 8:27 pm
    Thread: Using pre-made decks or making your own?
Post: Using pre-made decks or making your own?

I recently started RTK and have been using Anki to review. One thing I started wondering about though was if it had been a good decision for me to go with the pre-made RTK deck that you can download i...
fjolnir Remembering the Kanji 6 2,250 2009-09-28, 8:02 pm