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    Thread: Yearlyglot on flashcards :)
Post: Yearlyglot on flashcards :)

mezbup Wrote:it would be utterly useless and probably detrimental if you used SRS and solely SRS. You seem to have picked up his fondness for hyperbole. :P I can't think of anything that SRS couldn't...
harhol Off topic 74 10,208 2010-11-14, 10:02 pm
    Thread: Yearlyglot on flashcards :)
Post: Yearlyglot on flashcards :)

How to draw attention to your language-learning blog in one easy step.
harhol Off topic 74 10,208 2010-11-14, 5:22 pm
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

slivir Wrote:No matter how long or how hard you study a second language you will never attain the "fluency" of a native (unless you were raised bilingual perhaps?), sorry to break it to you guys! :P L...
harhol JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,522 2010-11-13, 11:51 pm
    Thread: Learn Mode plugin
Post: Learn Mode plugin

I tried it once but it kept picking random cards no matter what was newest or what I tagged, so I just gave up on it. It's a good idea in theory but I suspect I might have found it a little slow &...
harhol Learning resources 2 665 2010-11-12, 11:21 pm
    Thread: Ask Magamo!™
Post: Ask Magamo!™

Some high-ranking business schools (e.g. London Business School) have overseas exchange programs, so you could look into that if you're desperate to live in Japan while you study.
harhol The Japanese language 152 43,445 2010-11-12, 4:13 pm
    Thread: Potential vs. Intransitive vs. Passive verbs
Post: Potential vs. Intransitive vs. Passive verbs

There's a difference between being anti-prescriptivism (something which should be encouraged at all times) and just being plain wrong. Attempting to redefine centuries-old particle usage is a step too...
harhol The Japanese language 17 8,616 2010-11-11, 4:17 pm
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

JLPT1 might not test advanced material (debatable) but it's still a hard test, as the pass rate shows. And I don't see why it supposedly being at the same level of proficiency as a teenager is some ma...
harhol JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,522 2010-11-08, 11:35 pm
    Thread: After RTK1: Should I stop the reviews and move on to sentences?
Post: After RTK1: Should I stop the reviews and move on ...

From the above article: Character amnesia matters because memorisation is so crucial to character-based written languages, says Siok Wai Ting, assistant professor of linguistics at Hong Kong Universi...
harhol Remembering the Kanji 43 12,634 2010-11-07, 3:52 pm
    Thread: Second foreign language difficulties
Post: Second foreign language difficulties

Well, most people lie about how good they are at foreign languages. Polyglots are just really good at it. ;)
harhol Off topic 16 3,418 2010-11-06, 9:17 pm
    Thread: Second foreign language difficulties
Post: Second foreign language difficulties

Depends on the language surely. If you're a native English speaker and learn something like Chinese or Arabic as your FL1 and then something like French or German as your FL2, the former are obviously...
harhol Off topic 16 3,418 2010-11-06, 11:47 am
    Thread: Kanji, success graphs, and estimated minimum due cards plugin fix
Post: Kanji, success graphs, and estimated minimum due c...

The actual graphs work fine for me but whenever I click the Show/Hide button I get the following error... Traceback (most recent call last): File "ankiqt\ui\graphs.pyc", line 273, in onShowHide Key...
harhol Learning resources 13 6,124 2010-11-06, 10:24 am
    Thread: learning by watching and reading only?
Post: learning by watching and reading only?

My study methods are so ruthlessly efficient that I can spend all day arguing about them on an internet forum. In fact, even as I type this I'm absorbing more information than you could even comprehen...
harhol The Japanese language 51 9,889 2010-11-04, 8:13 am
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

This flexible grading system is logical and common in major school exams so I don't really understand the objections. When I did my GCSEs the percentage needed for an A* ranged from high 60s to low 90...
harhol JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,522 2010-11-03, 10:49 pm
    Thread: Somebody punch me
Post: Somebody punch me

Pray that your girlfriend gets pregnant so you can be a full-time house husband.
harhol Off topic 55 11,194 2010-11-01, 6:25 am
    Thread: Tiger and Dragon decks
Post: Tiger and Dragon decks

Re: the copyright issue, surely Fair Use applies? The episodes are clearly not in a watchable state. Not to mention that there are already dozens of technically illegal textbook decks already uploaded...
harhol Learning resources 38 10,716 2010-10-31, 8:14 pm
    Thread: best approach to learning japanese while living there
Post: best approach to learning japanese while living th...

Depends on your time frame really. If you plan to be there long term then you might as well start from the ground up with literacy (your speaking will develop naturally over time). If you can handle i...
harhol Learning resources 10 1,923 2010-10-31, 7:26 am
    Thread: Language school in Kyoto
Post: Language school in Kyoto

Did you work for Realtime Worlds by any chance?
harhol JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 4,023 2010-10-30, 10:53 am
    Thread: PC games in Japanese?
Post: PC games in Japanese?

The only problem with that is that you have to play FF14. :D
harhol Off topic 19 8,958 2010-10-30, 10:51 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

J-Js can be useful if you want to know the difference between words like 応用, 実用, 活用 and 運用, but even so I think example sentences are more useful. Using a J-J to look up concrete nouns or anything wit...
harhol General discussion 1,517 595,029 2010-10-29, 7:33 pm
    Thread: Working in Japan as an English teacher with an Engineer Diploma.
Post: Working in Japan as an English teacher with an Eng...

Have you tried contacting an embassy? This seems like the kind of thing that can be put to rest with a phone call.
harhol Off topic 8 3,430 2010-10-29, 5:53 am
    Thread: Thinking Japanese
Post: Thinking Japanese

The Japanese are a unique and beautiful species from the planet Nihonjin. They think only in terms of bushido, sushi and transgressive sexual fetishes.
harhol General discussion 48 7,811 2010-10-29, 5:34 am
    Thread: Working in Japan as an English teacher with an Engineer Diploma.
Post: Working in Japan as an English teacher with an Eng...

A Certificate of Eligibility is issued before a visa application by a regional immigration authority under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice as evidence that the foreign national meets the c...
harhol Off topic 8 3,430 2010-10-28, 4:12 pm
    Thread: Manga Desk Calendar like Dilbert?
Post: Manga Desk Calendar like Dilbert?

There's a free app for iWhatever which does this. Search the app store for 漫画 and it's the icon with 漫 on a green background.
harhol Learning resources 3 1,185 2010-10-28, 1:51 pm
    Thread: Don't learn kanji
Post: Don't learn kanji

Eh, there's too much sniping about accents imo. Khatz, those business people and now this guy... everyone has a terrible accent apparently. All that really matters is that you can communicate and that...
harhol General discussion 65 11,211 2010-10-28, 10:07 am
    Thread: Don't learn kanji
Post: Don't learn kanji

He's a preschool teacher trying to sell materials for preschool children, so it wouldn't really do his cause much good if he dressed in a suit and went around talking like a dour salaryman. I'm sure h...
harhol General discussion 65 11,211 2010-10-28, 9:09 am
    Thread: AnkiWarrior - making Anki more addictive (plug-in)
Post: AnkiWarrior - making Anki more addictive (plug-in)

Proxx Wrote:In a next step we could think about items :) This is the kind of thing that I had in mind: [Image: http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3944/akub.jpg] I'd be happy to compile a bunch of im...
harhol Learning resources 195 62,171 2010-10-28, 5:43 am
    Thread: Anki Wall
Post: Anki Wall

Wakela Wrote:A software application into which you load the kanji/words you want to study and it finds example sentences on the internet. There's an example sentences plugin for Anki which does this. ...
harhol Learning resources 17 3,742 2010-10-27, 6:30 pm
    Thread: Split Ateji readings into Kanji portions
Post: Split Ateji readings into Kanji portions

Surely plains (野) and livelihood (暮) for foolishness/boorishness (野暮) can't just be a coincidence... seems like the Japanese equivalent of "redneck".
harhol The Japanese language 17 5,536 2010-10-27, 6:22 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

つかせる is the causative (~saseru) form of the nightmare verb つく, which can mean a million and one things, including "to be immersed". For u-verbs, the saseru form (which basically means "to cause to b...
harhol The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,065 2010-10-27, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Spotted this on AOL Celebrities and Japanese
Post: Spotted this on AOL Celebrities and Japanese

This is America. The only people who speak two languages are illegal immigrants working for politicians who are anti-immigration.
harhol General discussion 2 654 2010-10-27, 9:24 am