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    Thread: RevTK Software Developer Showcase
Post: RevTK Software Developer Showcase

Kanji RTK LookUp Windows program that allows users to search Kanji by primitives, keywords, kanji and RTK number. The queries an Excel spreadseet (.xls) version of Nukemarine's excellent Kanken sprea...
Seiska Learning resources 26 26,159 2012-05-21, 7:41 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Managed to Finish the first book today, took way too long and probably should have used one of those 10/20/30 a day systems to keep up the phase. But at least kept up with the reviews so the extra tim...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,390 2011-02-28, 1:51 am
    Thread: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manually?
Post: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manual...

ZIGMONTY is wrong, you can add cards at your own pace. Just put the "new cards per day" to 0 and then do your reviews, when you no longer have reviews left a new option replaces "continue reviewing" w...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 6 3,100 2010-11-25, 3:04 pm
    Thread: Is RTK right for me?
Post: Is RTK right for me?

Somewhat related to this I originally posted this one in thread: Benefits of RTK Seiska Wrote:Its pretty obvious why Heisig recommends people to do RTK1 seperately from other Japanese learning. Like ...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 38 9,306 2010-11-10, 6:16 am
    Thread: Teaching English to a Japanese native
Post: Teaching English to a Japanese native

Let me get this clear.. Learning alphabet is good, but learning it the way its tough to those native to English is bad. Natives probably wont notice but in English there's two or more ways to pronoun...
Seiska General discussion 47 11,016 2010-08-04, 4:21 pm
    Thread: Teaching English to a Japanese native
Post: Teaching English to a Japanese native

Many here seem to be native English speakers, which means that not many of you have actually gone trough the hurdle of learning English. Which makes it really difficulty for native English speakers to...
Seiska General discussion 47 11,016 2010-08-04, 9:23 am
    Thread: I remember the kanji, but not the stories (at first, that is)
Post: I remember the kanji, but not the stories (at firs...

It took me sometime to understand what imaginary memory meant at the beginning. But the stories are only meant only for building a image of the kanji. There should be no problem remembering the story...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 9 1,902 2010-07-15, 2:22 pm
    Thread: Any other native Japanese using RTK?
Post: Any other native Japanese using RTK?

My native language is Finnish and I have learned English normally from school and of course from using the language (luckily I have played videogames from age of 6 or so, playing games like Final f...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 9 2,221 2010-07-15, 1:37 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

which one is it? kanjis, kanjies? or kanji letters/symbols/marks/pictures? (using google chrome and it underlines all them with red line and offers Kansas as fix.) :<
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 53 12,312 2010-07-07, 1:35 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Its pretty obvious why Heisig recommends people to do RTK1 seperately from other Japanese learning. Like I said, RTK1 basically builds up a giant spreadsheet of kanjies in to your brain and gives them...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 53 12,312 2010-07-07, 9:38 am
    Thread: What is/was your area of study?
Post: What is/was your area of study?

If all goes well, Ill graduate from University of applied sciences next year as a Computer engineer. (Polytechnic - bachelor degree) I am only 22 years old so there's still plenty of time for studyin...
Seiska Off topic 98 16,838 2010-06-29, 7:38 am
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

masaman Wrote:The Japanese English education system is often criticized for it's inefficiency, but I disagree. According to FSI, the institute where they train American diplomats, it takes 4000 hours...
Seiska Off topic 59 24,105 2010-06-29, 6:10 am
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

Zon70 Wrote:And even if Japan did adopt the method like Finland, what does that say about Japanese culture? If they gave all classes in English, does that mean they just throw away Japanese language, ...
Seiska Off topic 59 24,105 2010-06-28, 3:23 pm
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

Aijin Wrote:The two reasons for truly learning a language to a high proficiency are: necessity, and passion. I just don't see either of those becoming widespread in Japan anytime soon. Depends in wha...
Seiska Off topic 59 24,105 2010-06-26, 6:15 pm
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

It's like this with all the languages. I would be a very poor teacher if one wants to learn Finnish. Sure I could give some basic sentences but I would have problems giving them tips for learning the ...
Seiska Off topic 59 24,105 2010-06-25, 7:43 pm
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

LazyNomad Wrote:I am not Downey, but since I was there I`ll try to answer. Heisig gave an example of Finland and Estonia as countries with the right approach to teaching English. As far as I understa...
Seiska Off topic 59 24,105 2010-06-24, 4:21 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Well I am only a starter in learning japanese, but I have tried both heisig and normal method. Based on my small ammount of experience I can somewhat guess what kinds of benefits Heisig method gives y...
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 53 12,312 2010-06-22, 9:01 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Half way! Now gotta keep going and not stop here, there are still plenty of kanjis left and plenty of reviewing to do! (using Anki so dont bother with checking my kanji koohi review stats :P
Seiska Remembering the Kanji 616 180,287 2010-06-07, 9:54 am