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Thread: Burnout - need a new strategy Post: Burnout - need a new strategy I dont think Krashen ever made a distinction between grammar and vocab with respect to comprehensibility. For me I would look up the words I dont know because I dont see how else you are going to lea... |
corry | General discussion | 60 | 11,126 | 2013-12-02, 5:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese subs? Post: Japanese subs? kanon Wrote:As mentioned before, for anime, the list of sites where you will most likely find it goes like this: 1. kitsunekko.net (contains subs from TV stream, and also a fair number of kamigami sub... |
corry | Learning resources | 32 | 13,910 | 2013-12-02, 5:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Burnout - need a new strategy Post: Burnout - need a new strategy egoplant Wrote:EDIT: I should also mention that you should read for comprehension in my opinion, as in try to comprehend every single sentence. Every character is put there for a reason, they are not ... |
corry | General discussion | 60 | 11,126 | 2013-12-01, 8:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese subs? Post: Japanese subs? howtwosavealif3 Wrote:gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:corry Wrote:If a series isnt on kitsunekko does that mean it wasnt broadcast with captions? It means some self-sacrificing saint hasn't pulled them out of th... |
corry | Learning resources | 32 | 13,910 | 2013-11-23, 2:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese subs? Post: Japanese subs? If a series isnt on kitsunekko does that mean it wasnt broadcast with captions? |
corry | Learning resources | 32 | 13,910 | 2013-11-22, 4:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots ^Thats OK if you are in Japan and can talk to people. Immersion works even before 6000 words. But I dont think that you will learn very much vocab just by passively listening to Japanese. |
corry | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-29, 6:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots SomeCallMeChris Wrote:Is that n/v/j column the part of speech? It seems suspicous that 'season' and 'sit' have the same frequency as 'precipice' and 'manatee', but it makes more sense if it's only the... |
corry | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-29, 2:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots I found data from the COCA. The 20000th lemma (head word) has a frequency just less than 1 in a million. Except for manatee (?) they are all really normal words that you know exactly what they mean. ... |
corry | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-27, 1:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Animosophy Wrote:corry Wrote:A 1/20000 word you will see 50 times a year if you read 1 million words. Relative to the exposure that children get, 1 million words a year still doesn't come close to a g... |
corry | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-26, 1:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots A 1/20000 word you will see 50 times a year if you read 1 million words. I was wondering whether you really learned words in your native language just from reading. It seems like there is some magic ... |
corry | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-25, 3:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? Post: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? ^That seems like a good method. Unless you are a beginner. You dont even really need a transcript or anything. |
corry | The Japanese language | 46 | 11,595 | 2013-04-28, 8:40 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Maybe I just dont understand 違う Can you use it like this when you are impressed with something. Like 料理が違う |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-04-27, 1:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? Post: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? I am starting to think that English could be better than Japanese for listening practice since it just gives you a hint of what the words are. |
corry | The Japanese language | 46 | 11,595 | 2013-04-27, 1:36 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 手際が違う Does this mean anything special. |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-04-26, 7:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Encouraging People from Bad Backgrounds, Positive Discrimination Post: Encouraging People from Bad Backgrounds, Positive ... I guess not. I dont think I really disagree with what he was trying to say. |
corry | Off topic | 88 | 14,270 | 2013-04-26, 6:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Encouraging People from Bad Backgrounds, Positive Discrimination Post: Encouraging People from Bad Backgrounds, Positive ... Irixmark Wrote:Oh yes. I'm sure if we had a tenure system for teachers like at universities, that would do wonders. I thought you were being sarcastic but it seems you were serious. |
corry | Off topic | 88 | 14,270 | 2013-04-26, 4:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? Post: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? @SomeCallMeChris Of course, you can forget what was written. |
corry | The Japanese language | 46 | 11,595 | 2013-04-24, 6:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? Post: Are Japanese subtitles a handicap? I dont think it will be easy to start going without. Even when you are listening again without reading you dont really have to hear the words. The sounds are just cueing your memory of what you read b... |
corry | The Japanese language | 46 | 11,595 | 2013-04-24, 5:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Mono-dictionaries and making the switch Post: Mono-dictionaries and making the switch Actually, dont worry about it. Just use whatever is easiest to understand. |
corry | Learning resources | 43 | 9,555 | 2013-04-15, 2:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Are you still teaching English? Post: Are you still teaching English? fakewookie Wrote:Surprised nobody has mentioned investment banks yet. New hires with no experience get 60-70万 + bonus where I work, plus relatively chill hours (9:30 - 6:30 is pretty typical). No Japa... |
corry | Off topic | 34 | 12,863 | 2013-04-13, 1:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese novels for the picky reader Post: Japanese novels for the picky reader ^German?! I dont see what would be wrong with games if you play the ones with lots of reading. |
corry | General discussion | 55 | 16,729 | 2013-04-12, 3:41 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Sorry about the fancy words. What I had in mind was the following. 一番小さい所しか私に借りられなかった Anyway, thank you for your help. |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-04-10, 7:15 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I see why I was confused now the passive and potential conjugation are the same. Maybe I should have worded it like, 借りられなかった can mean was borrowed (by someone). |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-04-07, 1:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Anime - Japanese subtitles Post: Anime - Japanese subtitles I took a look but they didnt seem to have any that werent on kitsunekko. I found that shooter.cn sometimes has older ones. |
corry | Learning resources | 13 | 11,538 | 2013-04-02, 5:25 pm | ||
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Thread: prepping as much as possible for the jump to native material Post: prepping as much as possible for the jump to nativ... Aikynaro Wrote:I'm not sure why people feel that they have to learn/look up/understand every new word they come across. Think back to when you were learning English (or whatever your native language i... |
corry | The Japanese language | 67 | 12,910 | 2013-04-01, 5:02 pm | ||
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Thread: prepping as much as possible for the jump to native material Post: prepping as much as possible for the jump to nativ... I like learning from native media even if you have to look everything up its much better than studying. |
corry | The Japanese language | 67 | 12,910 | 2013-03-31, 9:04 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 一番小さい所しか借りられなかったの I think this is supposed to be understood as, I could only borrow the smallest place. But could it also mean, only the smallest place was lend to me, implying I didnt get loans on ... |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-03-31, 8:21 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thank you, I wasnt thinking of it like that but it makes sense now. |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-03-27, 6:29 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 今日はお父さんが出張でね お母さんも付き添いでいないから 気兼ねしなくていいよ Whats いない doing there isnt that negative. I think it should be 付き添いでいる from the context. |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-03-27, 5:09 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I got it now thanks. |
corry | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2013-03-21, 7:36 pm | ||
