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    Thread: Need help! Confused about reading kana.
Post: Need help! Confused about reading kana.

Stansfield123 Wrote:While using textbooks certainly helps, they are not necessary. If he loves manga and he wishes to learn Japanese by reading them, he can. Textbooks are for the people who like and ...
eagles980 General discussion 20 3,878 2013-05-08, 6:48 pm
    Thread: Need help! Confused about reading kana.
Post: Need help! Confused about reading kana.

Kmmoore Wrote:Okay I have all the kana memorized and quite a bit I kanji and thought maybe in ready to read some manga now. But I'm really confused because a lot of the manga is in kana. Actually 80% ...
eagles980 General discussion 20 3,878 2013-05-08, 9:11 am
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

RawToast Wrote:I think a few other people do a similar method. I do Core as single word word recognition deck (with the sentence as a 'hint'). Then sentences for grammar/reading practice. Oh, ok. I mi...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-05-02, 3:38 pm
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:I'd advise waiting, for two reasons. One is that you've got enough to do as it is. Stick with your current programs until you finish them, and then move on. Stick and move, as...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-05-01, 10:55 am
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:First of all, congratulations on deciding to study Japanese. That's great, and I hope you continue. I wanted to say that I used Rosetta Stone myself (along with about half of t...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-30, 10:35 pm
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

Animosophy Wrote:I think Algo is right in recommending RTK be done in isolation. There is no other way to go through it so quickly while acquiring a strong enough retention rate to make kanji recognit...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-30, 11:47 am
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

kitakitsune Wrote:Tae Kim's guide is a pretty decent grammar supplement but that's it. The textbooks I recommended are better resources for you because they give you a more comprehensive foundation in...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-25, 8:24 pm
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

Holy heck, Batman, that's a lot of stuff I need to work on! Thanks for the input so far, people. Egoplant, I feel that getting myself familiar with the Kana most before completely immersing myself i...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-25, 9:01 am
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

Ouch! I didn't think it was THAT bad. I think it has some pretty effective ways of giving you some basic concepts to start with and builds upon that with a gradual introduction of newer concepts as yo...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-24, 8:04 pm
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

Got it, ryanjmack. I'll check that link out and see what I can make use of. On a side note, does anyone else who has knowledge of or experience with Rosetta Stone Japanese know of some tips or point...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-24, 6:40 pm
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

Ah, yes, I've heard of Tae Kim's grammar guide, but how do I go about using it? Is it beginner friendly? How do I incorporate it into Anki for review purposes? How regimented is it's lesson structure,...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-24, 5:55 pm
    Thread: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study is going
Post: Some newbie questions about how my japanese study ...

Okay, so up until a month or so ago I've been a complete beginner when it comes to formally (I mean that in the loosest sense possible) studying the Japanese language. My experience with the language ...
eagles980 The Japanese language 39 7,956 2013-04-24, 5:23 pm