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Thread: On frame 1511 I just realized that I've been writing 田 wrong Post: On frame 1511 I just realized that I've been writi... A similar thing happened to me. Don't worry about it, it took about a week to fix. This is one of the brilliant things about the Heisig method, if you realise you've been making a mistake in one pri... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,059 | 2011-10-20, 8:16 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese children's TV Post: Japanese children's TV Are there any good children's TV shows or movies that I can watch for Japanese listening practice? I find that a lot of the time more complex dramas just whizz over my head, but some of the slower an... |
steelmole | Learning resources | 6 | 2,899 | 2011-08-23, 12:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? Post: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? overture2112 Wrote:steelmole Wrote:I've tried to do 50 or 100 in a day. It just killed me. It wasn't the way for me. Guess how many I do a day now? 8. That's it. Setting the bar so low got rid... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 76 | 23,527 | 2010-11-27, 5:36 am | ||
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Thread: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? Post: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? I've tried to do 50 or 100 in a day. It just killed me. It wasn't the way for me. Guess how many I do a day now? 8. That's it. Setting the bar so low got rid of all the pressure and the stress... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 76 | 23,527 | 2010-11-20, 5:12 am | ||
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Thread: For collecting sentences, where do I start? Post: For collecting sentences, where do I start? What's the best way of making sure I have the right pronunciation for characters when I take a sentence from yahoo? When I try things often have multiple characters I don't know, and I'm not confiden... |
steelmole | The Japanese language | 25 | 6,390 | 2009-07-20, 10:21 am | ||
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Thread: SRS for Programming Languages? Post: SRS for Programming Languages? I used Anki so that I didn't forget lots of syntax for a language called ML that I new I would need a while after I learnt it. I didn't really use the SRS for learning, I just did reading and writing... |
steelmole | Off topic | 17 | 4,820 | 2009-07-18, 9:48 am | ||
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Thread: For collecting sentences, where do I start? Post: For collecting sentences, where do I start? As in, what are the first 50 or 100 sentences that I put into my SRS? I mean, I was playing gyakuten saiban and find them saying 証人 and 証言 a lot. Great, I look them up and think "cool", but I don't ... |
steelmole | The Japanese language | 25 | 6,390 | 2009-07-18, 9:31 am | ||
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Thread: What are effective stories? Post: What are effective stories? I was having a lot of trouble with linking the word into the story. As soon as I got onto the story I was all set. This continued no matter have detailed and vivid the story was. My solution was to... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 33 | 6,534 | 2009-07-12, 1:47 pm | ||
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Thread: List of Free Audiobooks Post: List of Free Audiobooks I grabbed The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde but the numbers don't seem to be in any reasonable order. I'm more a than a bit confused, can anyone help? |
steelmole | Learning resources | 117 | 218,042 | 2009-06-28, 5:17 pm | ||
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Thread: What are your 2009 goals? Post: What are your 2009 goals? Finish RTK1. Enjoy the Japanese language however I can. |
steelmole | Off topic | 82 | 12,984 | 2009-01-05, 7:07 am | ||
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Thread: Really low pass rate. Post: Really low pass rate. Ok, so I've refined my technique a little bit. When a word pops up in anki I either write the kanji (great! mental high five!) or if I draw a blank on a kanji, think of a location the word seems to b... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 2,581 | 2009-01-04, 7:54 am | ||
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Thread: Really low pass rate. Post: Really low pass rate. I think I'm just gonna try and keep thinking up better stories. Song lyrics for more abstract ones definitely helps. The All one doesn't work because I've never heard of All before. I'm worried tha... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 2,581 | 2008-12-31, 8:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Really low pass rate. Post: Really low pass rate. Ok, so I'm doing remembering the kanji, I'm up to around 450. I'm using Anki for flashcards. When I go through them I seem to get a pass rate of around 50% (old and new cards mixed together). Is th... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 2,581 | 2008-12-31, 12:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Beginning to falter after 300 or so Post: Beginning to falter after 300 or so The troublesome ones seem to break down into a few categories: Absolute blank. When I see the word the associations I make have nothing to do with any story I can recall. Getting somewhere there, ... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 2,854 | 2008-10-01, 8:53 am | ||
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Thread: Beginning to falter after 300 or so Post: Beginning to falter after 300 or so I see the idea of looking at wikipedia for ideas, but I don't think that'd address my problem. I read Heisig's stories and they make perfect sense, but when I come to the words I don't have any conno... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 2,854 | 2008-09-29, 2:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Beginning to falter after 300 or so Post: Beginning to falter after 300 or so Ok, so this method is great. I've used mneumonics before for lots of things and I know how powerful they can be. The main trouble I have is going from an abstract word into a story, once I've starte... |
steelmole | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 2,854 | 2008-09-29, 11:56 am | ||