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Thread: Language study for Monbusho students Post: Language study for Monbusho students fjolnir Wrote:Womacks23 Wrote:fjolnir Wrote:But I'm just wondering how they[MEXT] expect the students who haven't had any prior japanese study to get up to academic level from zero in just one year. T... |
thegeelonghellswan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 17 | 9,844 | 2010-08-31, 8:22 am | ||
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Thread: How to talk, when to talk. Post: How to talk, when to talk. Steve Kaufmann has stated that language is not performance. You are not performing for people! You are trying to communicate, it doesn't have to be perfect. |
thegeelonghellswan | The Japanese language | 17 | 5,281 | 2010-08-11, 4:27 am | ||
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Thread: The Notebook Post: The Notebook I wish I had a teacher like that. I'm 25. |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 13 | 3,207 | 2010-07-25, 5:50 am | ||
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Thread: is anki good for srsing ? Post: is anki good for srsing ? loverkanji Wrote:The thing is that in the last 2 days I added like 750 sentences most of them I don't even remember what they mean anymore (grammar things like "did", "was done on something", "make so... |
thegeelonghellswan | Learning resources | 17 | 3,260 | 2010-07-25, 4:39 am | ||
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Thread: Want to get a dog in Japan but... Post: Want to get a dog in Japan but... theBryan Wrote:The notion of hypocrisy is just an abstract concept. Our brains like to build models of the world around us in order to direct our behavior, and therefore don't take inconsistency well... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 28 | 6,684 | 2010-07-23, 4:49 am | ||
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Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog I believe I have found a mother load of sorts for those learning Korean, although it may not be everyone's cup of tea. http://bible.c3tv.com/bible/main/index.asp?MenuCd=1 Is an online Korean bible. I... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 358 | 75,091 | 2010-07-21, 8:23 am | ||
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Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog Really interesting! All the best digital hand I hope it goes well! For those expressing interest in Korean, I found this - http://learnkorean.ning.com/profiles/blo...e=activity A parallel text of T... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 358 | 75,091 | 2010-07-21, 7:19 am | ||
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Thread: Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature Post: Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature David Gemmell - The "King" of heroic fantasy. Seriously love that guy, he's dead now :(... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 60 | 13,952 | 2010-07-03, 3:10 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English to a Japanese native Post: Teaching English to a Japanese native thurd Wrote:thegeelonghellswan Wrote:This is such a common story... it's actually sad. People are wasting millions and millions of dollars (plus time) thinking that going to a foreign country will mak... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 47 | 11,021 | 2010-06-23, 12:50 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English to a Japanese native Post: Teaching English to a Japanese native bodhisamaya Wrote:Actually, I think if you have enough savings where you can just spend your time interacting with the people, going overseas is the best way to acquire language. The Japanese I meet ... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 47 | 11,021 | 2010-06-22, 3:30 am | ||
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Thread: MBA in Japan Post: MBA in Japan dusmar84 Wrote:Ideally I would like to find a career in international business with a focus towards Asia. Temple's MBA program seem to be fairly well ranked so I wouldn't be missing out on the good s... |
thegeelonghellswan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 4,305 | 2010-06-22, 1:35 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English to a Japanese native Post: Teaching English to a Japanese native This is such a common story... it's actually sad. People are wasting millions and millions of dollars (plus time) thinking that going to a foreign country will make them fluent. I know I am preaching ... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 47 | 11,021 | 2010-06-22, 1:32 am | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Evil_Dragon Wrote:My Korean deck reached 3000 sentences.. is it just me or is Korean a lot "harder" than Japanese? It's hard bro... I'm nearly at 4000, still clueless. |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,605 | 2010-06-15, 3:02 am | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. Haha... I would never have thought that about ballet... No, my name has nothing to do with afl, it's just random words, but I too can picture a VB drinking, Holden driving, rabid afl fan. :) |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-11, 6:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. auxetoiles, I haven't really thought about bullying, but I suppose it happens, it is the military, not ballet after all. |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-11, 5:22 am | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. I believe our secret service does not train linguists, but recruits those with the required skill set. |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-09, 9:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. Yeah, I believe if you have a degree, you can become an officer in Australia, which I will come November. Nukemarine is right; BS abounds in corporations as well. Despite that somewhat dismal pictu... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-09, 8:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. zer0range Wrote:Quote:It seems like a sweet deal for someone who is interested in languages. Get paid to learn a language and work with languages everyday! It is pretty sweet, but do not underestimate... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-09, 12:29 am | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. A lot of good info here... I'll add what I have found out. There seems to be more than one type of linguist. You have translators/interpreters and then you have Cryptological linguists. The latter e... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-09, 12:16 am | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. Does anybody have any idea of how good military trained linguists are? Is their education equal to RTK + Manga ? (Jokes...) Seriously, what do people know/think about this type of language course/le... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 24 | 8,405 | 2010-06-08, 7:42 pm | ||
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Thread: We Are All One Consciousness Post: We Are All One Consciousness Trying to label one job as the most difficult in the world is silly. "I know it's trendy to say 'oh the workers, toiling in the wheat fields, abused by their corporate masters', but today it's really... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 49 | 9,690 | 2010-05-04, 6:36 am | ||
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Thread: Rant about Japan. Post: Rant about Japan. What is your motivation for starting this thread? Why do you care if people you don't know obsess about something? |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 18 | 2,345 | 2010-05-02, 8:12 am | ||
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Thread: Economics and Physics major Post: Economics and Physics major IceCream Wrote:a.) how much she won has nothing to do with it. b.) It's only 1200 players. c.) she has entered a lot of tournaments. d.) i hope she isn't terrible after this long it's well within sta... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 25 | 7,366 | 2010-04-27, 6:14 am | ||
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Thread: Economics and Physics major Post: Economics and Physics major IceCream Wrote:nest0r Wrote:All I know is, Neil deGrasse Tyson makes me want to be an astrophysicist: http://www.amazon.com/Death-Black-Hole-C...0393062244 Also, just get a degree and play poker, no ... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 25 | 7,366 | 2010-04-27, 4:40 am | ||
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Thread: Library of Congress Acquires Twitter Archives Post: Library of Congress Acquires Twitter Archives nest0r Wrote:JimmySeal Wrote:Sounds pretty nitpicky to me. You can't put information in a public place and then act like you have some say in the matter of what happens with it. Yet another case of ... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 9 | 1,481 | 2010-04-22, 9:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Finished core2000 :D what now? Post: Finished core2000 :D what now? Juniperpansy, I recommend you look at this webpage http://podolsky.everybody.org/rsi/ or research TMS and Doctor John Sarno. It might help you in regards to your RSI. Personally, I no longer view com... |
thegeelonghellswan | General discussion | 39 | 8,007 | 2010-04-18, 3:08 am | ||
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Thread: POKEMON TOPIC (ALL THINGS POKEMON HERE) Post: POKEMON TOPIC (ALL THINGS POKEMON HERE) Those drawings have a lot of character. |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 16 | 2,893 | 2010-04-17, 2:52 am | ||
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Thread: My mind is being raped. Post: My mind is being raped. lmao at the hyperbole in the title. |
thegeelonghellswan | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 3,822 | 2010-04-16, 4:53 am | ||
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Thread: Croatian Girl Goes into Coma, Wakes Up Fluent in German Post: Croatian Girl Goes into Coma, Wakes Up Fluent in G... I straight up don't believe it. Like Nestor said - it is totally anecdotal. Cases like this are usually debunked when put under the microscope. "The press reports of his fluency in English are based ... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 40 | 10,163 | 2010-04-13, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Any bloggers here? Post: Any bloggers here? I just started one, but it's about Korean, not Japanese. There is also a bunch of good blog links at the bottom of my site, but once again they are all Korean learners. http://languageandlife.wordpre... |
thegeelonghellswan | Off topic | 1 | 711 | 2010-04-12, 7:53 pm | ||
