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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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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