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    Thread: SAT-Subject Test-Japanese
Post: SAT-Subject Test-Japanese

Actually the link I posted was for the AP Japanese test, not the SAT subject test which is entirely different. Will your university give you credit for the SAT subject test? Or is it that you will be ...
sheetz JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 9,491 2010-10-11, 2:24 pm
    Thread: SAT-Subject Test-Japanese
Post: SAT-Subject Test-Japanese

According to this list it tests 410 kanji. http://www.cheng-tsui.com/downloads/supp...kanji_list I wonder which books students use because that's more kanji than what is found in the vast majority of...
sheetz JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 9,491 2010-10-11, 1:57 pm
    Thread: Iron Chef
Post: Iron Chef

http://filehouse.ironcheffans.info/index.php
sheetz Off topic 4 846 2010-09-27, 10:19 pm
    Thread: The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese
Post: The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Ja...

I think in general people are just much more impressed with you when you can speak with a very good accent and pronunciation. Some people may have already seen this Youtube video of a Korean polyglo...
sheetz General discussion 31 6,227 2010-09-26, 7:00 pm
    Thread: The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese
Post: The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Ja...

Their accents may not be great but I hesitate to say I could do better. Achieving a native sounding accent seems to be quite rare. I was watching some English speaking contests on Youtube and even top...
sheetz General discussion 31 6,227 2010-09-26, 3:20 am
    Thread: Teaching in High school
Post: Teaching in High school

Wow, what an ambitious plan! Since this is your project I'm assuming your students are doing this for fun and won't actually be receiving a real grade? If so I suggest focusing primarily on passive sk...
sheetz General discussion 11 2,440 2010-09-24, 4:41 pm
    Thread: Discussion on Textbooks
Post: Discussion on Textbooks

It's true that you can learn Japanese with pretty much any textbook, but I figure if you're going to the trouble of working your way through Heisig you may as well find a textbook that uses lots of ka...
sheetz The Japanese language 46 14,885 2010-09-16, 7:21 pm
    Thread: Discussion on Textbooks
Post: Discussion on Textbooks

Also consider self-study books like the Assimil Japanese course. Many textbooks are meant to be used in a classroom setting and may be less effective when used for self-study. I used Assimil as my pri...
sheetz The Japanese language 46 14,885 2010-09-15, 6:07 pm
    Thread: SAT advice (Particularly Vocabulary)
Post: SAT advice (Particularly Vocabulary)

They now have things called "SAT vocabulary novels," which are books written specifically to help readers learn SAT vocabulary. Makes you wonder when someone will write a "JLPT novel." http://www.spa...
sheetz Off topic 10 3,370 2010-09-15, 1:09 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Finished my 3rd pass of HP2. After my final pass I think I'll move on to Botchan since there's a parallel text already made for it.
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-09-09, 3:06 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Checking in. Just finished first pass of HP2.
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-08-28, 2:04 am
    Thread: Disney in Japanese
Post: Disney in Japanese

I'm not too tech savvy. What's the best way to download these videos to save for posterity?
sheetz Learning resources 15 12,332 2010-08-25, 6:02 pm
    Thread: Teaching RTK (both "Kanji" and "Kana" types) in Yokosuka
Post: Teaching RTK (both "Kanji" and "Kana" types) in Yo...

In a classroom setting I think it would be fun to bring in props to represent the various primitives and have students create mini-skits for each kanji. For example, student A could wear some gaudy ...
sheetz Off topic 24 7,763 2010-08-25, 12:30 am
    Thread: is it possible to learn without formally learning grammar?
Post: is it possible to learn without formally learning ...

Zon70 Wrote:for the most part, though we only used genki 1 through those 2 semesters, and there is still some parts of grammar i have not learned, i know the basics however i really dont want to get i...
sheetz The Japanese language 32 8,429 2010-08-21, 6:35 pm
    Thread: is it possible to learn without formally learning grammar?
Post: is it possible to learn without formally learning ...

I'm confused. The OP has taken 2 semesters of Japanese classes using Genki, receiving good grades in the process, and yet claims to have not formally studied grammar? Just because one doesn't use a bo...
sheetz The Japanese language 32 8,429 2010-08-21, 3:48 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I've been doing LR at least 1 hr/day. Sometimes as many as 3-4 hrs/day. My approach has been to go through each book 4 times: Listen L2/Read L1, Listen L2/Read L2, then repeat. So far I've noticed a...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-08-18, 3:56 pm
    Thread: Learning Japanese without Kanjii(reading/writing)
Post: Learning Japanese without Kanjii(reading/writing)

There are a few courses available for those not wishing to learn Japanese script, but none will take you beyond beginner/intermediate. Off the top of my head there are: All audio programs such as Mi...
sheetz The Japanese language 25 11,050 2010-08-13, 5:00 pm
    Thread: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ
Post: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ

Well, if finding a conversation partner is more important than possibly annoying the occasional person then go ahead and dismiss what I have to say.
sheetz General discussion 61 11,140 2010-08-02, 4:45 pm
    Thread: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ
Post: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ

Hey, go ahead and dismiss what I have to say. But if the OP is smart, he'll make 100% sure that the people he addresses in Japanese are actually Japanese.
sheetz General discussion 61 11,140 2010-08-02, 4:09 pm
    Thread: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ
Post: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ

quincy Wrote:sheetz Wrote:Isn't Ocircle of Korean descent? I'm Chinese-American and I'd probably be annoyed if I went to Hawaii and people assumed I was a Japanese tourist without even bothering to as...
sheetz General discussion 61 11,140 2010-08-02, 3:23 pm
    Thread: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ
Post: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ

Isn't Ocircle of Korean descent? I'm Chinese-American and I'd probably be annoyed if I went to Hawaii and people assumed I was a Japanese tourist without even bothering to ask if I was Japanese.
sheetz General discussion 61 11,140 2010-08-02, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Sasuga bookstore closed?
Post: Sasuga bookstore closed?

Yes, it's sad to see them go. I've bought a number of things from them in the past. Now the best place for people in the US to buy Japanese books online is probably Kinokuniya. http://bookweb.kinokun...
sheetz The Japanese language 10 5,536 2010-07-24, 11:37 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I started LR-ing in Japanese a couple of days ago with the Little Prince. It's a nice book to use as a warmup before moving on to more challenging texts. I've listened to the audio before in the past,...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-07-24, 12:20 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

What isn't translated into Japanese? LOL One blogger who might be asked to help record is the person who runs Japanese Classical Literature at Bedtime. She says about herself: "I enjoy reading aloud,...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-07-23, 12:10 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Personally I have no real expectations of what my language abilities will be after a couple hundred hours of L-R, but I do think it's an interesting experiment and I'll definitely share my results. I ...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-07-22, 11:18 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Aijin Wrote:This method advocates a very large amount of hours over an extended period of time, and the results are described as being the same as if someone had been doing any other form of listening...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-07-22, 10:07 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I always found the L-R method's originator to be thoroughly entertaining and I thought it was pretty obvious that his/her occasional outrageous statements were meant to get under the skin of some of t...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-07-22, 8:20 pm
    Thread: Advice sought for Intermediate Japanese
Post: Advice sought for Intermediate Japanese

But is the OP actively using incorrect grammar at this point or is he/her concentrating on passive input? If one is only listening and reading and not actively communicating with anyone what does it ...
sheetz Learning resources 38 10,219 2010-07-22, 6:54 pm
    Thread: Advice sought for Intermediate Japanese
Post: Advice sought for Intermediate Japanese

I tend to agree that if you want to get really, really good at a foreign language it's better to study grammar. Even though people often say that we learned our native languages as children without te...
sheetz Learning resources 38 10,219 2010-07-22, 5:37 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

According to the originator of the method one needs many, many hours of NEW material. So reading the same HP book 100 times isn't enough. For some other languages it has been said that the amount of a...
sheetz General discussion 358 75,036 2010-07-21, 7:39 am