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    Thread: Level Check
Post: Level Check
to improve speaking here is my formula (didn't invent it just found it online somewhere and modified for my needs) task: give a speech about a given topic in Japanese instructions: take note card/fl... 		semperanimus General discussion 21 3,854 2012-07-17, 12:45 pm
    Thread: I am teaching a 1 hour japanese class.
Post: I am teaching a 1 hour japanese class.
So I taught the class yesterday. I only had 3 people show up so it was a bit more personal than I thought it would be. we ended up covering 15 hirigana letters and all 3 of them were able to remember ... 		semperanimus General discussion 9 2,338 2012-07-17, 11:01 am
    Thread: I am teaching a 1 hour japanese class.
Post: I am teaching a 1 hour japanese class.
Weellllllll. On July 16th 2-3pm I am scheduled to be teaching a free Japanese beginner class at my local library. I'm still trying to figure out my lesson plan because it's quite a lot of work to figu... 		semperanimus General discussion 9 2,338 2012-06-28, 6:35 am
    Thread: Brilliant rant from a Japanese friend.
Post: Brilliant rant from a Japanese friend.
what is lacking? when it comes down to it, what it really takes to become good at a language are friends. People who help you out. here I'm going to have to stretch the definition of friends because f... 		semperanimus General discussion 46 8,157 2012-03-29, 9:53 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
core 2k! wahoo just finished looking at the last word in the list for the first time. plenty of reviews left though! its amazing what a person can do during spring break. I must be averaging 300-400 w... 		semperanimus General discussion 1,389 294,527 2012-03-29, 9:09 pm
    Thread: anki decks confuze me HELP ME PICK THE RIGHT ONE
Post: anki decks confuze me HELP ME PICK THE RIGHT ONE
thanks I found a good one, nukemarine's basic part 1 Core 2k/6k Japanese Vocabulary - Basic pt 1 UHM I'm not sure these are all the same words though? in the anki deck I found the word hayashi mea... 		semperanimus General discussion 3 1,278 2012-03-27, 10:16 am
    Thread: anki decks confuze me HELP ME PICK THE RIGHT ONE
Post: anki decks confuze me HELP ME PICK THE RIGHT ONE
Ok, so I've gone through the first 1k of the core decks on iknow.jp course list and wrote down the word in hirigana + definition. Anyway, now I want anki for helping me review them. HOWEVER, I can't f... 		semperanimus General discussion 3 1,278 2012-03-27, 8:14 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
500 vocab. started core 1k a few days ago. I knew quite a few of the words already but now I know the most common 500 for sure :D 		semperanimus General discussion 1,389 294,527 2012-03-25, 9:48 pm
    Thread: My new vocab method
Post: My new vocab method
thanks. now that I think of it it is basically the iverson method. while computer programs can make reviewing more efficient I find it easier to review from paper for some reason. thanks for your inpu... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 2 1,095 2012-03-21, 2:13 pm
    Thread: My new vocab method
Post: My new vocab method
I'm testing out a new vocab memorization method atm. I haven't used it enough yet to know for certain how effective it is but it seems promising. I'll let you know when I've come up with more substant... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 2 1,095 2012-03-21, 12:25 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary studying methods
Post: Vocabulary studying methods
I'm testing out a new vocab memorization method atm. I haven't used it enough yet to know for certain but it looks promising. I'll let you know when I've come up with more substantial data. its based... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 16 4,651 2012-03-21, 11:52 am
    Thread: forgetting grammar till later
Post: forgetting grammar till later
if I just memorize the x most common thousand words without doing any major grammar study would the intermediate/basic levels of grammar cover themselves from whatching anime/listening to podcasts? or... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 17 3,136 2012-03-19, 6:55 pm
    Thread: How to spend japanese study time on japanese?
Post: How to spend japanese study time on japanese?
on second thought, I guess the ones who don't answer my question are the only ones who have succeeded at this. or if they do answer maybe they've found some kind of compromise, e.g. don't look at for... 		semperanimus General discussion 13 3,417 2012-03-14, 1:32 pm
    Thread: How to spend japanese study time on japanese?
Post: How to spend japanese study time on japanese?
How to spend japanese study time on japanese instead of coming back and forth through forums etc... for some reason i'm not able to do more than 10 vocab words before I'm back to google or this forum ... 		semperanimus General discussion 13 3,417 2012-03-14, 1:25 pm
    Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking
Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking
what is shadowing? i'm not aware of the exact meaning of it. are you saying that listening to audio is not a good way to learn to speak? 		semperanimus Learning resources 105 15,251 2012-03-13, 7:26 pm
    Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking
Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking
AlexandreC Wrote:Shadowing is invoked here as a means to solve fine pronunciation issues, and for that, I think it's inadequate and ineffective. @alexandreC where here did anyone but you mention accen... 		semperanimus Learning resources 105 15,251 2012-03-13, 6:59 pm
    Thread: putting the Fun back into learning Japanese
Post: putting the Fun back into learning Japanese
for motivation I choose an episode from one of my favorite animes and decided I would watch it without subtitles every day until I understood every word. and the rest of my studying time i would focus... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 50 11,241 2012-02-03, 3:45 pm
    Thread: Need to get back into it
Post: Need to get back into it
http://hukumusume.com/douwa/betu/index.html has japanese childrens books AS WELL as audio with them. like I said japanesepod101 is also good for listening anime songs also often have subtitles in ja... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 10 2,973 2012-02-03, 2:01 pm
    Thread: Need to get back into it
Post: Need to get back into it
if you want to mix it up a bit you could -get the japanesepod101.com 7 day trial and listen to their beginner season 1 series -go to japaneseclass.jp (I reccomend getting adblock before going on thei... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 10 2,973 2012-02-03, 12:18 pm
    Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!"
Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b...
I enjoy studying root words because it enhances my ability to extract meaning from english words. projectile is so much more fun a word when you know pro means forward and ject means throw. kanji is ... 		semperanimus General discussion 85 26,685 2012-02-02, 4:02 pm
    Thread: Doing the core 6k backwards
Post: Doing the core 6k backwards
well, I have already been studying for 6 months through japanesepod101.com but the words aren't organized the same way so when I look at the iknow chart there are 6000 words but in the first 2000 I p... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 5 1,344 2012-02-01, 5:25 pm
    Thread: Doing the core 6k backwards
Post: Doing the core 6k backwards
the smart.fm core 6k learned backwards. this would ensure that we stick to our studies and that our learning curve wouldn't increase but actually decrease so it would become more productive as we wen... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 5 1,344 2012-02-01, 8:36 am
    Thread: Japanese routine
Post: Japanese routine
do you have daily japanese routines? here's mine 9:00 am - 20-30 kanji + reviews 10:00 am - listen to japanesepod101 till I get bored 3:00 pm - "read" childrens books from http://hukumusume.com/douwa... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 16 4,090 2011-12-16, 2:14 pm
    Thread: So who's taking JLPT next Sunday?
Post: So who's taking JLPT next Sunday?
I just have to point this out. when people say 'native level', that could mean any number of things. I would say that I am a native English speaker. yet I haven't achieved the highest level of Englis... 		semperanimus JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 106 28,257 2011-12-05, 7:13 pm
    Thread: understanding anime vocab number
Post: understanding anime vocab number
if - all words are in order of frequency list - understanding = 85% of total words recognized or understood how many words would you have to know to understand the average anime? not counting gramma... 		semperanimus The Japanese language 11 4,098 2011-11-15, 8:46 pm
    Thread: English as a second language - root words
Post: English as a second language - root words
@Irixmar = thanks I didn't know that about ~化 The original language of Japan, or at least the original language of a certain population that was ancestral to a significant portion of the historical ... 		semperanimus Learning resources 4 2,502 2011-10-24, 7:40 am
    Thread: English as a second language - root words
Post: English as a second language - root words
This doesn't have much to do with Japanese, but I just wanted to mention greek/latin roots are much more effective for vocab study then learning english words for example http://www.learnthat.org/pag... 		semperanimus Learning resources 4 2,502 2011-10-23, 10:09 pm
    Thread: Just Starting Out
Post: Just Starting Out
Start with the hirigana it really only takes like 3 hours and youl be able to sound out lots of words. after that start RTK1 I sugguest you only do RTK for maybe 1-2 hours a day when you get there and... 		semperanimus Learning resources 11 4,308 2011-09-30, 4:09 pm
    Thread: how far does 2 years of university classes take you?
Post: how far does 2 years of university classes take yo...
merlin.codex Wrote:What's the name of the program you're applying for, OP? was thinking about twoworldsunited but am rethinking after reading some reviews on it since I'm homeschooled it's kinda diffi... 		semperanimus Learning resources 81 18,126 2011-09-30, 2:22 pm
    Thread: how far does 2 years of university classes take you?
Post: how far does 2 years of university classes take yo...
a.. sou desu ne thanks for your replies I have a good idea of where I need to be by then I think I'm at about 600 vocab and 500 kanji (RTK) and I don't know how far my grammar is before you helped -... 		semperanimus Learning resources 81 18,126 2011-09-29, 8:49 pm