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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? blackbrich Wrote:No one can learn everything... so.... I also think many would disagree about needing a formal instructor. What exactly does formal instructor teach you that you could not find yoursel... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-23, 7:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? Zgarbas Wrote:I think your opinion is biased because you start from the assumption that formal study=top-notch classes whereas self-study is severely restricted. You are the only one making that assum... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-23, 3:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Friends are acting weird about my Japanese. Post: Friends are acting weird about my Japanese. Abajour Wrote:If my friends do well in their soccer teams or get straight A's I always feel happy for them. They work hard to reach their goals and I work hard to reach mine. I don't see why this Japa... |
amtrack | Off topic | 21 | 6,849 | 2013-05-23, 2:19 am | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? TwoMoreCharacters Wrote:Are there any specific examples on your mind? If we're talking Japanese, use of honorifics and keigo are a couple of specific examples. I'm not sure how it is for Japanese nat... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-23, 1:50 am | ||
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Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Warp2243 Wrote:I'm sorry amtrack, I added the quotation of what you said at the wrong place of my post. Aha its all good, I should have known that wasn't meant for me based on the post and the wording... |
amtrack | Remembering the Kanji | 50 | 17,997 | 2013-05-23, 1:19 am | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? Tzadeck Wrote:But, the heart of my point was that he should be less certain than he is for this particular conviction. Well you're absolutely right, I should be. Technically, as you said, there are n... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-23, 1:14 am | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? Tzadeck Wrote:No, you are not certain. And saying that she was proficient in English is the understatement of the year. Of course I'm certain. Everything has limits; it is illogical to assume otherw... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-22, 9:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Warp2243 Wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being a little annoying in this post, but I think it would be nice if you wouldn't be so assertive and would be more nuanced about all this. We are all learning so it's... |
amtrack | Remembering the Kanji | 50 | 17,997 | 2013-05-22, 4:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? Silty Wrote:amtrack Wrote:2. Public education is generally bad, so I will exclude it for that reason Does this include public universities, in your opinion? From my experience, yes. But there are som... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-22, 2:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? Tzadeck Wrote:Hmm, I don't know. I had a Japanese ex-girlfriend Also, there are a lot of little instances I can think of when I or other people did self-study and it turned out better. For example... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-22, 1:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Are paid classes good? Post: Are paid classes good? Chigun Wrote:I'm going back for two more semesters to meet the requirements of a Bachelor's degree. Regardless, I have a new found respect for self-learners and for people who exert Herculean efforts ... |
amtrack | General discussion | 66 | 13,812 | 2013-05-22, 1:29 am | ||
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Thread: A question about SRS and Sentences Post: A question about SRS and Sentences danatoth Wrote:Did most of you start out with only a few sentences a day and build up? Or did you just jump right in head first and pick a number and just learn that many a day every day? Be it senten... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 17 | 3,575 | 2013-05-22, 1:06 am | ||
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Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? yudantaiteki Wrote:The readings were not borrowed into Japanese from modern Mandarin Chinese and they've gone through their own millenia of pronunciation changes. ohoho learn something new every day ... |
amtrack | Remembering the Kanji | 50 | 17,997 | 2013-05-21, 6:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Stansfield123 Wrote:He concluded that the only explanation is their familiarity with the Kanji (how to recognize and write them, NOT readings and Japanese words), and devised a relatively quick way fo... |
amtrack | Remembering the Kanji | 50 | 17,997 | 2013-05-21, 4:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji and Cloze deletion Post: Kanji and Cloze deletion yudantaiteki Wrote:Just don't be too strict about this. Very few kanji have a single English word that can express all (or even half) of the uses of that kanji. I just use whats there in the kanji di... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,137 | 2013-05-21, 2:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji and Cloze deletion Post: Kanji and Cloze deletion RawToast Wrote:I don't know about that. I've done RTK (lite) and struggle with mock JLPT tests when the answers are in kana for a word I know the kanji by heart. This sort of thing could help :) Yeah ... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,137 | 2013-05-21, 1:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji and Cloze deletion Post: Kanji and Cloze deletion Stansfield123 Wrote:Are you learning Kanji readings without any words that reading is used in? I put example compounds on the back of my cards. Not to memorize them, but just to get a feel for how th... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,137 | 2013-05-21, 12:07 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji and Cloze deletion Post: Kanji and Cloze deletion uisukii Wrote:How early, exactly? Are you aware of the different onyomi and kunyomi for 生, for example? Early enough to where you'd be interested in different ways to tackle your kanji studies. More ... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,137 | 2013-05-20, 11:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji and Cloze deletion Post: Kanji and Cloze deletion So I tried something new in my studies today, and really like it so far. While it can work for RTK, I think its rather pointless. This was mainly a solution to the "how to study readings" problem in... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 18 | 4,137 | 2013-05-20, 9:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Need help with grammar and word choice. Post: Need help with grammar and word choice. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume this is for a class. My suggestion would be to stick with the words and expressions you learned in class. If it is a test, then the test will only cover that... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,648 | 2013-05-20, 5:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? uisukii Wrote:^To be slightly critical, but would it be really fair to consider RtK as providing a "deep" understanding of the kanji? Wouldn't such a description entail a familiarity of readings and i... |
amtrack | Remembering the Kanji | 50 | 17,997 | 2013-05-19, 9:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month? mrbryce Wrote:unless you take naps every single day and are particularly obsessed... it seems a bit unrealistic. i d say the enthusiasm will fail you. a 3 month schedule already is an impressive feat.... |
amtrack | Remembering the Kanji | 50 | 17,997 | 2013-05-18, 10:38 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I Feel Motivated Right now" thread. Post: The "I Feel Motivated Right now" thread. I'm motivated from having a plan lol. Learning is soooo much more enjoyable when you don't have to think about structure. Ah its also great when you take your time. So far I go at a pace of about a... |
amtrack | General discussion | 46 | 14,729 | 2013-05-18, 10:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japanese Perspective Post: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japa... OzarM Wrote:(I've spent most of my time concentrating on the written aspect of the language.) No need to be discouraged. As with anything, practice makes perfect lol. Any language you learn requires... |
amtrack | General discussion | 31 | 14,608 | 2013-05-16, 8:55 pm | ||
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Thread: How do you get out of a rut? Post: How do you get out of a rut? Onara Wrote:What helps? What can I do? :( :( Slow down lol. Idk how many you do a day, but cut it in half if you have to. Also mix up your studies. You're just getting burned out from pounding kanj... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 20 | 5,510 | 2013-05-16, 7:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone else hate kana? Post: Anyone else hate kana? Tzadeck Wrote:I don't really get what you mean. Kana-only materials (basically, children's books, RPGs before 1994, and poetry--am I missing anything?) are kind of annoying to read, but easily avoida... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 27 | 4,741 | 2013-05-16, 7:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Guidance needed Post: Guidance needed saborio Wrote:What advice can you give me to help me with regards to the more advanced grammar to ensure that I not just know it but can actually use it frequently ( a common problem I have) ? Honestl... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,374 | 2013-05-16, 7:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Honorifics Post: Japanese Honorifics Its already been covered quite thoroughly, so I just wanted to add that when in doubt, be polite. Worst that will happen is that they'll say something about it in a teasing fashion, and you can take ... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,956 | 2013-05-16, 7:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japanese Perspective Post: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japa... somstuff Wrote:On a side note, how important is pitch accent? Will lack of proper pitch accent give you away as a foreigner (assuming they don't already know, lol)? Is it as bad as improper accent in ... |
amtrack | General discussion | 31 | 14,608 | 2013-05-16, 6:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone else hate kana? Post: Anyone else hate kana? Khakionion Wrote:The first video game I tried to play entirely in Japanese was Mother 2, because it was all in kana. "Surely this will be easier to read than looking up kanji," I foolishly thought. LO... |
amtrack | The Japanese language | 27 | 4,741 | 2013-05-16, 6:50 pm | ||
