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Thread: Are there any psychological ways to help memorization? Post: Are there any psychological ways to help memorizat... Rakushun Wrote:Thanks for the brain music stuff, Ill check it out later. Personally I think things like this are just a placebo effect, which doesnt work well if youre aware of it, but I hope it does.... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 29 | 7,898 | 2007-09-05, 12:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Lost ^^; Post: Lost ^^; Readings are a separate endeavor. When you don't know what reconstructed collection of sounds means, there's no point in humming it at all. The only synthesis scenario that makes learning readings _a ... |
RoboTact | General discussion | 12 | 2,005 | 2007-09-05, 2:22 am | ||
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Thread: The Katakana are kicking my *** Post: The Katakana are kicking my *** I learned kana by Heisig's Remembering the Kana. It's as fast as advertised, though of course there's this eliminating the story stage during next few weeks. Page jumping system is ridiculous btw, in ... |
RoboTact | The Japanese language | 17 | 6,315 | 2007-09-02, 9:00 am | ||
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Thread: "Quick and dirty" method? Post: "Quick and dirty" method? I only _select_ a story during a study stage. The selected story can be as simple as a single phrase, without any associated imagery or details. Usually it's a borrowed story, which I might not like v... |
RoboTact | General discussion | 10 | 2,771 | 2007-08-31, 3:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Preventing Burnout: Counting your Kanji in days Post: Preventing Burnout: Counting your Kanji in days Long-term estimates without external motivation are unlikely to work. You do N [amount of work] a day, then enthusiasm vanishes and you drag it at N/10 for half a year. Then start at 2*N. Etc. It's mo... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 1,912 | 2007-08-30, 4:01 am | ||
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Thread: What should I do now? Post: What should I do now? Add all kanji you learn in a single batch, be it 5 or 100. Review them starting from the next day (no point in reviewing them immediately, you just saw them). Keep expired cards at zero. To recover fr... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,784 | 2007-08-21, 2:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Are there any psychological ways to help memorization? Post: Are there any psychological ways to help memorizat... Don't know about memorization, but my recall rate is significantly better at morning, (and/or) when I'm not weary. |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 29 | 7,898 | 2007-08-15, 2:47 am | ||
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Thread: How to use the stories... need help Post: How to use the stories... need help Kaass Wrote:QUESTION: How does that story help me remember 切 ? Main idea is that it's easier to remember abstract 'story' that enables arbitrary content than to remember severely restrained thing such... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 2,214 | 2007-08-06, 6:25 am | ||
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Thread: A beginner's question about writing Post: A beginner's question about writing More about triangles on stroke ends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cha..._typefaces |
RoboTact | The Japanese language | 24 | 8,500 | 2007-06-12, 7:58 am | ||
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Thread: A beginner's question about writing Post: A beginner's question about writing amthomas Wrote:Ummm... so, Dec/Robo...are there any examples that you can point out where the Mincho font has more strokes than necessary? Yes, they are all over the place. amthomas Wrote:The "triang... |
RoboTact | The Japanese language | 24 | 8,500 | 2007-06-11, 9:28 am | ||
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Thread: English Is Easy? (fun read) Post: English Is Easy? (fun read) Ambiguity is hardly a problem at all in language learning. Main problem an opposite one: when you have required vocabulary but can't say what you want correctly (complex grammar). |
RoboTact | General discussion | 13 | 13,955 | 2007-06-10, 5:04 pm | ||
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Thread: A beginner's question about writing Post: A beginner's question about writing You supposedly practice with pen and paper, so how can you possibly 'get triangles right'? Anyway, default font (minchō style) is shaped by block printing technology, which has nothing to do with hand... |
RoboTact | The Japanese language | 24 | 8,500 | 2007-06-10, 4:54 pm | ||
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Thread: night break and day break Post: night break and day break You can look up meaning of kanji in dictionary, where you can see additional unambiguous translations like 'dawn'. If you use firefox, install rikaichan plugin. |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 10,201 | 2007-05-31, 6:42 am | ||
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Thread: Long-term Commitment & Progress Thread Post: Long-term Commitment & Progress Thread Btw, it even isn't that wrong for Leitner system, as cards which fall in orange stacks are not reviewed for extended periods of time anyway. It could be implemented by adding offset to 'current time'... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,521 | 2007-05-28, 1:45 am | ||
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Thread: Long-term Commitment & Progress Thread Post: Long-term Commitment & Progress Thread I think 'suspend' feature for review system would be handy, though wrong from Leitner system point of view, it would remove psychological load, which I thing is more important factor in such situation... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,521 | 2007-05-27, 8:24 am | ||
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Thread: hmm totally not japanese related Post: hmm totally not japanese related It'd also take UI design skills to make a site like this one! Learn enabling techniques, create a do-nothing prototype with them and build from that. |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,678 | 2007-05-20, 5:20 am | ||
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Thread: Reviewing when tired Post: Reviewing when tired Yes, for me it can account for 5% vs. 50% failure rate difference. I can start reviewing late at night, get 50% wrong, stop half-way and review the rest in the morning with just a few errors. |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 1 | 928 | 2007-05-18, 7:12 am | ||
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Thread: Are you really that good? Post: Are you really that good? Btw, I found that lately, having acquired generally good english vocabulary, I tend to uncontiously ignore the fact that I know the meaning of many rare obscure words only in crude approximation. I ju... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 16 | 2,906 | 2007-04-27, 10:46 am | ||
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Thread: Are you really that good? Post: Are you really that good? When I approached 90%-per-page vocabulary level with english, I used the following technique. I usually read arbitrary texts on my way to/from school/uni/work and they are usually in form of printed 2... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 16 | 2,906 | 2007-04-27, 9:19 am | ||
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Thread: I can't find a copy of RTK anywhere. Post: I can't find a copy of RTK anywhere. dingomick Wrote:It's only in hindsight that we can all say that Heisig's method is easy enough to figure out without reading his explanations and using his primitives explanations. I'm sure no one her... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,045 | 2007-04-26, 5:37 am | ||
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Thread: When do you consider yourself "done" ? Post: When do you consider yourself "done" ? JimmySeal Wrote:I'm starting to doubt the necessity for anything beyond RTK1 (see this thread), but at the very least it would be a fun project to work on "RTK4." I too have seen 軋む in a book somewhe... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 38 | 6,990 | 2007-04-20, 8:39 am | ||
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Thread: I can't find a copy of RTK anywhere. Post: I can't find a copy of RTK anywhere. There's nothing complex or original about what this system is about. Once you get a general idea and see examples of applying it in study area to use and extrapolate, you don't need any more guidance.... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,045 | 2007-04-17, 7:36 pm | ||
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Thread: I can't find a copy of RTK anywhere. Post: I can't find a copy of RTK anywhere. You don't really need the book - you can infer everything from study area of this site. |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,045 | 2007-04-17, 5:21 pm | ||
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Thread: What you reading? Post: What you reading? fiminor Great advice! Trying to get native literature you'd like in language and culture you know nothing about is one big frustration. |
RoboTact | General discussion | 68 | 17,660 | 2007-04-14, 5:45 pm | ||
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Thread: What you watching? Post: What you watching? Where do you get JP subs? Aside from DVDs, that is... |
RoboTact | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,430 | 2007-04-10, 3:32 am | ||
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Thread: Need Advice with Direction of Study for the year Post: Need Advice with Direction of Study for the year JimmySeal I think you get important pragmatic considerations mixed up. For many tasks there's a mechanical way of doing and intuitive one. You gain intuition through experience. You become able to d... |
RoboTact | General discussion | 31 | 8,287 | 2007-04-04, 9:05 am | ||
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Thread: Need Advice with Direction of Study for the year Post: Need Advice with Direction of Study for the year Check out Tae Kim's grammar portal. It may be used as intensive course to start understanding sentence structure. Combined with Heisig, it's all you need aside from experience if you are not in any pa... |
RoboTact | General discussion | 31 | 8,287 | 2007-04-04, 3:11 am | ||
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Thread: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Post: 花 - flower primitive/radical... Many primitive meanings are arbitrary. Idea is that more vivid and specific/tangible meanings help in story construction. |
RoboTact | The Japanese language | 10 | 5,928 | 2007-03-31, 12:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Mobile system with key interface to memorize Heisig kanjis Post: Mobile system with key interface to memorize Heisi... Never mind - it was just nonsense... |
RoboTact | Learning resources | 14 | 3,075 | 2007-03-20, 2:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Mobile system with key interface to memorize Heisig kanjis Post: Mobile system with key interface to memorize Heisi... If you somehow press that 'review all expired cards' link on review page the same way you start review in your favorite flashcard system, it'll be essentially the same, both in selection algorithm and... |
RoboTact | Learning resources | 14 | 3,075 | 2007-03-20, 11:15 am | ||
