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Thread: Learn a language in an hour Post: Learn a language in an hour Famous article by Peter Norvig, Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years, I'm sure it's been covered here before, worth a read: http://norvig.com/21-days.html |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 14 | 2,404 | 2010-11-14, 3:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Android apps Post: Android apps CarolinaCG Wrote:None of you mentioned anki droid. Are you already aware of it? I bought an HTC with Android recently, after I lost my ipod touch in a trip. I've installed ankidroid but all it does is... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 157 | 85,756 | 2010-06-11, 6:23 am | ||
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Thread: Speak2Easy: A Very Helpful Tool For Language Learning Post: Speak2Easy: A Very Helpful Tool For Language Learn... Tobberoth Wrote:Always nice with new study options, but isn't this borderline spamming? Isn't borderline when you're in the border and it's not clear whether you crossed it? |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 5 | 3,606 | 2009-12-15, 8:07 am | ||
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Thread: iAnki vs Anki Mini Post: iAnki vs Anki Mini Hi there, I've been checking several posts but cannot find a clear step by step way to install iAnki on my iPod touch. I'd appreciate any help. Went to the anki website but the explanations don't ma... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 127 | 45,915 | 2009-10-31, 5:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki on Windows Mobile 6 Post: Anki on Windows Mobile 6 Thanks, very thoughtful of you. Yes, once I'm no longer broke, I will definitely make a donation. I have recommended Anki to friends studying foreign languages and they could not believe such polished... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 6 | 6,592 | 2009-09-03, 5:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki on Windows Mobile 6 Post: Anki on Windows Mobile 6 Apologies if this has been explained already, did a quick search and only found reference to netbooks and iPods. I got a Windows Mobile 6 phone ( though it's more of a mini PC, really ) and there only... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 6 | 6,592 | 2009-08-29, 7:59 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? ahibba Wrote:Chandlerhimself Wrote:Japanese subtitles don't match up 1:1 with what is said in English. This is not restricted to Japanese, it's the same thing in most languages I think. I sometimes Sp... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-07-01, 8:28 am | ||
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Thread: kinda lost.. Post: kinda lost.. ore_wa_ecchi Wrote:making stories for all 200 O__O tiring job.. i hope its worth it... Anything worthwhile is tiring, specially at first. Think about being able to recognise, draw and translate ( at l... |
Jeromin | Remembering the Kanji | 19 | 2,521 | 2009-06-18, 8:51 am | ||
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Thread: Finished with RTK1, and unsurprisingly, I have questions. Post: Finished with RTK1, and unsurprisingly, I have que... activeaero Wrote:Nukemarine Wrote:Just make the decision and don't second guess it. Later you can switch up if you feel it's prudent. That's the beauty of Anki. This really is the best advice. I thin... |
Jeromin | Remembering the Kanji | 16 | 7,977 | 2009-06-13, 8:01 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Odyssey 2001 - 1110 Sentence Post: Kanji Odyssey 2001 - 1110 Sentence vosmiura Wrote:Jeromin Wrote:bodhisamaya Wrote:But then all the people who check the book out will be using Heisig for free. Don't support libraries! It is stealing :rolleyes: Good point. Support pub... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 70 | 17,943 | 2009-06-11, 3:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Odyssey 2001 - 1110 Sentence Post: Kanji Odyssey 2001 - 1110 Sentence bodhisamaya Wrote:But then all the people who check the book out will be using Heisig for free. Don't support libraries! It is stealing :rolleyes: Good point. Support public libraries and support cop... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 70 | 17,943 | 2009-06-11, 1:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Water Primitive Post: Water Primitive Aijin Wrote:[ A lot of the 'official' stroke orders are also not always the most effective and fast. Especially some of the longer and more complex characters sometimes have very stupid and illogical... |
Jeromin | The Japanese language | 17 | 2,631 | 2009-06-11, 1:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Odyssey 2001 - 1110 Sentence Post: Kanji Odyssey 2001 - 1110 Sentence welldone101 Wrote:The books rock. Buy them, stick them on your shelf and never look at em if you want to use the pirated ebook. I own RtK 1+2, but use the pdf instead because it's handier. When I ge... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 70 | 17,943 | 2009-06-11, 7:30 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji isn't that hard! Kanji can be mastered with the "24 rules" Post: Kanji isn't that hard! Kanji can be mastered with ... ファブリス Wrote:The japanese and english text side by side is great, the pictures however remind me of the well intended, but flawed, Kanji Pict-O-Graphix book/method. Which I nearly ended up studying, as... |
Jeromin | Learning resources | 25 | 16,265 | 2009-06-06, 6:21 am | ||
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Thread: Quickly learn to just read a language? Post: Quickly learn to just read a language? ahibba Wrote:Jeromin, you are a native speaker, aren't you? Which words didn't you know and have encountered many times? Nope. Spanish, Portuguese (very rusty by now, specially writing), English, Fren... |
Jeromin | Off topic | 59 | 12,328 | 2009-06-03, 6:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Quickly learn to just read a language? Post: Quickly learn to just read a language? ahibba Wrote:Have you tried this one: http://www.wordsandtools.com/vocdemo/gzram3.html 105/120, word estimate, 16460. I fairness, I failed a few due to my general impatience... 120 questions!! But n... |
Jeromin | Off topic | 59 | 12,328 | 2009-06-03, 6:01 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Aijin Wrote:Gosh, no compliments for Aijin's English. Maybe talking in the third person will help :P It's the price to pay for signing up as coming from Stanford University... A lukewarm reviews of ou... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-03, 5:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Quickly learn to just read a language? Post: Quickly learn to just read a language? Tried a vocabulary estimate at: http://www.insightin.com/test/test.phtml 44/50, estimated vocabulary 8,800. Hmm, not bad. This other test estimates it at 21,600 http://www.prolingua.co.jp/vocab_e... |
Jeromin | Off topic | 59 | 12,328 | 2009-06-03, 3:26 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? I hope none of my convoluted, dry sentences have ended up in some well meaning English student's SRS ... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-02, 6:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Chinese writing Hanzi vs Japanese writing Kanji Post: Chinese writing Hanzi vs Japanese writing Kanji I remember Japanese students of English, back in the eighties, and their handwriting in English was very neat. Then again, they also dressed very conservatively. A whole different generation, I guess.... |
Jeromin | The Japanese language | 15 | 7,164 | 2009-06-02, 12:29 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Well, I guess we were all wrong: Here's a link to learning All 1945 joyo kanji in 10 minutes [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdChdA-hp...re=related] |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-02, 10:28 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? rarta Wrote:Haha, Putin worked in Germany for several years, that's why his German is amazing. Believe me, there's no anything special about teaching foreign languages here, in Russia) All the same. "... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-02, 5:38 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Well, there's nothing new about total immersion, AJATT is just an effective sell of it. I noticed, when studying English, that students who spoke only English, usually because no one spoke their langu... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-02, 3:33 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? harhol Wrote:The biggest flaw in the "X per day" rush method is that it fails to account for when you feel demotivated or unwell, when you oversleep, when you want to watch a TV show, when you need to... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-01, 1:56 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? ahibba Wrote:[ In average, one can learn 300 words if the language is distant linguistically, or 1000 if it is in the same language family. 300 Japanese words a day? How? I'd love to know, because I'm... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-01, 10:34 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months? Nowadays, with the latest learning tools and techniques, combined with superb mental strength, my guess is the answer is no. But I would not discourage anyone from giving it a serous go. Mr. Heisig fa... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 395 | 64,341 | 2009-06-01, 8:58 am | ||
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Thread: kanji not in RTK 1 or 3 Post: kanji not in RTK 1 or 3 Being the first Westerner to pass the Kanji Kentei Level 1 test, would surely mark a before and after for Japanese perceptions of gaijin potential. For someone mastering RtK 1-3 and moving to Japan pe... |
Jeromin | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 11,057 | 2009-05-25, 4:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Makes me want to learn Finnish... Post: Makes me want to learn Finnish... I had a Finnish girlfriend followed by a Japanese one. Their language sounded strangely similar. I heard someone mention that a distant link between the two languages had been hypothesized. Any basis ... |
Jeromin | General discussion | 23 | 8,165 | 2009-05-25, 8:11 am | ||
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Thread: do you need to start learning japanese to do RtK2 and 3? Post: do you need to start learning japanese to do RtK2 ... Just like there are lists of basic Kanji, 2042 and so on, is there a list of basic compounds? Maybe a list of words one's expected to have mastered by high school or before. I'd imagine they'd be in t... |
Jeromin | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 6,073 | 2009-05-19, 12:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Anti-kanji-learning article (in jpn & eng) Post: Anti-kanji-learning article (in jpn & eng) I agree. Rather than mere isolated over achievers, students in this forum become well equipped for the task with the most sophisticated, up to date tools, great mutual encouragement and an atmosphere ... |
Jeromin | The Japanese language | 44 | 8,789 | 2009-05-17, 11:06 am | ||
