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    Thread: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language
Post: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language

I think that most adults that learn a new language can learn lexical items much faster than children, but the one advantage children get is the accent and the grammar. They just start to know 'what fe...
violagirl23 Off topic 21 5,937 2011-10-14, 8:11 pm
    Thread: Extensive reading vs. intensive reading
Post: Extensive reading vs. intensive reading

quark Wrote:As for reading a book that's been translated to Japanese, what you're saying definitely has a ring of truth to it. This is why I've been leery of reading Harry Potter in Japanese (that, an...
violagirl23 Learning resources 8 5,120 2011-10-14, 7:44 pm
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

I'm really glad to hear the new test is more reading-oriented. Maybe it's just me, but I'm just fine with listening and reading, but the one-sentence grammar and vocab questions trip me up more. I bla...
violagirl23 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,930 2011-10-09, 7:34 am
    Thread: Kanji Games for the Nintendo DS
Post: Kanji Games for the Nintendo DS

Hm. These all look good. My main problem is remembering a kanji in a word, but not the position in the word, like 報 in 情報, seeing it in another word and not remembering if the pronunciation is ほう or じ...
violagirl23 Learning resources 231 128,199 2011-02-10, 2:42 am