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    Thread: Skype lesssons
Post: Skype lesssons

Thank you for your suggestions. I signed up to italki.com and I am highly impressed. Website is extremely easy to use, very cheap lessons and you can schedule a lesson whenever suits you. If anyone ...
saborio General discussion 4 1,095 2014-09-07, 10:04 pm
    Thread: Skype lesssons
Post: Skype lesssons

Does anybody know of anyone who does 1 hour lessons (I say lesson but I only want to talk in Japanese so just conversation) for about 600 yen? I tried language exchange websites but didn't get on to...
saborio General discussion 4 1,095 2014-08-28, 1:42 am
    Thread: Number of words for N2
Post: Number of words for N2

Okay thanks. Will just do as much as I can and hope for the best.
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 6 2,840 2013-07-26, 2:58 am
    Thread: Number of words for N2
Post: Number of words for N2

I have seen conflicting statements about how many words are needed for N2. I have seen 5000 - 6000+ . This really does effect whether I can take this exam this December as vocab is the only thing ho...
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 6 2,840 2013-07-24, 8:26 pm
    Thread: difference between tekuru and teiku
Post: difference between tekuru and teiku

I seem to have somehow skipped this in my studies and it seems crucially important. My understanding is roughly tekuru is up untill now and teiku is from present into the future. However, is someone...
saborio Group study 7 3,676 2013-07-07, 1:21 am
    Thread: Sentences vs Vocabulary
Post: Sentences vs Vocabulary

Try and sync your learning as much as possible. For example, nearly all my learning stems from the Joyo kanji. I pick the next kanji and put it into anki under the kanji deck. I then use that kanji ...
saborio The Japanese language 15 4,371 2013-06-19, 7:01 pm
    Thread: December JLPT N2 - study plan
Post: December JLPT N2 - study plan

Okay, thank you.
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,141 2013-06-16, 6:00 pm
    Thread: December JLPT N2 - study plan
Post: December JLPT N2 - study plan

Those of you who have taken n2, what books would you recommend for studying grammar?
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,141 2013-06-15, 10:39 am
    Thread: How to slow down audio files?
Post: How to slow down audio files?

Perfect, thank you. Currently listening to Harry Potter at 0.9 speed!
saborio Learning resources 5 948 2013-06-12, 8:46 am
    Thread: How to slow down audio files?
Post: How to slow down audio files?

I have already tried downloading that but it does not support m4a files. I get a message saying please convert to a WAV or an AIFF file? I've never heard of them... If I convert the m4a file to an m...
saborio Learning resources 5 948 2013-06-12, 8:27 am
    Thread: How to slow down audio files?
Post: How to slow down audio files?

Hi, I have Harry Potter m4a audio files on my laptop. However, at the moment the speed at which it is spoken is too fast. Therefore, I am looking, quite simply for a program which allows me to slow d...
saborio Learning resources 5 948 2013-06-12, 8:18 am
    Thread: December JLPT N2 - study plan
Post: December JLPT N2 - study plan

Thank you for your replies. I am under no illusions as to the difficulty of N2 however N3 is simply not an option for me. 90% of the reason why I want to take N2 as I intend to use that 'pressure' o...
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,141 2013-06-09, 7:54 pm
    Thread: December JLPT N2 - study plan
Post: December JLPT N2 - study plan

I tried to sign up to December's N2 exam to provide me with the incentive and pressure to make myself study but unfortunately you cannot sign up until August. Getting to the point, how should I aim ...
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 9,141 2013-06-09, 5:18 am
    Thread: I need to take the JLPT N2 next year, need some advice
Post: I need to take the JLPT N2 next year, need some ad...

Just going slightly off topic, is it realistically possible to go from N3 this summer to N2 in December this year? Will have around 2 hours a day to dedicate to studying.
saborio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 10 5,783 2013-05-02, 8:38 pm
    Thread: Guidance needed
Post: Guidance needed

I have been studying Japanese for around 1 year now and I have made some steady progress. Completed Genki 1, Genki 2 and 'a course in modern Japanese 2' (slightly more advanced than Genki 2) At arou...
saborio The Japanese language 7 2,374 2013-04-17, 12:54 am