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Thread: lingvist.io Post: lingvist.io i've been using it for 3 or 4 days now -- still very fun, i feel like some progress is coming along. the built in analytics on the dashboard are nice for basic learning metrics. wish i had something l... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 2 | 1,494 | 2014-11-30, 3:16 am | ||
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Thread: lingvist.io Post: lingvist.io Have any of you heard or looked at http://lingvist.io? They are focusing on English->French for now, but beta testing a method that is supposedly highly efficient. Fully web-based, in-context vocab... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 2 | 1,494 | 2014-11-28, 1:46 am | ||
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Thread: Gacco. University lessons (in japanese) online for free? Post: Gacco. University lessons (in japanese) online for... Well the videos seem watchable via youtube as well. My favorite and easy-to-use script for ripping youtube videos is "youtube-dl" which works on the command line. Great little utility: http://rg3.gith... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 27 | 9,678 | 2014-05-29, 7:27 am | ||
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Thread: OMG Gacco! Post: OMG Gacco! Hey All, I don't know if this is old news, but I just stumbled upon a Japanese Coursera clone called Gacco. It seems that they put a lot of effort into making a slick interface. There's only one cour... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 2 | 551 | 2014-05-27, 8:21 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT December 2013 Scores Available - Discuss! Post: JLPT December 2013 Scores Available - Discuss! I took N1 and got this: December: Language Knowledge: 40/60 Reading: 1/60 Listening: 35/60 The messed up thing is I took it in July and got: Language Knowledge: 30/60 Reading: 26/60 Listening: 26/60... |
kodorakun | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 39 | 12,046 | 2014-01-31, 6:03 am | ||
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Thread: Screwed up JLPT bubbles... Post: Screwed up JLPT bubbles... And thanks for the comments guys -- kind of a crummy situation but it's nice to hear some feedback. At the end of the day we should all focus on enjoying the language and supporting each other. Thank... |
kodorakun | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 7 | 1,852 | 2014-01-28, 11:29 am | ||
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Thread: Screwed up JLPT bubbles... Post: Screwed up JLPT bubbles... Yep, I figure I'm screwed. Lol... But, it just so happens that I specialize in statistics and data analysis (my life outside of studying Japanese) and can demonstrate that it's more probable (ridiculo... |
kodorakun | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 7 | 1,852 | 2014-01-28, 11:27 am | ||
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Thread: Screwed up JLPT bubbles... Post: Screwed up JLPT bubbles... So I just got my N1 results and found that I got nearly a passing score, and then the detailed breakdown showed 1/60 for reading comp. I'm not going to inflate my sense of understanding, but this is ... |
kodorakun | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 7 | 1,852 | 2014-01-28, 4:14 am | ||
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Thread: Vobsub subs disappear after seek? Post: Vobsub subs disappear after seek? Better than VLC?! Impossible! ^^ |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 2 | 779 | 2013-10-29, 8:00 am | ||
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Thread: Vobsub subs disappear after seek? Post: Vobsub subs disappear after seek? Hi All, I was watching Tiger and Dragon with the Japanese vobsub subtitles available from d-addicts,which is quite nice, but I noticed with VLC that if I seek forward or backwards the subtitles disap... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 2 | 779 | 2013-10-27, 11:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Thanks Stian, added your comment to the list. |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-30, 3:57 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots I started putting together a spread sheet of conversational "connectors". The Japanese parts aren't complete, but it'll get filled in over time. Any feedback would be welcome, or if anyone wants to pu... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-30, 1:58 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Amazon.co.jp says it will take 2 or 4 weeks to deliver. That usually means they have a record but don't have the book. Sometimes I've ordered books that they, in the end, can't find or deliver and off... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-28, 3:29 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots ktcgx Wrote:NinKenDo Wrote:I haven't had time to read this thread. But God DAMN, that was a great talk. Well worth the hour and much more. But does anybody know which video he talks more about the boo... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-27, 3:41 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Hi Uisukii, I was thinking more the connectors posted on the link I gave above. Here's a sample. Just looking at them and thinking about how I speak in English I think they would be very practical to... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-26, 8:32 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots By the way, I would like to reiterate the recommendation of the book: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18179640/How-t...n-Language I skimmed the first chapter ("Show your Stuff") and it was an obvious but v... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-26, 3:37 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Does anyone want to help get the "connectors" listed on Lauder's page translated into Japanese? It really does seem like a great list of very common phrases that would really add a degree of naturalne... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-26, 3:32 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Aspiring, thanks for the link to the massive spreadsheets but that's not quite what I had in mind. I was thinking more like a concentrated effort to replicate the connectors listed for English to Czec... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-19, 10:13 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots As an interesting note, regarding the 1million words per year: Assume a language-independent estimate of 250 "words" per page, then: 1,000,000 words / 250(words/page) = 4,000 pages And over a year ... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-19, 7:51 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots alenaroo, thanks for the summary! I was thinking just that sort of list would be very useful for people. Just to add two things: The speaker has a list and "theory" (approach/method) about using "con... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-19, 7:45 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots Great to hear you guys are enjoying the video as much as I did. The author's web site really does offer some great language learning advice (on what he calls "connectors"). I'm going to think his sugg... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-18, 5:06 am | ||
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Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots This was a very enjoyable talk -- the first five minutes were pretty goofy but from the 5:00 mark onward it starts becoming quite informative. Taken from the Polyglot Conference 2013. Points of part... |
kodorakun | General discussion | 85 | 21,622 | 2013-08-17, 10:14 pm | ||
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Thread: "new" jp audiobook site? Febe Post: "new" jp audiobook site? Febe Hi All, I just stumbled across http://www.febe.jp/ when I was looking up info on a book I wanted to read. I was pleasantly surprised to see an "official" audiobook exists (the audio sample sounds goo... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 0 | 900 | 2013-07-31, 9:56 am | ||
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Thread: Business Japanese book mining project Post: Business Japanese book mining project I would love to see a similar project for this book: http://www.amazon.co.jp/TOEFL-TEST%E5%BF...4939076733 It's loaded with parallel essays in jap/eng, has pretty advanced grammar and sophisticated t... |
kodorakun | Group study | 6 | 1,854 | 2013-07-05, 4:58 am | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition cb4960 Wrote:I have just uploaded version 18.1 of the Rikaisama Firefox extension. ● Added the Notes ($o) save token (thanks kodorakun!). This token allows you to specify additional information a... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 859 | 243,918 | 2013-06-18, 11:18 am | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Thanks cb4960. Is there any chance an optional "context" field could be added? I like to create cards that have some contextual information like "Article on night club law change" so when I see some r... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 859 | 243,918 | 2013-06-02, 4:08 am | ||
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Thread: DVD's w E and J subtitles Post: DVD's w E and J subtitles I'd say your best bet is going with any of the dramas listed on D-addict's Japanese subtitle index that have complete (or partial) E and J subs. |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 6 | 1,830 | 2013-05-09, 4:19 am | ||
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Thread: Ahhh, Dig is no more?!? Now I need to find a replacement! Post: Ahhh, Dig is no more?!? Now I need to find a repla... Yeah, bummer :((((( This new podcast has some of the same people and similar categories, e.g. N検, NEC Wisdom Square, etc http://www.tbsradio.jp/ss954/ |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 2 | 483 | 2013-05-07, 11:46 pm | ||
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Thread: dorama with diverse vocabulary... Post: dorama with diverse vocabulary... shinsen Wrote:kodorakun Wrote:But this got me wondering if people had thought about these feature of specific dramas -- the style, the impact on language, the diversity and all that. What dramas do pe... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 8 | 2,293 | 2013-05-05, 10:08 am | ||
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Thread: iPod/Phone Note App? Post: iPod/Phone Note App? Hi All, I was just curious if anyone happened to know or use a particularly nice note-organizing app. I'm mostly interested in writing down small phrases or sets of questions for different categories... |
kodorakun | Learning resources | 2 | 619 | 2013-05-05, 3:15 am | ||
