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Thread: Survey: When, where, and why did you start RTK? Post: Survey: When, where, and why did you start RTK? When: Fall 2007 Where: Japan Why: I worked on learning to speak Japanese before moving here but didn't put much effort into learning to read because it was "too hard". Arrived here and decided I ... |
marydj | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 4,457 | 2010-04-21, 8:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Don't worry! Japanese can't read kanji either Post: Don't worry! Japanese can't read kanji either As Jarvik's post suggests, context is everything. You don't wear jeans to an important job interview and you don't use sloppy grammar in serious writing if you want to be taken seriously. My pet pee... |
marydj | General discussion | 118 | 20,507 | 2010-03-31, 7:10 am | ||
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Thread: My Story Post: My Story I thought about posting this on some other recent topics but then decided just to start a new thread. I like reading about other people's journeys in this wonderful world of Japanese learning. We ar... |
marydj | General discussion | 3 | 943 | 2010-02-18, 12:43 am | ||
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Thread: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan? Post: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan? I'm sorry some of you have had negative experiences with the police but I just have to throw in my positive experience with Japanese police. We were driving on the Tohoku Expressway in the middle of ... |
marydj | General discussion | 127 | 24,779 | 2009-01-07, 9:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it possible to play Japanese games on English consoles? Post: Is it possible to play Japanese games on English c... Thanks for all the good advice. Now I can go out and buy a Wii for the "kids" for Christmas :) |
marydj | Learning resources | 27 | 8,346 | 2008-10-23, 10:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it possible to play Japanese games on English consoles? Post: Is it possible to play Japanese games on English c... I was glad to see this thread. My situation is that I want to buy a Wii. I'm in Japan now so I can walk into a store here and buy one and games to go with it, but my family will want American games ... |
marydj | Learning resources | 27 | 8,346 | 2008-10-22, 11:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki Scoring Post: Anki Scoring I'm with Mcjon01. I basically use only 1 and 3, 1 is I forgot or made a mistake, 3 if I got it right. When I started ANKI I was really excited about the different levels and I put too much energy in... |
marydj | Learning resources | 18 | 3,252 | 2008-09-04, 6:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it OK to use a book translated into Japanese to study? Post: Is it OK to use a book translated into Japanese to... This discussion reminds me of some arguments I came across when I was teaching my children to rides bikes. Using training wheels (or stabilizers) makes it harder to eventually learn to ride without t... |
marydj | Learning resources | 23 | 5,508 | 2008-09-04, 6:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Why Japanese? Post: Why Japanese? I just gotta say, I'm impressed there are so many people on this site learning Japanese just for the heck of it or to enjoy anime or manga in the original or because it is a challenge. I started lear... |
marydj | General discussion | 63 | 8,715 | 2008-08-28, 7:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Signs of Progress Post: Signs of Progress In the interest of encouraging each other. I thought I'd start a thread where we can post those little triumphs that show us that we are indeed making progress in this battle to learn a language. Fo... |
marydj | Off topic | 3 | 1,205 | 2008-08-14, 8:20 pm | ||
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Thread: I get tense when I study? Post: I get tense when I study? My key to motivation is to congratulate myself on every small step. I'm living in Japan and despite all the work I put in (I've finished RTK1) I too still feel like I know so little. But I try to fo... |
marydj | General discussion | 24 | 11,924 | 2008-04-27, 7:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Explaining Easter to Japanese children Post: Explaining Easter to Japanese children Thanks everyone. In the end I just gave them the baskets. After all how far wrong can you go with candy and cute pastel colored toys. We had a great time although 24 hours with 10 year olds who don... |
marydj | Off topic | 12 | 6,523 | 2008-03-09, 8:03 am | ||
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Thread: Explaining Easter to Japanese children Post: Explaining Easter to Japanese children Hi all, this is really off topic but I am hosting two Japanese girl scouts at my house (in Japan) this weekend for a cultural exchange thing, They will not be English speakers and my Japanese skills... |
marydj | Off topic | 12 | 6,523 | 2008-03-07, 1:54 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Hi all, By the standards of this thread I probably should have posted sooner but as of today I have over 1800 kanji in the final column. I consider that finished although I'll keep doing daily review... |
marydj | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,771 | 2008-02-21, 6:48 am | ||