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    Thread: Want to stop reviewing RTK. . .
Post: Want to stop reviewing RTK. . .

Stansfield123 Wrote:meeatcookies Wrote:What about stopping RTK when I'm doing RTH (Chinese Hanzi) right now? I'm writing by hand Kanji a lot in a whole sentences or words, because I want to be able to...
meeatcookies Remembering the Kanji 56 10,103 2014-07-21, 5:07 pm
    Thread: Want to stop reviewing RTK. . .
Post: Want to stop reviewing RTK. . .

What about stopping RTK when I'm doing RTH (Chinese Hanzi) right now? I'm writing by hand Kanji a lot in a whole sentences or words, because I want to be able to write this way too. I'm thinking about...
meeatcookies Remembering the Kanji 56 10,103 2014-07-21, 5:02 am
    Thread: Audio Immersion - Does it really work?
Post: Audio Immersion - Does it really work?

Check this: http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/part...languages/ I don't see a point in listening without paying attention to it, and you can't do that for that long. Also try italki, it's awesome t...
meeatcookies Learning resources 28 4,148 2014-06-23, 5:57 am
    Thread: University Language Placement Prep
Post: University Language Placement Prep

Just go to italki.com and pick a tutor for speaking. I don't have any Japanese people around too, and that's a great tool to make up for it. Lessons are really cheap too.
meeatcookies Learning resources 2 596 2014-06-08, 11:23 am
    Thread: Travelling to Japan in 5 months. Best way to improve my Japanese?
Post: Travelling to Japan in 5 months. Best way to impro...

Go through Assimil Japanese with ease. At least that's what I would do, because it will give you a good enough ability to communicate and you'll still have time after you're done with it.
meeatcookies The Japanese language 7 2,060 2014-06-06, 10:54 am
    Thread: My video story with Japanese
Post: My video story with Japanese

Going to have my first skype talks soon too, your post helped me a lot with it;p
meeatcookies General discussion 7 1,473 2014-05-31, 10:35 am
    Thread: My video story with Japanese
Post: My video story with Japanese

Same here. I want to try talking now:D
meeatcookies General discussion 7 1,473 2014-05-02, 5:38 am
    Thread: Two questions
Post: Two questions

Btw. I can set in anki on my smartphone to automatically show answer after x seconds, but can't get it to work on desktop anki even after downloading addon for it. Has anyone got it working on the des...
meeatcookies Off topic 30 5,485 2014-04-16, 4:36 am
    Thread: Two questions
Post: Two questions

@Splatted wow, I never thought about doing reading and translation separately. I'm doing that now, and the difference in my learning speed is enormous. What's more important, I don't feel burned at al...
meeatcookies Off topic 30 5,485 2014-04-14, 10:20 am
    Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions
Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions

So far i want to finish core 10k and reading/reviewing in anki adojg series this year. Failed core 6k once, but it's going better now.
meeatcookies General discussion 55 13,395 2014-01-04, 2:50 pm
    Thread: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go
Post: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go

Check http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5110 If you're going to use core deck, use this one tho http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=11095
meeatcookies The Japanese language 17 3,999 2013-12-14, 1:46 pm
    Thread: What Japanese songs do you listen to?
Post: What Japanese songs do you listen to?

http://www.lastfm.pl/user/meeatcookies2 I'm too lazy to search for something else, most are touhou arrangements, like [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-_h2vQyzJY] I didn't heard anything bad ...
meeatcookies General discussion 92 18,863 2013-12-12, 1:04 pm
    Thread: I'm back, and this time hopefully for good!
Post: I'm back, and this time hopefully for good!

I've restarted doing core deck from this thread http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=11095 few days ago. I was already 4500 words into core 6k, but somehow I've managed to stop doing reviews, so...
meeatcookies General discussion 20 4,577 2013-12-10, 2:19 pm
    Thread: Improving long-term memory
Post: Improving long-term memory

There's something I would like to post about improving memory. I saw a post about https://www.pmemory.com/ here before, I'm at lesson 9(from 59) and I can tell that it does work, read the manual, do...
meeatcookies Off topic 17 4,975 2013-08-08, 4:20 am
    Thread: passive skills into active skills
Post: passive skills into active skills

http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/for...p?TID=6366 http://learnlangs.com/Listening-Reading_...c339978833
meeatcookies General discussion 17 4,244 2013-07-20, 5:31 pm
    Thread: passive skills into active skills
Post: passive skills into active skills

Try doing some hours of L-R. It's more effective than watching TV or some random reading in terms of how much material you go through in time, it's japanese language without any breaks. After a few te...
meeatcookies General discussion 17 4,244 2013-07-20, 4:12 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Gone through first volume of Harry Potter using L-R method(the one introduced by buonaparte). The effect it has on listening comprehension is way beyond my expectations, just after 3 hours I could c...
meeatcookies General discussion 1,389 294,521 2013-07-14, 1:05 pm
    Thread: Just made a bet with my dad...
Post: Just made a bet with my dad...

You will learn some kanji, but lose the bet. Should've asked here before making it;p There are stories here for all the kanji(that someone made a story for) you can paste into search window. If your f...
meeatcookies Remembering the Kanji 113 16,394 2013-06-27, 1:09 am
    Thread: Your thoughts/experiences with textbook studying
Post: Your thoughts/experiences with textbook studying

Japanese the manga way and just do some core6k. You may do some exercises from a textbook like genki etc, but doing exercises in textbooks doesn't get you far. You won't have enough exposure to the la...
meeatcookies Learning resources 20 4,506 2013-06-26, 4:28 am
    Thread: DoBJG Anki Deck
Post: DoBJG Anki Deck

That's how it looks for me, notice that only 3 fields are there. http://i39.tinypic.com/v83rya.jpg Would like to hear how does it work for others. I've used your previous DOBJG decks, and everything ...
meeatcookies Learning resources 103 33,113 2013-06-22, 3:36 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

I did notice it and thought that you've already decided in previous posts to take it off. Not only me, because actually someone wanted to dl H.Potter parallel text and wrote about dead links. I was ab...
meeatcookies Learning resources 497 279,031 2013-06-21, 2:02 pm
    Thread: DoBJG Anki Deck
Post: DoBJG Anki Deck

First and foremost, thanks for all the work you've done! The updated deck for both basic and intermediate grammar books looks like this: Front: 522 Back: 'b.コンサート[...]八時から[.../(polite)]。' From both ...
meeatcookies Learning resources 103 33,113 2013-06-21, 6:09 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

If you're trying to count pages (from a game, or whatever you read), something like http://www.tothepc.com/archives/count-ke...-keyboard/ Can be quite useful:)
meeatcookies Group study 361 69,344 2013-06-19, 11:05 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Hello, Im seriously considering going with L-R method, just like I felt that learning kanji by writing them xxx times is kinda stupid, I have the same feeling after many hours spent in Anki. I feel th...
meeatcookies Learning resources 497 279,031 2013-06-07, 6:06 am
    Thread: A Whole New Way of Using Anki
Post: A Whole New Way of Using Anki

Love it so far. Turned my vocab deck into 2-Step, the only difference is that I have pictures. Is it worth getting a picture from google image for each word? It helps me quite a bit with answers, but...
meeatcookies Learning resources 37 9,007 2013-06-05, 2:42 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Just registered, maybe it will help me to get seriously going with reading. Im excited about reading... no way.
meeatcookies Group study 361 69,344 2013-05-31, 5:56 am
    Thread: Dokusho - Read in Japanese today!
Post: Dokusho - Read in Japanese today!

I've bought it, it's really nice, but I think I prefer JadeRead app. At least the way it shows the dictionary is better. When the dictionary windows shows in Dokusho, it takes the part of the screen w...
meeatcookies Learning resources 17 4,225 2013-05-30, 5:14 am
    Thread: Sketching
Post: Sketching

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side...b_title_bk I've bought it myself... slowly going through it, it's great so far(for the total beginners to drawing). If you're like me - no idea how to actua...
meeatcookies Off topic 6 1,091 2013-05-27, 11:46 am
    Thread: Jlpt vocab in Core10k deck
Post: Jlpt vocab in Core10k deck

Thanks! Worked just like I wished for. Only little over 1600 cards that matches the jlpt list, from 3800 cards that are exclusive to core10k. I think I'm gonna do the same with the 2k cards left to d...
meeatcookies Learning resources 2 1,666 2013-05-21, 12:53 pm
    Thread: Jlpt vocab in Core10k deck
Post: Jlpt vocab in Core10k deck

I'm 2/3 through core6k deck. I plan to do the rest of core6k and afterwards go through jlpt only vocab that appears in core10k deck. I'm also mining vocab from native materials at the same time, but m...
meeatcookies Learning resources 2 1,666 2013-05-21, 10:51 am