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    Thread: [Speaking]日本語でLet's Play
Post: [Speaking]日本語でLet's Play

Updated with the latest event details: Minecraft UHC!
yorkii Group study 3 1,903 2015-03-17, 7:53 am
    Thread: [Speaking]日本語でLet's Play
Post: [Speaking]日本語でLet's Play

[Image: http://i.imgur.com/OIJhRqZ.jpg] I just created a transcription of one round. This will be SUPER useful to those interested in joining the 2 Rooms and a Boom play session this weekend. CHECK ...
yorkii Group study 3 1,903 2015-02-20, 4:43 am
    Thread: [Speaking]日本語でLet's Play
Post: [Speaking]日本語でLet's Play

[Image: http://i.imgur.com/7Mjzvgs.jpg] This weekend: Minecraft UHC! (Beginner-friendly) Find out more here ---------- RANT ---------- I see a lot of talk about learning Japanese, but not a lot of do...
yorkii Group study 3 1,903 2015-02-15, 7:04 pm
    Thread: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!
Post: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!

Latest video is up, and one that I'm really proud of. We have some incredible voice actors coming to this session now. Check it out here Let's make next week's session even better!
yorkii Group study 4 2,874 2015-02-12, 7:05 pm
    Thread: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!
Post: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!

Thanks for fixing the link. I'm not so hot with BB code :/ This is a playlist of all the sessions that I have recorded so far. よろしくお願いします。
yorkii Group study 4 2,874 2015-01-08, 8:37 pm
    Thread: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!
Post: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!

あけおめ! This year's first session is TOMORROW! Please RSVP here
yorkii Group study 4 2,874 2015-01-07, 12:30 am
    Thread: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!
Post: Manga Reading Group: よつばと!

Hello all, I have been hosting a よつばと! reading group for the last month or so and completely forgot to post about it here. It is a beginners group, but all are welcome. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...
yorkii Group study 4 2,874 2014-12-10, 8:50 am
    Thread: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/+Example Vocab)
Post: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/...

Quote:And I think it's better to wait til you've finished RTK 1 completely Yes, I agree. Maybe I wasn't clear when I said (corrections bolded, italics for emphasis): Quote:but once you become profici...
yorkii Remembering the Kanji 29 10,887 2014-10-13, 4:41 pm
    Thread: Has anybody used memory palace, loki, journey method, etc?
Post: Has anybody used memory palace, loki, journey meth...

Came here to post about Adventures in Kanji Town, but nothing to do here regarding that. However, I'd just like to chime in with my 2 bits: I used the Kanji Town method for everything up until arou...
yorkii Learning resources 11 3,275 2014-10-13, 6:45 am
    Thread: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/+Example Vocab)
Post: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/...

Yep, I meant crutch. Thanks for that :) That's just the point though, coming to do RtK reviews that are in English is NOT natural after a certain point. Hence the need for an improved method.
yorkii Remembering the Kanji 29 10,887 2014-10-13, 4:20 am
    Thread: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/+Example Vocab)
Post: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/...

Sauzer Wrote:I think, like erlog said, the English keyword thing Heisig is based on breaks down when you get into the multi-thousands that 準1級 involves. At the risk of making the cards TOO easy, my o...
yorkii Remembering the Kanji 29 10,887 2014-10-12, 11:10 pm
    Thread: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/+Example Vocab)
Post: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/...

yorkiisan Wrote:erlog Wrote:I'm amazing Hi erlog, thanks for sharing this deck with us! I was wondering what do the (fancy fancy fancy) parentheticals next to some cards mean? Also... who is this impo...
yorkii Remembering the Kanji 29 10,887 2014-10-12, 8:55 pm
    Thread: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/+Example Vocab)
Post: Customized RTK1/3/KanKen準1級 Deck (Better Keywords/...

erlog Wrote:So some of you might know me from the Kanken thread and other discussions over the years. I've been studying a long time, and recently was focusing on Kanji Kentei. I'm now around KanKen 2...
yorkii Remembering the Kanji 29 10,887 2014-10-12, 8:53 pm
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

Well if that is not the most thorough review I have seen of anything, anywhere..! Thanks for coming to class, I can see it affected you in a positive way. I wish more people would understand what we...
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-10, 11:00 pm
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

Some great feedback from the first class we did over on reddit! Still time to join up if you are interested. よろしくお願いします。
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-09, 6:49 pm
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

Only a few days before classes now. I'll just add the "about us" page here for more information. (I think the tofugu article pretty much sums us up though.) http://forums.kotobaminers.org/pages/About...
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-05, 12:39 am
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

aldebrn Wrote:So it's like the Coursera/Udacity/et al. model, where you're free to use the resources and interact with professors & other students, but to get the certificate of achievement, you p...
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-02, 11:58 pm
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

aldebrn Wrote:I read this and then by the time I finished the Tofogu article and was reading Enroll, sign up, and start learning Japanese! blog post ("If you enjoyed your first class, enroll and pay c...
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-02, 7:10 am
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

sholum Wrote:I'm interested, since I suck with output. At what time should one show up if they want to check things out? And can one access the server outside of class times? I saw some (possibly out...
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-02, 6:59 am
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

Also, a common misconception is that you have to pay to join our community. This is completely untrue. Come along and have some fun with us! よろしくお願いします。
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-10-01, 5:50 am
    Thread: Learning Japanese through Video Games (twitch.tv channel)
Post: Learning Japanese through Video Games (twitch.tv c...

Fantastic stuff man! I checked out your stream earlier and really enjoyed it. Apart from the questionable ゆさゆさおっぱい. I replied to your message on twitch, and yeah, I think we can work something out. I'...
yorkii Group study 14 4,364 2014-09-25, 6:31 am
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraft!)
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese course (in Minecraf...

こんにちは、peeps. I've been teaching Japanese in Minecraft for a while. I posted about this project back in February. Response to the course has been positive, and I would like to offer the opportunity fo...
yorkii Group study 11 3,149 2014-09-23, 4:33 am
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese lessons. Course starts Feb 11th
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese lessons. Course sta...

Thanks! > how are you dealing with the different timetables ? I presume you mean "timezones: We are dealing with it by me doing a class in the morning (for the Americas) and evening (for Australa...
yorkii Group study 2 1,017 2014-02-03, 7:36 pm
    Thread: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese lessons. Course starts Feb 11th
Post: Kotoba Miners: Online Japanese lessons. Course sta...

Hi all, Yorkii here. I've been teaching Japanese in Minecraft for over a year now and am finally at a point where I have enough time to take on some new students. Response to this course has been ...
yorkii Group study 2 1,017 2014-02-03, 6:27 pm
    Thread: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecraft
Post: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecr...

LukeG Wrote:This sounds pretty interesting to me. I am in need of a lot more active practice. That said, my skills are exceedingly poor and my confidence is even lower! I would quite like to join if ...
yorkii Group study 9 4,485 2013-11-27, 7:34 pm
    Thread: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecraft
Post: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecr...

Northern_Lord Wrote:I love minecraft. I might join the server if I get some spare time between exam preparations. :) ぜひとも! よろしくお願いします。
yorkii Group study 9 4,485 2013-11-27, 6:33 am
    Thread: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecraft
Post: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecr...

Thanks for the comment. Can I ask what would hold you back from joining?
yorkii Group study 9 4,485 2013-11-27, 1:41 am
    Thread: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecraft
Post: Free JP lessons and a learning community in Minecr...

Hi! I hope it is ok to post stuff like this. I was fairly active on these forums a loooooooooooooong time ago. In fact, I made this post! To be fair, I can attribute three things to my Japanese profi...
yorkii Group study 9 4,485 2013-11-26, 6:44 am
    Thread: Heisig's list of primitives with core meanings
Post: Heisig's list of primitives with core meanings

I know I am totally necroing this thread, but I would like to say thanks for this resource. I am giving a presentation on the use of Heisig to learn Japanese in a couple of weeks and this is JUST what...
yorkii Remembering the Kanji 2 4,057 2010-11-15, 10:39 pm
    Thread: 4 character idioms
Post: 4 character idioms

鰹さん,could you possibly upload your file to somewhere like rapidshare where all members may download it? I know I would also benefit from such a file as I have been studying 4-letter compound idiomatic...
yorkii Learning resources 14 5,832 2008-09-25, 6:36 pm