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    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

Hi there, it's been a while! I just saw this thread linked to and thought I might dust it off a bit. Besides, with all the advice the community was kind enough to offer me here some time ago, I guess ...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-09-07, 9:56 am
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

PotbellyPig Wrote:It doesn't seem to matter how many teaching materials you use. When you get exposed to Japanese in a TV program like an anime or drama, it hits you like a ton of bricks. I'm gettin...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-04-01, 5:40 am
    Thread: Book Report
Post: Book Report

sholum Wrote:Aikynaro Wrote:Is is actually good? What I've heard about it makes it sound awfully generic. It's not terrible, but anything it might have done differently has been copied by everyone, si...
ListenUp Group study 41 9,842 2015-03-31, 9:50 am
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

@Splatted My hat's off to you, that was very perceptive! It's true, I'm a walking contradiction: I'd like to keep it fun and keep it efficient and end up succeeding at none. I guess that it's because...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-03-29, 6:49 pm
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

@Zorlee Oh you! I refuse to believe people are actually necessary, let alone fun, capitals or no capitals! Using books and videos is the only way I can get human contact without interacting with actu...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-03-28, 12:35 pm
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

@EratiK Ah, I kind of see what you're driving at. It's like you're simply listening and using a transcript as a backup, but then again not quite! I'll read up a bit more before trying it. @rich_f ...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-03-27, 7:22 pm
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

Thank you for all your help! It's interesting to see all the wildly different strategies people are using. I seem to have been leaning a bit too much towards "formal" stuff as opposed to variety shows...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-03-27, 1:36 pm
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

Hello! I'm trying to improve my listening comprehension in Japanese, but for far too long now, I've been hitting an impossible wall, one that's making me wonder if I'm somehow especially handicapped w...
ListenUp The Japanese language 55 9,633 2015-03-27, 10:34 am