jreaves Wrote:Leo, congratulations on finishing the book! I would very much appreciate a copy of your Excel spreadsheet, if you're still willing to make it available for download or by e-mail. I could also host the spreadsheet and any other materials you're willing to make publicly available on my website.
Thanks, it was a long pull. Sure, I'll share everything I have. I want to wait until I finish typing though, which will be this weekend. Then you'll have a complete excel list. I'll be in contact. Laxxy and anyone else, you're all welcome to have a copy. I have a seperate vocabulary list, but before lesson 15 they're all mixed in with my vocabulary from other sources.
jreaves Wrote:However, I recently discovered the website, http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/ , which has changed my approach somewhat. The guy who writes this blog learned Japanese to fluency - to the point where he could read technical materials and conduct job interviews in Japanese - in 18 months by reading lots of example sentences. His main tools were a dictionary, real Japanese media (internet, DVDs, manga, etc.), and a Spaced Repetition System (he used Mnemosyne). (He also recommends Heisig's RTK1 as a prerequisite, by the way.) I simply can't argue with the success he's had, so following his example, I've put JfE aside for now in order to focus on RTK1 and then, example sentences.
I've been critical about some of the stuff he says, but when it comes down to it his method seem like a really good one. BTW, he used supermemo. Or at least that's what he used to have in his blog, saying he no longer advocates it though. Mnemosyne should work just fine. You can use my sentences for this, but I'm pretty sure he wants you to do J to J.
jreaves Wrote:As far as I know, CD's are not available.
You might ask
this guy where he got his.
suffah Wrote:Congrats to leosmith for making it through JFE! However, I thought you were using Genki for some reason. Is there any particular reason why you switched?
Thanks. I own Genki 1, checked it out a little, but in the end decided to stick with JFE because I was right in the middle of it. I have suggested someone to use Genki once or twice, because I sensed that person would be better off with a somewhat easier, better organized text. Genki is a great text, but doesn't cover plain speach as thoroughly as JFE.
