Hello all,
All the discussion about methods has brought back many memories of my brief time in Tokyo over 20 years ago. I had the great privilege of studying under Father De Roo. He was an amazing man, teacher, scholar who dedicated his life to studying and teaching kanji. 2001 Kanji was the result of a lifetime dedicated to scholarship and working with students. I found a hard cover edition of his book a few months ago in a used bookstore, the best book purchase I have ever made. Now that I am looking at the bushu radical lists, I realized I already know many of them from using "2001 Kanji" to make my stories and look up unknown kanji. He taught his graphemes in context along with the Eleanor Harz Jordon textbook, "Japanese, the Spoken Language." Since, most students stayed with the program for 2 years, this worked well. I just got started.
I recommend this book without reservation to anyone lucky enough to find it!
Laura
All the discussion about methods has brought back many memories of my brief time in Tokyo over 20 years ago. I had the great privilege of studying under Father De Roo. He was an amazing man, teacher, scholar who dedicated his life to studying and teaching kanji. 2001 Kanji was the result of a lifetime dedicated to scholarship and working with students. I found a hard cover edition of his book a few months ago in a used bookstore, the best book purchase I have ever made. Now that I am looking at the bushu radical lists, I realized I already know many of them from using "2001 Kanji" to make my stories and look up unknown kanji. He taught his graphemes in context along with the Eleanor Harz Jordon textbook, "Japanese, the Spoken Language." Since, most students stayed with the program for 2 years, this worked well. I just got started.
I recommend this book without reservation to anyone lucky enough to find it!
Laura