I finished RTK a couple weeks ago and since then I've been playing with a number of approaches to learning pronounciation. The one with the most immediate reward is connecting the kanji with vocabulary I already know. The pronounciation sticks easily, and the kanji is immediately useful.
I've also been playing with kanji chains and the pure groups in RTK2. One thought here is to experiment with a variety of methods and see which works best for me. I can see the benefits of both RTK2 and kanjichains - but my question is this: For the Pure Groups in RTK2, do the signal primitives hold true when you continue studies in RTK3 and beyond? If so, I could see them being immensely useful, since learning pronounciation would be automatic and no adding to a kanjichain would be necessary. If the pure groups break down when more kanji are learned, then I might stick with kanjichains.
So for those of you who have progressed far enough through RTK3 and beyond, how solid are the signal primitives as a sound mnemonic for all the kanji I may come across in my studies?
I've also been playing with kanji chains and the pure groups in RTK2. One thought here is to experiment with a variety of methods and see which works best for me. I can see the benefits of both RTK2 and kanjichains - but my question is this: For the Pure Groups in RTK2, do the signal primitives hold true when you continue studies in RTK3 and beyond? If so, I could see them being immensely useful, since learning pronounciation would be automatic and no adding to a kanjichain would be necessary. If the pure groups break down when more kanji are learned, then I might stick with kanjichains.
So for those of you who have progressed far enough through RTK3 and beyond, how solid are the signal primitives as a sound mnemonic for all the kanji I may come across in my studies?
Edited: 2008-01-15, 11:59 pm