is there one?

zazen666 Wrote:is there one?

If there ain't... make one?

why are there only 13 secrets?

What are the 13 secrets? I MUST KNOW!

There is really only one secret:

1: Learn Japanese

b0ng0 Wrote:What are the 13 secrets? I MUST KNOW!

http://www.speaking-japanese.com/13/secret_00.html

Hmm interesting.

If you ask me the secret is RTK, Grammar + Vocab, Sub2Srs = win.

Taking a shortcut will only sell you short on real Japanese ability.

Didn't think it was something you "mined" like we've done with other areas. Isn't that book more about concepts to help approach Japanese better, not unlike "Japanese, the Spoken Language" (I hope I got the title right).

Granted, I only thumbed through 13 SSJ at the mall so there may be useful SRS worthy material.

Jarvik7 Wrote:There is really only one secret:

1: Learn Japanese

Actually, there are 2 secrets! But you have to be a great philosopher to discover them, and I, as a great philosopher (and the proud owner of the RTK book), will give you those 2 secrets:

1. Learn the kanjis
2. Learn Japanese

Actually, the book has some nice ideas. Worth your time, I think. Does a nice treatment of "If" and offers some interesting tips/ways to get around saying what you don't know.

I don't have a deck, but I manually typed them into my main sentence deck.

mezbup Wrote:If you ask me the secret is RTK, Grammar + Vocab, Sub2Srs = win.

Would you maintain that for someone mainly interested in reading ("passive", input skills), as opposed to speaking (active, output skills), listening and writing?
What would be the ideal plan for someone wanting to learn Japanese but not tha much interested in speaking it?
RTK + Grammar/vocab (such as Tae Kim combined with KO2001) + native reading material, or am I forgetting a key element or magical tool/method here?

Yea, I think this book is more of a 'meta' language-learning book, though the way the exercises are set up for actively thinking about one's usage and using shortcuts when you're in a jam could present some inspiration for ways to set up cards.

mezbup wrote:
If you ask me the secret is RTK, Grammar + Vocab, Sub2Srs = win.

Would you maintain that for someone mainly interested in reading ("passive", input skills), as opposed to speaking (active, output skills), listening and writing?
What would be the ideal plan for someone wanting to learn Japanese but not tha much interested in speaking it?
RTK + Grammar/vocab (such as Tae Kim combined with KO2001) + native reading material, or am I forgetting a key element or magical tool/method here?