This is just a little brain trick I conjured,I think most people learn instructions better if it is spoken to them---many times. What better way to learn RTK then have your stories read to you? So why not try using google translate to read it for you? I think reading something repeatedly gets tiresome and if your stories are read to you by the same voice (computer) like a mother,sure why not?

So next time when the kanji keyword comes up, in your head you will hear an echo from your annoying mother telling you the story,because its voice is kind of mellow. And you can have fun with it to,by adding slang or whatnot.
Just a thought.

Ha ha! Now that's a brilliant idea! I'd like to add the following to your idea. Record the stories for newly learned　漢字 but with your own voice. Save the record as .mp3. This way you are able to listen to them numerous times while you are doing other things.

1.) Say the keyword at the beginning
2.) Tell the story
3.) Listen to them
4.) Add the record to the flip-side of the flashcard to reinforce the stories

I can really see how this can help improve the learning process! So i can only encourage you to give this a try, and give some feedback how it has been working out for you.

Telling yourself a story about a kanji is not a bad idea at all. You don't even need a native speaker ...

Nagareboshi Wrote:Ha ha! Now that's a brilliant idea! I'd like to add the following to your idea. Record the stories for newly learned　漢字 but with your own voice. Save the record as .mp3. This way you are able to listen to them numerous times while you are doing other things.

1.) Say the keyword at the beginning
2.) Tell the story
3.) Listen to them
4.) Add the record to the flip-side of the flashcard to reinforce the stories

I can really see how this can help improve the learning process! So i can only encourage you to give this a try, and give some feedback how it has been working out for you.

Yeah dumb idea.

Well after a while the computer was really bad,however I found this really nice site lingq.com that has audio scripts for various topics. So for all the kanji I hear and come across I'll add it to RTK with the actual reading. Eventually I'll go through all 2000 this way and wont get bored with learning kanji in isolation like I have been lately. I also recommend this site to everyone, its great reading practice and you get to hear native speakers read along the dialog you're learning.