Filip
New member
From: Japan
Registered: 2007-11-08
Posts: 9
I finished RTK1 this week.
Now I am looking at Kanji In Context while a keep reviewing Heisig.
Does anybody have a stack of Anki cards of the `Kanji in Context`?
Woul you be so kind to share that stack with me?
Thanks
Filip
Nukemarine
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From: 神奈川
Registered: 2007-07-15
Posts: 2347
Trust me when I say that Kanji in Context is not for those that just finished RTK1. You'll want to actually move onto learning Japanese which means Genki, Japanese for Everyone, Mangaland, or Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar sample sentences are more up your alley.
Of course, if you already are in the intermediate level of Japanese, KIC is still intermediate level and expects you to have a firm grasp on the equivalent of JLPT 3 kanji. There is little furigana and no explanations.
Currently I recommend entering sentences from UBJG (sorry, someone took down the sentences I posted on Anki wiki), after that move onto Kanji in Context. That I'm only into the first chapter of UBJG, take my advice with a large dose of salt (preferably rimming the glass of a pina colada).
Filip
New member
From: Japan
Registered: 2007-11-08
Posts: 9
Thanks for the advice but,...
I am a graduated Japanologist and currently doing research on the History of Karate at the Budo university in Japan. My master thesis was about the same topic (from an nationalistic point of view and how karate became seen as something typical Japanese, although it is not really) I did Heisig because I hated always running into the same kanji that i have studied before, but have no clue what it means, nor the word. Now at least when I am going to the books I can make smart guesses.
I have a good amount of vocabulary. So now when I see the kanji that go with a word I already know from talking, i can memorize it very easily. The kanji in context have a lot of vocab that i know when spoken but dont recognize when seen. So if i can go quickly through the KIC, with a smart system like ANKI (which I just discovered yesterday), I will really be able to boost my reading. At the same time, I should have enough time for my research.
Thanks
Filip
Nukemarine
Member
From: 神奈川
Registered: 2007-07-15
Posts: 2347
Resolve, thanks. I'll try to change that if I can today. Hopefully I don't mess it up...again.
Filip, since you're advanced yes Anki will be just the tool. Here's one suggestion (from AJATT) - review from kana to kanji sentences and kanji sentences to kana (basically, do both production and recognition).
When the kana sentence comes up, write it down in kanji. When the kanji sentence comes up, just read it out loud.
There's a bar owner I trying to talk into doing Heisig (he's been in Japan 15 years, fluent yet is illiterate). If doing KIC works for you, I'll suggest it as a follow on for him.
