@ta121121: Erm, I downloaded the GoogleTTS plugin and it looks need and all, but it does not play the Audio from the card. (I checked everything. Field is integrated into card layout, [sound:XXX.mp3] is available etc.)

my frequency/immersion in japanese has droppppped drastically since the fall due to school but i don't feel  a decrease in my skills. I kept it alive with my brain and anki. (thinking in japanese)

I watched london in hearts episdoe... and i haven't watched london hearts in like 2 months cause i don't have time but i had no problem understanding it. yes it felt weird cause I haven't watched in so long but no issues with understanding. there were a couple phrases I couldn't catch but that's how it always is for me unless there are subs.
it was the ariyoshi higaisha no kai

during part of the episode of the episode ariyoshi said "on no ji" which i have not seen in months or maybe a year but I know it and i know it's in my anki deck. So  even though my immresion/frequency has dropped tremendously these paast 2 months i still do my anki deck. .. I feel like it helps me maintian japanese at lesat. I have 3000 cards so

Last edited by howtwosavealif3 (2011 November 06, 11:29 am)

I got my RTK due cards down to 0 for the first time in months. I'll try to stay on top of the reviews from now on. My retention rate is much better for cards reviewed at the scheduled time ;)

To me this was a lot.  I was crawling through デスノート today, and stumbled on: 痺 from 心臓麻痺。  Now I didn't do RTK3, so I didn't know it.  However seeing the outer radical ( which I have no idea how to type ) I was able to guess that it was involved with sickness, which then I immediately thought "heart attack".

I have finally hit the 10,000 mark for my Vocabulary Deck(This is on my reformed Vocabulary deck. I scrapped my previous decks and started fresh again). Feels good to be back to my high stats but I've learned it isn't about stats but what you can do in the language. Can you understand more then when you started? Can you read more than when you started? These are the ways of measuring true language progress. I wouldn't say measuring by SRS stats is a bad thing but it what it comes down to is: can you actually use what you learned in the SRS, in real life? I can honestly answer probably not. My passive vocabulary is way higher than my active vocabulary. Same goes with reading, I can read way more than I can actually write. I believe there will always be that gap there but that doesn't mean one can't reach high level of speaking and writing.

One last note is: I passed Final Fantasy 8(got it on my JPN PSN during mid August). I played it in full JPN and only had a few difficulties with vocab words(towards the game and in general). When I look back to when I started and what I can do now, I know what I'm doing is working. Now, it comes down to daily effort and experimenting more to reach the next level.

Last edited by ta12121 (2011 November 08, 11:03 pm)

I finished "utakata" last week. I'm now reading "sanctuary". Its amazing how my reading speed increased.

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So I bought 模試と対策N1 the other day, and gave it a go this morning.
I'm registered for N1 this December, but up till now I haven't done any specific studying for the JLPT except going through a N1 grammar book. I registered for the JLPT N1 to gain the experience, I was never serious about passing it. However, when I took the first test in this book (with timer and all), the results came out like this:

文字 語彙 文法 - 55 / 60
読解 - 52 / 60
聴解 - 53 / 60
Total - 160 / 180

This is not only well above the 合格-line, it also shows that I didn't screw up a specific section, it's all pretty even. I'm actually starting to think I can pass this test!
It was hard, and I really stressed during the reading-part, but if I just keep cool, I think I can do this. Woho!
Now back to my 800+ Anki reviews... Sigh...

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Made a fresh account(I will link it, once I have a lot of entires in there) but so far, I love all the corrections(I actually understand why it's like that now and where are my mistakes!). So far I have a feeling I will keep improving, making more Japanese friends and getting good at speaking. I will definitely look back at this day, some day and will tell myself (It was all worth the time you spent on learning Japanese!)

I'm talking about Lang-8

Last edited by ta12121 (2011 November 20, 12:06 am)

Thanks, Tori-kun.

I found the JLPT N1 from June 2010 today, and did the two first sections (文字 語彙 文法 + 読解) with a timer.
It went really well!
文字 語彙 文法 - 39 correct out of 45 questions - 86,6%
読解 - 25 correct out of 26 questions - 96%
I might just pull this off this December! And if I do, I'm pretty much guaranteed a kick-ass scholarship from my UNI.

I finished my 50th book in Japanese today (complete list at http://booklog.jp/users/pm215)...

kitakitsune wrote:

pm215 wrote:

I finished my 50th book in Japanese today (complete list at http://booklog.jp/users/pm215)...

Which one was the best?

Tricky question; maybe 姑獲鳥の夏 (review); I also really liked 新世界より (review).

I just finished speaking with a Japanese person and I definitely know I need more work but it started to pick up near the end. This tells me that, I just need to keep going and I will improve. So far, my goal is, just keep improving. Stop worrying about methods,SRS reps(still important but nothing extreme) and keep going. I will reach my goals within the next few years, I can taste it!

P.S. she actually thanked me because I wasn't looking for a relationship. (She says a lot of guys that do language exchange are only looking for girlfriend). I just said: "Na, I just want to keep improving my Japanese".

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I've reached another plateau but this one feels different. It's not that I'm not improving but I'm trying to find different ways to get more out of learning. I like to think of my learning now as a "game". My reading and listening are at level 80+ but my speaking and writing are at a level of 20+ (Probably even lower). My srs decks now feel genuine and I'm not pushing myself to do a lot of reps. I set a pace and keep at it. It feels real and fun now since I only srs from native sources. I love the fact that no matter how hard I fail, there is something that keeps me coming back. I know this "feeling" or fun as most people say it, will be my road to success.

I also love how even if one reaches there goals, it's only the beginning. Reached an advanced level? So what's next? Fluency? Native-level? Immersing yourself in traditional Japanese, mastering all forms of keigo? The list keeps going on and on. That's why no matter what level we reach, we are still learning, we just don't suck as much as we did when it all started.

Last edited by ta12121 (2011 December 13, 1:44 pm)