Hashiriya
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From: Georgia
Registered: 2008-04-14
Posts: 1072
I've been experitmenting with this method of learning lately, that maybe you guys already use, but I am just going to throw it out there. If Khatsumoto can say the same thing 1000 times, I figure that one more time won't hurt. For grammar i am still using Anki and the Dictionaries of Japanese Grammar deck but as far as vocabulary building goes i am having great success using the "Japanese" iPod App by codefromtokyo. I either go down the JLPT lists and find a word that I don't know and read every last example sentence there is for it.
(it is super easy to read the sentences in the app because if you touch an example sentence it will show the whole sentence in furigana. If you don't know a word in the sentence, you can just then tap the unknown word and the app will automatically take you to it)
I find that reading all of the example sentences gives me a huge feeling of how to use the word properly and I am actually able to speak and use it as a part of my repitore rather than just possibly recognizing a word because i saw it used in just one way in a smart.fm sentence. (run-on sentence I know) The variety of sentences really helps lock the word into your brain. It also keeps me from getting burned out through the act of sentence-mining in itself.
I think if you read a certain word in enough example sentences that you would never have to worry about reviewing it in Anki at all. I urge everyone to give this method a try if you haven't already. Especially to those who, like me, knew plenty of words but had no idea in how to apply them to actual conversations.
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Aijin
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From: California
Registered: 2009-05-29
Posts: 648
gyuujuice wrote:
I hope the next ipod touch has an HD camera. ^0^ That would be awesome.
Can someone confirm that you can change the language to Japanese (and possibly Korean? 한구거 or 한국말)
Japanese is of course available for both the keyboard and settings (along with dozens of other languages) but I think Korean might not be available on the touch. It is on the iPhone, but I think I remember a friend with an iPod touch being unable to add a Korean keyboard. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
As for the method, I think it can be useful for learning new words! I have a student who does this actually, and though when I looked through it there were awkward/ grammatically incorrect sentences that I spotted, for the most part it looked good enough to use as a resource if you're just reading the sentences to strengthen the impression of the word.
Limitations are, of course, that I'd imagine it requiring a lot of time to do that with each new word you learn. And I don't think there are example sentences for more uncommon words (and if there are, usually only one, which won't really help you create a strong impression)
However, for software if you're going to use this why not just use Kotoba? Kotoba has the same exact feature and is free.
rachels
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From: Australia
Registered: 2008-06-06
Posts: 110
If you want a large selection of sentences to look thorough, you could also enable the tatoeba plugin with your vocabulary deck, giving pretty much the same sort of resource, but within the SRS program. Of course, the same caution (as to the absolute reliability of the sentences) is advised, by those who know more Japanese than I. Nevertheless, I can't help agreeing with others here, that if you want to get a general sense of how the word is used, without memorising every sentence, it is surely going to be of help.
