Oh man, I'd be so totally down with helping you mine Kanji in Context.  I'm actually not quite done with RTK and I'm busy finishing that and working full time, thus my time to help will be limited.  However, I've started Kanji in Context a bit already and was planning to begin going full throttle with it in about 3 or 4 weeks.

Anyway, I'm sure I can save time overall by starting a bit early by helping you (and anyone else that wants to join in).  I'll try my best to put in as much effort as I can despite my busy schedule!

how does this differ than our kanji odyssey project at iKnow? we already have up to 810 kanji (around several thousand sentences i believe) on it... i think doing yet another project would last a lot of time IMO

Ahibba what is about the deck?

@Hashiriya
That's a good question.  The two series present information in slightly different ways.  KIC's learning curve also seems higher.  The grammar in KIC tends to be at a higher level than KO.  KIC seems to have a more frequent use of "kanji priming" (those kanji which have not-yet been learned, but will be within the next few chapters) in sentences.  People who are using KIC might prefer to use that series' sentences to take advantage of the author's methodology.

@ahibba
Does that deck contain sentences?

I'm looking for volunteers for this project.

Our first task is to get the current sentences in order.  They need to be ordered into the appropriate 28 chapters.  This is tedious work, but it's important.

In the interest of speeding this project along, I've done the following:

(+) sentences 1-550 are now in order according their appearance in the workbook
(+) everything has been labeled with chapter and sentence number
(+) cleaned up Anki export formatting

Still to do:
(-) Chapters 1-29 need to be proofed
(-) work is ready to begin on Chapter 30



@Transparent_Aluminium
Simultaneous work on Workbook 2 would be fantastic.

Hashiriya wrote:

how does this differ than our kanji odyssey project at iKnow? we already have up to 810 kanji (around several thousand sentences i believe) on it... i think doing yet another project would last a lot of time IMO

KIC is a much more appropriate book for people who are already at an intermediate to high level.  It's as simple as that.  Not to mention, the example sentences seem very very good in KIC.

@vosmiura
You're fast -- I see you've already started to add sentences.  Go nuts, dude!

I'll finish up Chapter 30 and then do 36-40.

No problem, I hadn't started working on those yet anyway.  You're studying quick now :p.

Edit: I've picked up from 46 on.  I've added to a new sheet so I don't have to insert a lot of empty space in the main sheet.

For me it takes about 20-25 minutes per KIC chapter.  I use OCR and then fix up any errors.

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One thing. I intend to finish RTK and both Genkis till September. Do you recommend this book? I did some research about it a few months ago, but forgot everything but it seemed good, because I remember I wanted to buy it. Is it a good investment?

potempkin wrote:

Still to do:
(-) Chapters 1-29 need to be proofed

I plan to do 1-29 this winter break. So I could proof read your file while I'm at it.

I got my sentences written into excel. I'm writing the full sentences with the target word in the next cell. I write them simply for practicing purposes even if the grammar is above my level.

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I'm still trying to think of the best way to implement things for me. I'm only after learning the readings and not really trying to grasp grammar or whatever as most of you are. But yeah, I would still be glad to help out, I mean it won't hurt me to.

liosama at gmail.com is my email feel free to contact me

CarolinaCG wrote:

One thing. I intend to finish RTK and both Genkis till September. Do you recommend this book? I did some research about it a few months ago, but forgot everything but it seemed good, because I remember I wanted to buy it. Is it a good investment?

Hey, someone?

Thanks~