Comments on: Stop Studying Japanese! http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/01/03/stop-studying-japanese/ Learning to Read Japanese by...Reading Japanese Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Khalid http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/01/03/stop-studying-japanese/#comment-46 Khalid Mon, 19 May 2008 22:04:56 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/01/03/stop-studying-japanese/#comment-46 That sounds like the power of context. I think that sometimes learning a new word is like coming up with a name for something. You've thought about something for a long time or saw something absolutely fascinating and suddenly you come up with a name for it. It will require zero effort to remember that name. It's as if all that mental imagery was just waiting for a word to be associated with it. With lots of interaction in Japanese, there will be times when our minds will be ready to pull in a lot of new words. And pulling in new words when we're ready is much easier that pushing in new words day after day. That sounds like the power of context.

I think that sometimes learning a new word is like coming up with a name for something. You’ve thought about something for a long time or saw something absolutely fascinating and suddenly you come up with a name for it.

It will require zero effort to remember that name. It’s as if all that mental imagery was just waiting for a word to be associated with it.

With lots of interaction in Japanese, there will be times when our minds will be ready to pull in a lot of new words.

And pulling in new words when we’re ready is much easier that pushing in new words day after day.

]]> By: アカン http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/01/03/stop-studying-japanese/#comment-45 アカン Sun, 18 May 2008 23:50:15 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/01/03/stop-studying-japanese/#comment-45 I have recently experienced such a 'Head Fake' relating to acquisition of new vocabulary. When I try to mine vocabulary from news, I end up getting 11-12 new words and burning out. However, when I mine words from ゼルダの伝説:時のオカリナI get upto 40-50 words in a go without even burning out. And the funny thing is, I don't need an SRS to remember more than half of the words (possibly because stuff like 矢印 won't come up so often) I have recently experienced such a ‘Head Fake’ relating to acquisition of new vocabulary.

When I try to mine vocabulary from news, I end up getting 11-12 new words and burning out. However, when I mine words from ゼルダの伝説:時のオカリナI get upto 40-50 words in a go without even burning out. And the funny thing is, I don’t need an SRS to remember more than half of the words (possibly because stuff like 矢印 won’t come up so often)

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