Khatzumoto’s impromptu video on language learning over at AllJapaneseAllTheTime is a fun one. I recommend checking out the whole thing. I’d also like to reiterate my point in the last post on reading levels. Khatzumoto described his progress for listening to a language as moving from hearing gibberish, to hearing the occasional word, to hearing [...]
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Exile Catchy Best – Well Said.
Exile Catchy Best….Catchy….Catchy Best. In English that sounds absolutely horrible. No English pop group would dare put such a name on their album but there it is on a new best hits album from the J-Pop group Exile. Sometimes it seems like the Japanese are intentionally butchering English to make some crazy point. In Japanese, [...]
Keep It Moving
I ran across some interesting “rules” that accompany Ask Publishing’s Japanese Graded Readers: １．やさしいレベルから読む Start at an easy level ２．辞書を引かないで読む Read without using a dictionary ３．わからないところは飛ばして読む Skip any parts you don’t understand ４．進まなくなったらやめて、ほかの本を読む When you hit a bottleneck, stop. Read a different book. While I don’t think “rules” are necessary (and I do find it [...]
How long does it take to learn 1 Kanji?
All the tools I’ve seen out there are about learning Kanji Now! Fast! Locking it in your brain forever! Special mnemonic techniques! Learn hundreds of Kanji in a few days, remember them forever! While it would be lovely to flip a switch and immediately understand another language. These things take time. So I’ll ask the [...]