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| fortheo Senior Member United States Joined 5034 days ago 187 posts - 222 votes  Studies: French | Message 25 of 46 11 March 2012 at 7:59am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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So, I have been doing more of the same....maintaining kanji, and doing spoken and listening practice at work.
On another note, I have been trying to find a native Japanese person to Skype with, ideally on voice. This proves to be INCREDIBLY hard, and disheartening. I have talked to about 5 Japanese people, just pleasantries ....they were all extremely shy, and difficult to talk to with on text, never-mind getting them on voice :( I cant really learn much from text at the moment ( thanks to my love hate relationship with heisig ) I need a real audio interaction...I am hoping I will find a Skype buddy soon. Also, I started going through Japanese Demystified. Edited by fortheo on 11 March 2012 at 8:01am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6123 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 26 of 46 11 March 2012 at 8:18am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm not sure, but sometimes I suspect this kind of conversation, where you say hello and talk about weather and food, well, this is Japanese. Mostly, this is what they talk about. I guess except people who study English talk also about language learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5980 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 27 of 46 11 March 2012 at 10:52am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Don't be disheartened. I contacted a lot of people before I found regular exchange partners for voice chat. My Skype list has well over a hundred contacts, most who I never speak to. So keep trying, and be very up front about wanting to do voicechat. I also find it really helps to actually fix appointments with people in advance to meet for voicechat.
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| fortheo Senior Member United States Joined 5034 days ago 187 posts - 222 votes Studies: French | Message 28 of 46 12 March 2012 at 1:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yeah, I don't mind this type of conversation, I would just rather to do it on voice. My written Japanese needs so much work that I wouldn't even be able to begin asking them advice about it lol. However, if we were speaking i am much more confident and believe i would benefit more from that right now. I just feel its easier to communicate and learn from someone through voice at the moment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Takato Tetraglot Senior Member HungaryRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5046 days ago 249 posts - 276 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishB2, GermanB2, Japanese | Message 29 of 46 15 March 2012 at 12:41am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Is Japanese Demystified good?
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| fortheo Senior Member United States Joined 5034 days ago 187 posts - 222 votes Studies: French | Message 30 of 46 19 March 2012 at 4:02am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner because it rushes through kana and introduces kanji in the first chapter. I would highly recommend it to a person who knows their kanji, and has gone through Heisigs " remembering the Kanji. After going through RTK Demystified will help associate some of the readings of the kanji, and just get used to reading and writing sentences in general. Quizzes are also supplied at the end of each chapter to help solidify the presented material, which I like. The only bad part about it is the lack of an audio cd. Edited by fortheo on 19 March 2012 at 4:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Takato Tetraglot Senior Member HungaryRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5046 days ago 249 posts - 276 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishB2, GermanB2, Japanese | Message 31 of 46 22 March 2012 at 1:49am | IP Logged | ||||||||
It can be helped by finding a Japanese exchange partner who be daring, right? Edited by Takato on 22 March 2012 at 1:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| fortheo Senior Member United States Joined 5034 days ago 187 posts - 222 votes Studies: French | Message 32 of 46 01 April 2012 at 8:56am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Definitely, that would be a great combo. *update* my studies have been stagnated...I have been maintaining, but hardly improving on my reading and writing. I just lacked spirit the last few weeks. I am glad that i forced my self to maintain my studies though. I feel like my Heisig situation is a catch 22. I hate doing Heisig, but I cant deny the results it has had thus far. I tried learning kanji other ways these past few weeks and it just wasn't working for me. So I wrote a goal on my fridge and on my white board to motivate me to do the second half of Heisig, even told my roommate to encourage me lol Also, I really do like Japanese demystified, but I hate when I run into a kanji I haven't seen in RTK before. Its like no matter what I try to do, I am constantly reminded of RTK haha. I am still looking for a speaking partner, just not as active as before. I hope I find one before summer though. Listening and speaking practice is still my favorite :) Edited by fortheo on 01 April 2012 at 8:57am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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