NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 9 of 15 14 November 2009 at 8:52pm | IP Logged |
Amazed there are kanji/hanzi I still recognize from a Chinese Mandarin class I took at
university 11 years ago - proof that rote memorization does work for me at least. I doubt
I'd be able to re-write most of them though, more like a picture I recognize, rather
than a written word/concept.
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NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 10 of 15 15 November 2009 at 10:10pm | IP Logged |
Finished about a 1/3 of "Death Note" vol.1 yesterday. Going to make a first pass through
the comic just for hiragana/katagana/kanji phonics. Have deliberately avoided the
dictionary and just read for sounds and recognition. Hopefully finish by the end of the
week and then go back through and start making notes on words & phrases.
Anybody else find it hard to mark up books with pens, pencils, and hi-lighters?
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NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 11 of 15 18 November 2009 at 12:48pm | IP Logged |
Still working my way through "Death Note" vol.1. Also started adding to my Anki online
deck with different words/phrases/sentences using things I've come across on the Japanese
Yahoo! site. Mostly sticking to my interest areas of travel and food. Deliberately
avoiding grammar and textbook wordlists.
My progress feels slow by not having a book and chapters, but this way of learning a
language is infinitely more fun and interesting than what I've learned in the past.
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NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 12 of 15 20 November 2009 at 5:14am | IP Logged |
Been using translate.google.com to test my
recognition of hiragana / katagana. I usually enter some simple phrases and words that I
can easily recognize. Also been slowly adding these to my Anki deck.
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NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 13 of 15 22 November 2009 at 12:10am | IP Logged |
Found a copy of Tampopo with English
subs. Funny and quirky movie with some great scenes in ramen shops. More than a few great
expressions I can use on my trip to Osaka & Kyoto next month.
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NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 14 of 15 22 November 2009 at 8:25pm | IP Logged |
Bought an interesting series of children's Japanese books that came with an audio CD
yesterday. There are 4 levels in the series, and two packs for each level. I had to
settle for level 2, volume 1 because the bookstore didn't have level 1 in stock. They're
actually published here in Korea, but the books are 100% Japanese. Great find for 11,000
KRW.
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NB Groupie Canada Joined 5538 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Japanese
| Message 15 of 15 25 November 2009 at 9:25pm | IP Logged |
Been listening to the audio track of th first book in the series. Probably heard it 50+
times now. Mainly listening to pronunciation & some vocabulary. Going to transcribe the
script this weekend and then listen a few more times before moving onto book #2.
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