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| Intel Triglot Newbie Romania Joined 6340 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English, Italian Studies: Japanese | Message 1 of 4 29 July 2009 at 3:14pm | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone. Today I will begin my studies concerning the Japanese language. I can't say I haven't done anything in the past, but I couldn't for one reason or another continue with the study program. But not anymore.
My main objective for this year is to take the JLPT Level 4. I could go for LEVEL 3, but I want to take it slow and steady. I'm not in a rush. Here's the plan I am going to follow: I. Go through Heisig's "Remembering the Kana". I expect to finish it by the 1st of August so that I could go on with the next phase. At the same time, I will listen to Pimsleur and also JPod101 daily. II. Once the kana have been studied, I will tackle the first volume of "Japanese for Busy People - Kana Version" while still going with Pimsleur and JPod101. After I have a secure foundation, I will slowly make my way through Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji". III. At this point I'm going to search for a Skype partner to practice my speaking skills. Pimsleur and JPod are still on. IV. After I finish "Japanese for Busy People" I will get Genki I. I expect to have finished Pimsleur by this time and only go with JPod101. V. When enough vocabulary has been built, I will include a Japanese reading session everyday and in the future also a native video (news mainly). That's it for now. If you have suggestions or tips, I'll be glad to read them. *EDIT* I finished testing 17 of the hiragana characters. Everything looks good. I made flashcards of them which I will take with me so that I can recap when I have a couple of minutes to spare. Edited by Intel on 29 July 2009 at 8:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Intel Triglot Newbie Romania Joined 6340 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English, Italian Studies: Japanese | Message 2 of 4 30 July 2009 at 9:48pm | IP Logged |
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Today I added another 15 hiragana characters for a total of 32.
I also finished my fourth lesson at JapanesePod101 on the Newbie level. Will add Pimsleur starting from the 1st of August. Edited by Intel on 30 July 2009 at 9:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Intel Triglot Newbie Romania Joined 6340 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English, Italian Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 4 31 July 2009 at 6:19pm | IP Logged |
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Finished the hiragana and started the katakana.
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| Intel Triglot Newbie Romania Joined 6340 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English, Italian Studies: Japanese | Message 4 of 4 02 August 2009 at 5:09pm | IP Logged |
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I finished learning the kana today.
The hiragana look good, I just took a quiz (at manythings.org) and got 4976 points with the following statistics: Quiz Score: 98% (102 / 104) Correct: 102 Wrong: 2 (one of which was a wrong keypress) Game Points: 4976 (out of a possible 5200) Total Time: 352 sec. (approx. 5.9 min.) The only issue I have with the hiragana is that I have difficulty in writing them on paper, but that will come with practice I guess. I'll add a couple of writing sessions so that I can get some practice. I don't know if things will go as smoothly with the katakana, but time will tell. When I feel I have mastered the kana I will begin studying the "Japanese for Busy People" textbook. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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