Aquedita Triglot Senior Member Poland myspace.com/aqueda_v Joined 6032 days ago 154 posts - 164 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin
| Message 185 of 197 29 October 2008 at 1:52pm | IP Logged |
I don't know if you are already familiar with this page, but I think they have some cool audiobooks in Japanese. http://jclab.wordpress.com/
So good luck with your studies and keep us updated on your progress on Harry Potter ;)
2 persons have voted this message useful
|
vtedin Newbie Argentina Joined 6028 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Spanish*
| Message 186 of 197 11 November 2008 at 2:10pm | IP Logged |
I didnĀ“t have the time to thank you for the information. I already got in the page an download Lemon by Motojiro Kajii, a wonderful story. Once again, thank you very much.
Virgilio
1 person has voted this message useful
|
sheetz Senior Member United States Joined 6395 days ago 270 posts - 356 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, French, Mandarin
| Message 187 of 197 08 January 2009 at 11:08am | IP Logged |
Happy New Year! It's been forever since I last posted, but I'm still plugging away at HP Book 5. I'll probably order books 6 and 7 just to finish the series, but I'm ready to move onto something else.
I recently paid a visit to a BookOff bookstore, where they sell used Japanese books starting at only $1 apiece! I walked out with a bunch of books in Japanese, including the complete Lord of the Rings series in translation. The language used in it doesn't seem much harder than what is found in HP, but there's no furigana. Not a big deal for me at this point, fortunately.
2 persons have voted this message useful
|
Durben Diglot Groupie Portugal Joined 6637 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German
| Message 188 of 197 12 January 2009 at 2:30pm | IP Logged |
Hi sheetz,
Congrats on your achievements, it really is an inspiration to read your log :-)
With the knowledge that you have now, what would you recomend to a newbie that is a about to start? What do you before that you would not do now if you were starting again? What would you do instead?
No Pimsleur?
Assimil, Japanesepod101 and "Remembering Kanji I" at the begining?
1 person has voted this message useful
|
sheetz Senior Member United States Joined 6395 days ago 270 posts - 356 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, French, Mandarin
| Message 189 of 197 16 February 2009 at 2:13am | IP Logged |
Durben, sorry about not responding to you sooner. I don't visit here much anymore now that I'm at the mid-high intermediate level in Japanese reading proficiency. To answer your question, what would I change? Well, I can't really say that anything I did was a complete waste of time. However, I can definitely say that the most valuable materials for my expressed goals were Assimil, Heisig, Dictionary of Basic/Intermediate Japanese Grammar, flashcard programs, and the Harry Potter series. Each one of them was a tremendous help at particular stages of my learning and when the time comes for me to pick up another language I will definitely try to obtain analogous materials for that new prospective language.
As for my current progress, I have to admit I'm getting sick of Harry Potter and his Adventures in Teenage Angst. Volume 5 is just so damn long and boring I just want them all to die so the story can be over and done with. For this reason once I finally get through this volume I will find something else. Perhaps in a couple of years, when the paperback versions of Vols 6 and 7 are released I may come back to them.
Edited by sheetz on 16 February 2009 at 2:14am
3 persons have voted this message useful
|
Shadow1984 Groupie United States Joined 5507 days ago 53 posts - 57 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 190 of 197 01 December 2009 at 8:16pm | IP Logged |
Hey Sheetz,
I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your studies with us. There is a lot of useful tips in your blog. Also, congratulations to getting in the state you are in now with your Japanese!
1 person has voted this message useful
|
dbooster Newbie Japan japandave.com Joined 5449 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Studies: Japanese
| Message 191 of 197 11 January 2010 at 11:22am | IP Logged |
Sheetz-
Congrats on the amazing progress in Japanese! I was so inspired by your posts I registered on this site just so I could reply. I've lived in Japan longer than you've been studying the language and I don't think my level is even half of what yours is. Amazing job!
1 person has voted this message useful
|
emy5 Newbie United States Joined 5367 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Studies: Japanese
| Message 192 of 197 03 April 2010 at 3:00pm | IP Logged |
Thanks a lot for the post and links!!
I was wondering if anybody knows where can I find a Harry Potter(any of the books is good)audio book in Japanese??
1 person has voted this message useful
|