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AJATT's "10,000 Sentences"

MisterM2402 [Michael] — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:34:21 +0000

Are any of you guys using this method? I’m a bit stuck on what I’m actually supposed to be doing (yes, even after reading the articles on it at ajatt.com), so I was wondering how you all do it.

Do you learn vocab while reviewing the sentences, or are you supposed to take the vocab and put it into a separate deck to study? I think he also says to not bother learning grammar cause you’ll “pick it up”, but surely that can’t be right…?

Danke.

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koichi — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:48:35 +0000

I do lots of translating of sentences from Japanese subtitles files, though I’d definitely make sure to look up grammar if I don’t know it. And, for vocab, I’d just put it in a deck (and also make sure each individual kanji meaning is known in your brain). Lots of things to go over… but the idea is it’ll start slow and get way faster.

Kind of gives me an idea, though – I should put up sentences to translate/learn about in the forums, with explanations the next day, or something… kind of like a crossword puzzle, where you try to figure it out on one day, then the next day you get the answer + explanation… Won’t get you to 10,000 sentences anytime soon, but should be helpful, I imagine. Will probably just pull it from Japanese drama subs or something, not sure if I want to spend the time to come up with original content for something like this, plus it’s probably best if it wasn’t original anyways…

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jkl — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:10:52 +0000

I built my sentence deck from the smart.fm Core 6000 example sentences. After doing reviews, I create cram sessions that focus on a given kanji. I study all the usages of the kanji, and sentences that are close enough to what I already know become part of active reviews.

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winterpromise31 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:21:31 +0000

Michael,

I’m kind of sort of doing it. I have a deck for sentences and two cards for each sentence. The first card tests the reading on all of the kanji included. The second card tests my comprehension of what is being said. (So the cards are Japanese and English, not just Japanese).

I also have another deck that just keeps growing and growing with various vocab words I pick up all over the place. All of the vocab from the sentences deck goes into this deck if I don’t already know the words. When I choose sentences to include in my sentence deck, I pick sentences that only have one or two new vocab words and grammar that I’ve already studied. The sentences help me practice things I’ve learned here and elsewhere but don’t have much practice with.

I pull my vocab and sentences from Jpod101, Maru’s blog (the cat who is famous from Youtube), DenshiJisho, and a few other random places. Some of it is native (blogs mostly) and other websites are for teaching Japanese (TextFugu and Jpod101).

Clear as mud? Sure. A good way of studying? No idea, but it’s working for me right now. :)

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Armando — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:00:15 +0000

Not started yet since I’m doing RTK, but I plan to do this:

Get example sentences from Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese from each grammar topic, which helps with grammar, and take the vocab I don’t understand and learn… Also from ひぐらしのなく頃に、デスノート and very possibly Japanese songs.

Buuuut don’t take tips from me I haven’t even started.

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Mark — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:56:48 +0000

off topic question @armando – how many kanji do you know from rtk currently? And how long have you studied it?

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Sheepy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:34:05 +0000

Hmm I believe Khatz has moved on from 10k sentences, saying he doesn’t like the method as much as he did before. Maybe ask Crumb about it?

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MisterM2402 [Michael] — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:45:11 +0000

@Sheepy: Who? What? Where?! When did he say that? haha I wonder what he suggests nowadays then…? I thought 10,000 Sentences was such a big part of the AJATT method as well, so I wonder why he doesn’t like it anymore.

I’m doing Core 6000 before I consider this whole sentences method again, but by that time I may have found something different to do.