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  • October 17, 2012 at 12:29 pm #36439

    Chris O’Dell
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    Greetings everyone,  I’m from the SF Bay area.  I’ve always had an interest in Japanese language & culture but only recently did I decide to become fluent.   I’m about 9 months into this journey, trying to sort through all the available resource to figure out how to spend my limited study time.  I’m halfway through the Pimsleur audio course, about 1000 kanji into RTK, feel like I’m hitting a weird beginner/intermediate transition point and have more study options than I have time for.

    So far I’m liking what I’ve seen of TextFugu, and hope that it’ll help me focus my efforts and continue to progress!

    October 19, 2012 at 8:51 pm #36570

    Mike
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    Neither of those resources would I recommend, but if they help you… xD.

     

    Welcome to the forums! Good luck studying with TextFugu!<3

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    October 19, 2012 at 9:06 pm #36573

    Chris O’Dell
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    Hi Mike!  My approach so far, after looking at the dozens (hundreds?) of different resources available has been doing the audio practice + vocab & kanji with Anki.  The Pimsleur course is dry and somewhat outdated but it’s helped me a lot with grammar and lets me make productive use of my commute.  Jpod101 has caught my interest though, I may switch over to that… any recommendations for audio courses to supplement my study?

    I’m kind of stymied right now on kanji though… feel like if I quit RTK and change methods that I’ll have wasted lots of hours.  I don’t reference the book much through, just kanji.koohii.com.  What’s your method of choice?

    Any advice appreciated :)  I don’t get a ton of study time in a day so I’m trying to find the most bang for my buck!

     

    October 19, 2012 at 11:37 pm #36574

    気障者
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    I personally did RTK and felt that it was helpful. If you are fine with continuing it, then I’d recommend just doing so. If you feel you are going crazy and want to quit it, then I feel that even just going through the first 1000 would give you benefit.

    As for things not mentioned, I’d recommend reading tons as well as making sure to listen every day. Just make sure you enjoy what you’re doing ultimately.

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