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Using なな instead of しち also helps avoid confusion with いち.
I’m afraid not. You’ll just have to print or download to PDF if you want to view offline.
Thats great. Thanks very much.
Hey Gabe. I’m currently living and working in Japan. Most English speakers who come to Japan do so as ALTs. Myself included. Its a job Where you assist in the teaching of English in Japanese schools. It can be a fun and rewarding way to spend time here but it is not a career. Most only stay a few years before moving on. If you are interested you should look up The JET Programme.
I know very little about fugu other than it’s very expensive and that the restaurants that serve it have a red lantern outside and that it is best to eat in winter. I also read somewhere that it”s not the fish that makes the toxin but in fact it comes from the food chain…it eats lots of bacteria that make the poison.
I’m told that the toxin is a neuro-toxin though and the reason people like fugu is that in the small quantities ingested in properly prepared fugu it gives a ‘high’. I don’t think I would refuse it if it was offered but I also won’t be looking for it.
Did you hear about the penguin that escaped from Tokyo sea life park in March has been found swimming in Tokyo Bay….fair play Mr Penguin.
Guys I7m sure that you all have great intentions for my life savings but I’m not sure what exactly you can do with 12 pence and a fuzzy looking humbug I found down the back of a sofa, cause seriously thats all I got.
Thanks soooo much. I hope I can return the favour some day.
I agree it needs to be in physical form for me to take heed of it.
Michael I would really appreciate those files if it’s not too much bother.
Thanks for the advice guys. Its really great that you guys took time out to help me.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate the info. I’d be happy to offer the files to anyone who wants them afterwards.
As for the how and whys…tbh its not so much the distractions as it is I like to have physical lists and notes around me. I like to be able to make notes beside words or to just write things down when I learn them or if I learn something relevant. It’s just the way I’ve always leaned.
When I use the computer I find that I spend too long fiddling with the formatting…not so much an issue with when I’m writing. I’m more comfortable with a notes folder and when I write I retain thngs better. When I read its often in and out in a matter of minutes and I rely too much on scrolling up and down to get back to the lists/information whereas I try harder to remember something when I have to physically search for it.
I suppose it boils down to the way I’m used to studying and sadly I like it old school.
Do you like the computer better for study or do you mix it up? Any tips perhaps?
LarisJane そのソフトがあります and 大大大すきです！. I do reccommend spending the money on it. たのしいですよ！The game play and menus are really simple. I was playing it when I had no interest in Japanese language or culture! It’s really great!
I like that idea! Most of my time online is idol browsing. It would be a great reminder to spend my time more constuctively.
I suck at motivating myself. Is there any other tips for motivation out there? Ways of encouraging yourself to study. I tend to go in spurts of starting and stopping. How do you encourage youself to keep regular patterns for study?
I have a folder of handwritten notes. For me I like writing stuff down. It helps me to process! If I type I find that I don’t think about it the same as if I was writing. It could be a pace thing as you said. I also like to use lots of colour in my handwriting notes. The prettier they are the happier it makes me. Also its another way of highlighing and deciding what you feel are the important take away points from the lesson. It’s also important for my notes not to just copy what I read. I need to read, Take a minute or two to think and then I will write in my own words.
As for reviews with my notes I do read over them again. I’ve never copied them out again. But spaced reading seems to help keep stuff fresh in my mind.
I completely agree with the mini lectures form of revision. Even at A level I felt that explaining what I learned to other people really helps because when you are speaking you are putting everything in your own words. this means you are able to tell if you really understand everything. I also really like bouncing ideas of people. A conversation about what you have just learned really helps.What I feel is most important is that notes are the instructions not the goal. You want to be able to produce the language not just understand the grammer. It’s great to find as many oportunites as possilbe to speak, read or write. I like to keep a journal in Japanese. I began when I started to learn the verbs. I was able to say what I did and what I was going to do. Then as I learned other grammer points it became more detailed. I can see my progression. It’s great to read the past entrys. You can correct mistakes you made (for a grammer review – why did you make that mistake? etc) or just read for a confidence boost. You see where you began and then can see where you are now. It really helps. It’s also a great way to use the vocab and grammer you learn in context and for me it has really helped me to produce japanese in speaking as I am more practiced at building sentences that I want to say rather than the set examples.
OK I’m gonna be quiet now. Didnt mean to write so much.
You are right. Thats a good idea for now but without her learning/really knowing Japanese it can’t last very long.
I think for me the most important thing is motivating me. If I had to study something I asked my family to remind me occasionally about studying. Just asking me how its coming along or if I was sat in front of the TV getting my mum to say “you could be studying now” was really helpful.
Another thing that your girlfriend could do is to make like little tests for you. You could give her your vocab lists and she could pick a few English words and ask you for the Japanese. Also if you know there is a test coming you feel more motivated. You could do the same with the kanji. Give her the list of the radicals and kanji you should know and she can make little flash cards to show you.
Drilling you in vocab and kanji I think is the only way to go once you get to a certain level with the grammar.
I hope that was helpful.
Is it possible that the media files have been stored somewhere else or that the file path has been corrupted??
I haven’t tried the Kanji decks on my Android. Which deck is it and I will try it out and get back to you?
P.S. I am no expert as the previous AnkiDroid thread will tell you.
