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19 October 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Learning with Texts

Lately, I’ve been trying to improve my japanese vocabulary with a program called Learning With Texts. It’s quite similar to Lingq except that it’s opensource and free for anyone to use and make better. The concept is basically to import a text into LWT and attempt to read it to completion. Along the way, any [...]

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02 June 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Moving away from SRS

Moving away from SRS: For advanced learners/basic fluency and beyond. Let me preface this to say that I think using an SRS is one of the most efficient tools around for acquiring a language. If you’re new to Japanese or whatever foreign language you’re learning and you’re enjoying your progress with SRS, keep using it. [...]

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02 April 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese Progress March 2011

Current Card Count: 5272 March was a slow month for me. I had to have surgery and I had been feeling bad for a long while before that so I haven’t added many new cards. I focused on maintaining what I had instead of learning a lot of new stuff. I just didn’t have the [...]

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19 February 2011 ~ 4 Comments

2 years of japanese learning anniversary

Today marks 2 years of daily Japanese study. \(o v o)/ Where am I at so far? I’ll rate the 4 core skills of language with points 1 though 10. 1 would be a complete novice level and 10 would be native level fluency in that skill. Reading: 7.5/10 Reading is definitely my strongest skill. [...]

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