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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
