Japanese Progress for November 2010
Cardcount: 4652 Total Repcount: 26378 Retention: 92% I’ve made some decent progress this month on a skill I have been lacking in… listening comprehension. I’ll keep this post short since I’ll be doing...
View ArticleBridge the gap between reading and listening comprehension – the media loop
For a while now, my listening comprehension has been lower than I would have liked in Japanese, so I decided to implement a better immersion plan. ★ Majority of listening comes from TV or movies. I...
View Articlenew language blog
Hey everyone, I opened a new language blog called Amassing Words. The new blog will be for language discussion in general and I’m keeping this blog here just for Japanese language progress and...
View ArticleJapanese Progress December 2010
Cardcount: 4868 Total Repcount: 27789 Retention: 92.1% Well, the year is finally at an end and thankfully I feel my Japanese getting stronger and stronger each month. My reading speed is increasing, my...
View ArticleJapanese Progress January 2011
Total sentence card count: 5105 This month I finally passed the halfway point in the 10,000 sentence project. It’s a good feeling to make such steady progress. I know some get tired of using an SRS...
View Article2 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...
View ArticleJapanese 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...
View ArticleMoving 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...
View ArticleFun japanese learning plan to take you to the next level
Since a lot of people like some form of structure in their learning, I decided to write up a short Japanese learning plan that is fun and should take you to the next level. This plan is designed for...
View ArticleLearning 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....
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