Category Archives: Core2000

Core 2000 step 5 review 1000 sentences!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by marcusbird

Grettings everyone. Hope you enjoyed my latest video on what I called “Hyper Referencing“. If you didn’t see it, please check it out! Okay so as I promised planet earth, I would be doing an extensive almost insane step by … Continue reading →

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Core2000 progress step 4 finished

Posted on August 13, 2011 by marcusbird

Okay so I just finished step four of the Core2000. I had recently slowed down the pace a bit, at 50 new words per day. So at this rate if I am consistent, I will finish a step every four … Continue reading →

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Core2000 update: What deck should I use?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by marcusbird

*Note I have a review of popular Anki decks and the different way they convey information in this post, if you want to scroll directly to that, go ahead.* After about a week of using a Core2000 deck with Anki, … Continue reading →

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Japanese Brain Squeeze

Posted on August 4, 2011 by marcusbird

Core2000 review current Step 3: I’m definitely either going too hardcore, or doing something right. I remember a very, very long time ago I took a Japanese class in college. For the entire semester, we had to learn maybe, twenty … Continue reading →

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Extreme input & impatience

Posted on July 7, 2011 by marcusbird

Today I studied about 500 cards with Anki. In my previous post, I spoke about getting frustrated with trying to find the perfect system, when now I realize that whatever takes you closer, is something that takes you closer. In … Continue reading →

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