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Resting in Japanese
After another day where my intense Anki regime pretty much wiped me out, I realized that there is a serious question of balance and energy that goes into really pushing to study Japanese. When we talk about creating an immersive … Continue reading
Posted in learning Japanese, Uncategorized
Tagged AJATT, immersion tips for japanese, Jamaican learning Japanese, japanese immersion, japanese immersion media, japanese immersion observation, japanese manga, japanese podcasts, learn japanese, marcus bird, resting in japanese, setup japanese immersion
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今年もおめでと！
Wishing everyone a happy new year from Japan to Jamaica. It’s been an interesting year for me, and looking back there were some nice moments and some rough patches. Last this year, I had just come back from a trip … Continue reading
Posted in motivation, Remembering the Kanji, Uncategorized
Tagged AJATT, AJATT method, All Japanese All the Time, does the heisig method work, Heisig Method, heisig to reading, Heisig tricks, learning Japanese, learning observation, learning with rosetta stone, living in Japan, marcus bird, marcus bird tv, reading with heisig, Remembering the Kanji, RTK1
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Jamaican and Canadian talk Japanese
Paul Nogas from Canadian learning Japanese left me quite an interesting comment recently and mentioned me in an blog post critiquing different methods of learning Japanese. There are literally hundreds of forums talking about different methods, particulary the AJATT ( … Continue reading
Posted in Heisig Method, learning Japanese
Tagged AJATT, AJATT method, AJATT vs Smart.fm, All Japanese All the Time, Canadian learning Japanese, does the heisig method work, Heisig Method, Heisig tricks, jamaican in japan, Jamaican learning Japanese, learning Japanese, learning observation, living in Japan, marcus bird, marcus bird tv, Remembering the Kanji, testing the Heisig Method, The Heisig Method
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Learning without studying, from noise to understanding
I took a big plunge and feel the momentum of my Japanese progression. See, for the last several months i’ve been learning Japanese passively. Meaning, I haven’t been actively studying, speaking more than normal, practicing, listening to Japanese music or … Continue reading
Posted in AJATT, Heisig Method, learning Japanese, marcus bird, milestone
Tagged AJATT, AJATT method, All Japanese All the Time, Heisig Method, Heisig tricks, jamaican in japan, japanese advertisments, learning Japanese, learning Japanese in context, learning observation, marcus bird, marcus bird tv, matrix japanese dVD, reading with heisig, remember the knaji, Remembering the Kanji, RTK1
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The Road to Vocabulary Part 1
The Road to vocabulary Part 1 One of the hardest things about learning a new language naturally, is vocabulary. In fact, a lot of people who have eidetic memory (photographic memory) can learn languages pretty quickly because they never forget … Continue reading
900 Kanji!
Another 100 Kanji. Phew… i’ve posted enough on my methods for linking to help with moving faster. But you really have to spend that 3 minutes visualizing the hard stuff. I’m trying to hit a thousand by Monday and then … Continue reading
Posted in AJATT, Heisig Method, language, learning Japanese, marcus bird, milestone, motivation, Remembering the Kanji, RTK1
Tagged AJATT, AJATT method, All Japanese All the Time, Heisig Method, jamaican in japan, learning Japanese, marcus bird, Remembering the Kanji, RTK1, sentence practice
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850 Kanji! and another rant
I’ve hit a nice 850 Kanji now, and i’m finding its getting easier to learn certain Kanji. In a previous post, I mentioned “Marty McFly and Linking Images” and it is turning out to be MONEY with certain Kanji memorizations. … Continue reading
Posted in AJATT, Heisig Method, language, learning Japanese, marcus bird, milestone, motivation, Remembering the Kanji, RTK1, study tools
Tagged AJATT, AJATT method, All Japanese All the Time, does the heisig method work, Heisig Method, heisig to reading, Heisig tricks, jamaican in japan, learning Japanese, living in Japan, marcus bird
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800 Kanji! 八十万の漢字だよ！
I’ve hit 800 Kanji and i’m starting to feel the buzz. Doing this is pretty intense, especially if you want to finish quickly. I’m realizing through my SRS reviews that you must ENSURE that your stories are solid or you’ll … Continue reading
好くな映画は何ですか? (Movie Katakana practice)
This post is just about playing with Katakana. I new a good bit fo Katakana before I started RTK1, so I’ve been practing them lately. I thought movies are a good way to practice. What movies to you like? 好くな映画は何ですか？ … Continue reading
Relaxing and doing it Anyway
I wanted to drop this one in, because lately i’ve hit a good hurdle in my learning where i feel like i am coasting. I think once I reach a 1,000 Kanji I will feel even better. An observation i’ve … Continue reading
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