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Tag Archives: learning Japanese
Feeling better about Japanese: Give yourself some props
Greetings. For those of you who’ve really poured through my blog posts, you know only too well how i’ve tried to balance my desire to learn and deconstruct my Japanese learning, while at the same time keep a balanced sense … Continue reading
The Japanese balancing act
This blog post has been a long time coming for several reasons. The main reason is that as it relates to balancing the key aspects of Japanese study, its based on the significant entry hurdle Japanese characters scare new learners … Continue reading
Teaser for my Japanese Study Methods Video blogs
I’ve been talking about it for months, and I’m almost finished with my first video blog, where I will be chatting about the methods i’ve been using to study Japanese, but also how to keep motivated, learn certain things faster … Continue reading
Pillowsonic Sleep Immersion Speakers
Okay, i’m about to try these out. Many people have differing opinions on whether or not “sleep immersion” works, but I’ve definitely left Japanese audio/video playing while I slept and had dreams that were 100% in Japanese as a result. … Continue reading
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Tagged create immersion environment, Jamaican learning Japanese, japanese immersion pillow, japanese immersion tips, language immersion, learn japanese immersion, learning Japanese, nonstoptube, pillowsonic, pillowsonic language, pillowsonic language immersion, pillowsonic language study, pillowsonic speaker
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Rosetta Stone Meng review of 3.35
I’ve always wanted to drop a little knowledge about the R. So where can I start? Let’s see, first things first, anyone who knows this blog, will see that a big part of my learning was through Osmosis mostly because … Continue reading
My Manga #1 – Point in time
My Manga ＃1 Point in Time – From Death Note. Okay, so this is an observation from Death Note about point in time. I am not a grammar beast yet, but I find that trying to read through these sentences … Continue reading
Posted in learning Japanese
Tagged All Japanese All the Time, death note, death note manga, does the heisig method work, Heisig Method, heisig to reading, Heisig tricks, learning Japanese, learning Japanese in context, learning observation, learning with manga, living in Japan, marcus bird, marcus bird tv, my manga, Remembering the Kanji, RTK1, The Heisig Method
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1700 Kanji and the Skimming Hypothesis
So I’m finally almost done with Heisig. I’ve been doing about 50 to 100 Kanji per day and I am almost there. A few key things I have noted recently. I mentioned in a previous post that I was shedding … Continue reading
1500 Kanji, 73% done with RTK1
1500 Kanji I’m burning through my last 500 Kanji now. I’m at frame 1512 and I’m starting to feel as if I am achieving something. I mentioned in a previous post that I am not getting too hung up on … Continue reading
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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Missing Link: The Action step of AJATT
Scrolling through my twitter feeds, I noticed a post by AJATT about “why most people forget the action step of AJATT” and in reading it, I came to a revelation. As a person somewhat actively tracking what I am … Continue reading
Posted in AJATT, study tools
Tagged AJATT method, All Japanese All the Time, does the heisig method work, heisig to reading, Heisig tricks, jamaican in japan, Jamaican learning Japanese, learning Japanese, learning observation, living in Japan, marcus bird, marcus bird tv, Remembering the Kanji
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Jamaican Learning Japanese 