Comments on: Progressing Everyday: Do Something

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:21:58 +0000

Yes I am APA. Started Heisig 50 days ago (a method of which I’m quite impressed with).

It is quite interesting that after listening to soo much radio trying to listen to any sort of audio textbook component hurts, it just doesn’t sound like normal Japanese.

By: APA

APA — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:05:51 +0000

I’m curious but are you a follower of All Japanese All The Time by any chance?

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com

まぁ、頑張りましょうね！

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:36:49 +0000

Thanks for the site. Looks like it has potential. Currently for my flash card practice I use http://ichi2.net/anki/ .

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:25:02 +0000

Good luck! Here’s a site that might be helpful for your studies.

http://www.iknow.co.jp/

In the top row, you can change the language from Japanese to English.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:00:04 +0000

Hi Bud,

It’s good to hear from someone else learning a language and it’s cool to see that you have noticed the same thing with daily study.

I have a little graph tracking my vocabulary growth vs time. I’m trying to divorce myself from the estimated time to learn the basic set of characters and rather just be happy that the line is heading upwards. It is motivating to know that I’m always getting closer, not worrying about when I ‘know’ the language takes away the dread factor.

By: Bud

Bud — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:54:23 +0000

Great article.

I can relate as I moved to Shanghai last year. Learning a new language is very difficult, and I have struggled immensely in doing so. However I believe the reason for my struggles is ignorance. I have put off learning Chinese and consequently I have not learned as much as I should have. Only recently have I began to study Chinese nightly and have already noticed a great difference.