My OperaResumed kanji chaining this autumn
Sunday, December 3, 2006 11:36:15 AM
I had a harsh deadline to meet this fall and left my kanji studies lie fallow. Well they are no more and I am making good progress in my story making.
I now combine daily podcasts from japanesepod101.com with kanjistudies. I listen to the pod cast, get the pdf with vocabulary and enter those into SuperMemo. I then proced to write at least ONE kanjichain story that includes one of the lesson's new kanjis. This makes it so much more interesting.
Some stories are ridiculously hard to write, especially the ones with 30 or more keywords in them. Ka and shi are two nasty ones. But Ive found out that I can write half, a third or even less of it, and come back later when I get more inspiration. I slowly fill out the story frame with more and more words untill Im done.
I now combine daily podcasts from japanesepod101.com with kanjistudies. I listen to the pod cast, get the pdf with vocabulary and enter those into SuperMemo. I then proced to write at least ONE kanjichain story that includes one of the lesson's new kanjis. This makes it so much more interesting.
Some stories are ridiculously hard to write, especially the ones with 30 or more keywords in them. Ka and shi are two nasty ones. But Ive found out that I can write half, a third or even less of it, and come back later when I get more inspiration. I slowly fill out the story frame with more and more words untill Im done.
Dariodalu # Sunday, December 3, 2006 11:53:11 AM
I'm glad you're keeping up with your Japanese studies. I am putting much effort into it myself.
But, to be honest, I'm quite neglecting the kanji right now. I'm focusing on spoken language now and I'm quite happy to see that my efforts are not in vain; everyday I'm picking up new vocabulary and drill it with a program similar to SuperMemo. I still speak like a バカな亀 but it's nice to see myself getting better and better and being able to actually "communicate" my thoughts (at least a simplified version of them
I'm still studying Heisig RTK1, I just passed the 1000 mark. I know, I'm doing it very slowly but now it's ok: I study Heisig's kanji while I don't have much free time and when I'm at work, while when at home I focus on listening, reading and writing.
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