tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425985850280051605.post5230856347229699733..comments2023-08-09T14:03:35.138+09:00Comments on Keith's Voice on Extreme Language Learning: Idea for Kanji acquisition methodKeithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533265523359409077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425985850280051605.post-54714409099635822742008-02-25T22:57:00.000+09:002008-02-25T22:57:00.000+09:00That is truly diving in head first, isn't it. It's...That is truly diving in head first, isn't it. It's a harder approach than the one I've proposed in this article. If you don't use all your learned Kanji, you'll start to lose it, so you have to really spread yourself thin with that method. <BR/><BR/>Please notice that my article describes an approach that allows you to concentrate your efforts. First you learn words only through reading Kana. When you move on to the first grade Kanji, you are only working with a small subset and you really build your foundational knowledge. You keep building up as you go. <BR/><BR/>If, instead, you just go and learn all the Kanji at once, you've got to keep up with all of them. For many of us learners, it's too much. You know, I learned Kanji like 日 and 大 a long time ago and I can't imagine ever forgetting these simple ones. This is the kind of "learn" that you need to get to with all of the characters. You need to know them so well that you can't imagine ever forgetting them. And of course, it's not just the individual characters, but the words themselves. If a word has two characters, then which two are they? Some characters look alike and some meanings are alike and that is where the real difficulty lies in really knowing your Kanji.<BR/><BR/>So anyway, I think the difference is in which approach you like. If you like to concentrate on a subset of Kanji after having learned a lot of vocabulary and move forward at your own pace, then the method I described would be good for you.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533265523359409077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425985850280051605.post-58546016590548047052008-02-25T07:27:00.000+09:002008-02-25T07:27:00.000+09:00Hm, Khatzumoto from All Japanese All The Time (htt...Hm, Khatzumoto from All Japanese All The Time (http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog) to first learn the Kanji with Heisig's method and THEN concentrate on vocab building etc. What do you think of this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com