WonkoTheSane
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- 12 May 2013
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I didn't want to continue the threadjacking, so this is a continuation of my off topic question. Mostly just because a thank you was in order but my hijacking of another member's thread was becoming unreasonable and rude and I felt even one more post would be out of line.
Mods, I couldn't come up with a better/shorter name, so if this should be named more appropriately I hope you'll do me the favor of correcting it.
I want to write a quick thank you note, Mike.
I went back and the salesgirl showed me the workbooks but upon browsing through them I realized I'd just be copying kanji I don't know the meanings of, and that didn't seem all that productive.
What I did instead is start to insert kanji into the vocabulary and phrases I'm learning with flash cards, and use it in my writing exercises in my textbook instead of the hiragana. I've also set a goal of taking the N4 at the next JLPT cycle based on my teacher's recommendation of which one to try for, so I have a clear objective, and I'm working through kanji specific to JLPT N4 using an app I found.
When I've finished the textbook my teacher has me working through (Japanese For Busy People) I'll hopefully have the basis I need for those workbooks. Hopefully by then I'll have some concept of what the instructions say, or at least enough of a grounding to figure it out.
I picked up a blank notebook and I'm using it to practice the kanji I'm working on, along with practicing writing out sentences in kana, conjugations, etc.
I'd love to hear that I'm being too conservative about starting the workbooks, and I'd gladly start on them if told to do so. My concern is that if I try to get ahead of my skills I'll get be doing pointless work and get frustrated and quit.
Mods, I couldn't come up with a better/shorter name, so if this should be named more appropriately I hope you'll do me the favor of correcting it.
I want to write a quick thank you note, Mike.
I went back and the salesgirl showed me the workbooks but upon browsing through them I realized I'd just be copying kanji I don't know the meanings of, and that didn't seem all that productive.
What I did instead is start to insert kanji into the vocabulary and phrases I'm learning with flash cards, and use it in my writing exercises in my textbook instead of the hiragana. I've also set a goal of taking the N4 at the next JLPT cycle based on my teacher's recommendation of which one to try for, so I have a clear objective, and I'm working through kanji specific to JLPT N4 using an app I found.
When I've finished the textbook my teacher has me working through (Japanese For Busy People) I'll hopefully have the basis I need for those workbooks. Hopefully by then I'll have some concept of what the instructions say, or at least enough of a grounding to figure it out.
I picked up a blank notebook and I'm using it to practice the kanji I'm working on, along with practicing writing out sentences in kana, conjugations, etc.
I'd love to hear that I'm being too conservative about starting the workbooks, and I'd gladly start on them if told to do so. My concern is that if I try to get ahead of my skills I'll get be doing pointless work and get frustrated and quit.