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 Podcasts + Text = Podcastle
Posted May 8, 2012 By torabisu Part of immersion is listening to audio, such as podcasts. However, most Japanese podcasts do not come with written transcripts. This represents an issue when studying because it can...
 ノンストップチューブ:ランダム日本語のビデオ (NonstopTUBE: Random Japanese Video)
Posted April 19, 2012 By torabisu NonstopTUBE is a great resource for immersion that I’ve been wanting to share for some time. It’s a site that plays from a collection of Japanese videos, ranging from...
 Practice Makes… Better
Posted April 10, 2012 By torabisu Have you ever heard the ages-old expression, “Practice makes perfect”? This can apply on some level to anything in life. For Japanese, however, there is no perfect. Practice will...
 Do. Or do not. There is no try.
Posted March 22, 2012 By torabisu I don’t typically take quotes from movies, but in this case Yoda certainly nailed this one on the head. When it comes down to accomplishing goals, there is no...
 MCDs vs. Sentences
Posted March 13, 2012 By torabisu Alright, so I’ve had some time to look into these MCDs posts on AJATT to see what they are all about. It seems each MCD is meant to focus...
 10,000 Sentences = Dead?
Posted February 29, 2012 By torabisu Interesting times over at AJATT. I just read this article on a new method of learning Japanese. Before I dive into that, I’d like to bring something up. As...
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