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In my last post , I reviewed Anki, a flashcard srs (spaced repition system) program that is almost essential for language learning. Now, I'm going to talk about the most common ways to use this flashcard program, as people have come up with ingenious ways to use this program to help them learn that I for one wouldn't have thought of by myself, but I'm a bit slow I think. The most obvious way to use flashcards is to memorize facts. When I was in second grade, our teacher was obsessed with using flashcards to teach us math. We would have contests and competitions over these flashcards and who could get the most right or recall the answer fast enough. To share a little secret with you, math and I still don't get along, despite the flashcards. When learning a language and being told to make flashcards, most people try to make flashcards in the same way that they use them for mathematics or science, or any other subject. You write out the Japanese word on one side and the En...

Many people feel uncomfortable with watching their favorite movies or TV shows without subtitles, afraid that they won't understand what's going on. However, they're also afraid that they won't be practicing listening if the subtitles are on. So, when you're learning Japanese, do you or don't you watch with the subtitles on. My answer might not be very popular on this one, but I think it's okay to go ahead and watch with subtitles if you're really not far into the language. Now, once you're getting better, I'd rather you watch with the Japanese closed captions if you can find them, or at least try watching a bit without subtitles. Here's how I first did it when I decided to wean myself off of subs: a.) Watch an episode of Tenchi Universe (I already knew the whole series inside and out, so following it wasn't a problem) and try to understand it. b.) Find scenes I had trouble with and turn the subs on. c.) Rewatch episode with subs if it r...

Like Nerdy Goodness: Trials, Tribulations, and Musings of a Nerd before it, Genki will be adding a 'categories' page to it. Again, I'm too lazy to go adding a bunch of code, so I'm just going to put up links to my old posts here. Gadgets Wii U? Japanese Invent Spider Man Robot Sauce-Dispensing Chopsticks Culture Valentine's Day in Japan The Secret to Living as Long as the Japanese News Easiest Way to Help Quake Victims Ever! Stupid People on the Internet and Disaster .PDF Massive 8.9 Earthquake in Japan More News About North Korea N. Korean Missle Launch and the Big Brother of Japan British Man Attempts to Defraud a Japanese Bank Obama Masks Invoke Huge Sales in Japan J-Pop Makes a New Year's Resolution? Language Learning Tools The Best Flashcard Program Ever: Anki Gakuu JapanesePod101.com Reading in Japanese All Japanese All the Time TextFugu: A Second Look LingQ Textfugu Japanese-Online Japanese Video Tapes Genki vs. Pimsleur Pimsleur Japanese Japanese the Ma...