Japanese 2: sixth lesson

Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:59 PM
Lesson six, and I suspect that I'm falling behind. That sucks.

You know, after some weeks of studying and trying to learn the kana tables and a list of adjectives, you'd say that at least something would stick, don't you think?
Well, apparently not, or it's barely noticable.

Today's test was a disastrophy; the only things I was able to finish were the multiple choice questions (well, if you consider a "pick either A or B"-type of question a multiple choice question, that is).
I've been trying to get some of it into my head and although I might have succeeded at that, it doesn't come out when I want it to.

The rest of the lesson went OK, I guess, but seeing as it was just an overview of lesson 15 from the book. And as the evening progressed, only a few things were able to enter my mind.
But I did pick up something new, and managed to get out of the funk I got from the flunked test, so it's allright.
Luckily, I don't have much riding on it, like Thomas does with his future career and all.

Cheers, K.

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# re: Japanese 2: sixth lesson

11/15/2007 8:17 AM by Cailin Coilleach
Dude, don't jinx my lucky streak :D

Also, it's not that odd that you're having a hard time learning kanji: it's a completely new alphabet! That's going to take months of hammering before they even stick and you remember them all.

I'm doing something similar in school right now. In order to recognize problems when learning how to calculate, we are learning to calculate all over again as well. So, how do you teach people in the age range of 20 - 50 to relearn calculation? To these people everything, from addition to the tables of X, has become second nature. We do all this stuff by heart!

You make them calculate in base-8 (octal), that's how. ^_^;;

Sweet lord! Learning maths all over again is hard! :)

# re: Japanese 2: sixth lesson

11/15/2007 8:20 AM by Cailin Coilleach
But seriously, don't be put off by your "lack of success" so far. It's all part of the learning process and some just pick things up faster than others. Take your time about it and keep on hammering. One day you'll notice that more and more has started sticking in there :)

The most important thing in learning is that you attack your subject from different angles. Don't just try and cram lists and lists of kanji in your head. Try to recognize kanji in articles or online. Try to recognize stuff you come across. Try to write them by yourself... Just make a whole lost of all the kanji you remember by heart.

Think "Brain training", but instead is "Braining your kanji", or whatever.

# re: Japanese 2: sixth lesson

11/20/2007 6:16 PM by Kaijuu
I know, and I realise that I just have to go with it and whatever I gain from it is OK, but I really want to get it, you know?

# re: Japanese 2: sixth lesson

11/20/2007 8:13 PM by Cailin Coilleach
I know :)

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