Going Gung-ho – November 2009

Where did the time go? It’s been over a month since I last posted, and I’ll tell you where I’ve been. Right here on the computer! Since the 19th of October 2009, I’ve spent 89 hours studying Japanese. Some of you may know nanowrimo – an event which takes part in November where you attempt to write 50,000 words in a month. My goal of November was something...

Carlie’s Japanese Progress – March 2009

March was an OK month in regards to my Japanese progress. Some of the activities I did include: An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese I have gone through chapter three of this but still need to do more review. Reading Manga I have read through two and a half volumes of manga. I finished the first four chapters of Hana Kimi and decided that was a “book” when it...

Learning Japanese Gets Genki: A Review

Rate This Textbook: (3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)  Loading ... Genki is a very popular textbook, and it was this popularity that convinced me to make it the first text book I bought, and began my quest to learn Japanese. This was back sometime in 2005 and I was self studying. It was my first attempt at learning a language, apart from some years earlier in school in Italian and...

Eep… Must… Japanese… Now

This morning for various reasons I sat in on one of Gakuranman’s free Edufire Japanese for Beginners Lessons. It was a bit of fun, a great reminder of what it was like to first be learning Japanese, and a bit of a way to see other people’s teaching styles, but mostly it was a huge kick in the face…. My Japanese is so rusty!! If I was still in university it would still be...

Three Weeks of Uni Left

I haven’t been posting much, but I’m sure you understand, I only have three weeks of uni left! Well, three weeks of classes then some exams. After that, of course, I have my Japan trip! So I’m very busy but also very excited. It also means that I’m only three weeks away from finishing Japanese for Everyone. I’ll write a full review when I’m done. ...