Comments on: Episode 5 – Getting Started with Kanji http://thejapaneselearner.com/podcast-episodes/2009/02/28/episode-5/ The podcast about learning Japanese. Sat, 12 May 2012 11:49:18 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Enrico http://thejapaneselearner.com/podcast-episodes/2009/02/28/episode-5/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Enrico Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:18:53 +0000 http://thejapaneselearner.com/?p=36#comment-83 I haven't mentioned iKnow on the show but I recently created an account there. I haven't had time to fully explore around yet but when I do, I'll probably find a space to mention it on the show. I've been thinking of doing an episode entirely focused on all of the ways that your computer can become your ultimate Japanese study tool, and websites like iKnow would definitely be part of that. Personally, I like having all (or at least most) of my material to review available offline. That way, if I find myself in transit for a long period of time without Internet access, I can still do some review to pass the time. That's the main reason why I've stopped storing and synchronizing my review material on online sites like Kantango. I haven’t mentioned iKnow on the show but I recently created an account there. I haven’t had time to fully explore around yet but when I do, I’ll probably find a space to mention it on the show.

I’ve been thinking of doing an episode entirely focused on all of the ways that your computer can become your ultimate Japanese study tool, and websites like iKnow would definitely be part of that.

Personally, I like having all (or at least most) of my material to review available offline. That way, if I find myself in transit for a long period of time without Internet access, I can still do some review to pass the time. That’s the main reason why I’ve stopped storing and synchronizing my review material on online sites like Kantango.

]]> By: Daniel http://thejapaneselearner.com/podcast-episodes/2009/02/28/episode-5/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Daniel Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:12:44 +0000 http://thejapaneselearner.com/?p=36#comment-78 You touched on something that I've discovered myself as a beginner in Japanese. I started writing a journal every day (on one of those language-based journal sites) and found that I couldn't read what I wrote the previous day without Rikaichan. I was too dependent on the computer -- and was allowing it to enter the kanji for words that I knew only in kana. I've been using www.iknow.co.jp to help build my vocab. I'm not sure whether you've mentioned it here before. It's a lot like Anki. And use "Japanese" on the iPhone as my dictionary. You touched on something that I’ve discovered myself as a beginner in Japanese. I started writing a journal every day (on one of those language-based journal sites) and found that I couldn’t read what I wrote the previous day without Rikaichan. I was too dependent on the computer — and was allowing it to enter the kanji for words that I knew only in kana.

I’ve been using http://www.iknow.co.jp to help build my vocab. I’m not sure whether you’ve mentioned it here before. It’s a lot like Anki. And use “Japanese” on the iPhone as my dictionary.

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