Comments on: How I Use Textbooks (w/o Letting Them Use Me) http://threepoundsflax.org/how-i-use-textbooks-wo-letting-them-use-me/ "What is the Buddhadharma? An Urban Hermit Takes Refuge in the Way of Zen." Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:55:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Carabini http://threepoundsflax.org/how-i-use-textbooks-wo-letting-them-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Carabini Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:43:04 +0000 http://threepoundsflax.org/?p=27#comment-278 Does it use furigana if thats the case?..........It does not have English or any definitions. ......Ive seen other kanji books and vocabulary books for the JLPT that have the exercises if thats what youre interested in. Does it use furigana if thats the case?……….It does not have English or any definitions. ……Ive seen other kanji books and vocabulary books for the JLPT that have the exercises if thats what youre interested in.

]]> By: Language is not a formula (formula, language is not?) « A Place in Your Life http://threepoundsflax.org/how-i-use-textbooks-wo-letting-them-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Language is not a formula (formula, language is not?) « A Place in Your Life Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:57:15 +0000 http://threepoundsflax.org/?p=27#comment-54 [...] is not to say textbooks aren’t useful, and people have found a way to utilize them. The idea of using them as a reference source? Amazing. [...] [...] is not to say textbooks aren’t useful, and people have found a way to utilize them. The idea of using them as a reference source? Amazing. [...]

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]]> By: Tweets that mention How I Use Textbooks (w/o Letting Them Use Me) – Three Pounds Flax -- Topsy.com http://threepoundsflax.org/how-i-use-textbooks-wo-letting-them-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Tweets that mention How I Use Textbooks (w/o Letting Them Use Me) – Three Pounds Flax -- Topsy.com Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:40:34 +0000 http://threepoundsflax.org/?p=27#comment-48 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Eric West and Eric West. Eric West said: @rami9292 right now, Remembering the Kanji, smart.fm, the books discussed in this post: http://bit.ly/a2tKc1 and most importanty... [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Eric West and Eric West. Eric West said: @rami9292 right now, Remembering the Kanji, smart.fm, the books discussed in this post: http://bit.ly/a2tKc1 and most importanty… [...]

]]> By: Kanjiwarrior http://threepoundsflax.org/how-i-use-textbooks-wo-letting-them-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Kanjiwarrior Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:49:56 +0000 http://threepoundsflax.org/?p=27#comment-46 Great post! I think text books have come a long way, recently I've found some that are pretty good. Basically you never want to buy any books from a bookstore, like B&E or Borders, they have older shitty language books, and a really small selection. The best books were written and published in Japan such as Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar: very easy explanations TONS of example sentences, it's also pretty thin so you can work through it pretty quickly, when I went through it I only mined 2-3 examples for each grammar point and ended up with a little over 200 sentences from it (and there was still many more examples if I need to go back later). Then the books from Ask Publishing focusing different levels of the JLPT are good http://amzn.to/a2h74a , thin books, simple explanations. It's written in a "course" format with the idea that you do 3-4 grammar points for day over 8 weeks, and every 7th day instead of new material it's got a quiz based on the previous week. My biggest problem with text books has always been that I can't remember the grammar rules long enough to put them into use, so I put off studying grammar for the time being until my comprehension inproves. Saving Basic Connections book for then too, plan to go through it soon though. Great post! I think text books have come a long way, recently I’ve found some that are pretty good. Basically you never want to buy any books from a bookstore, like B&E or Borders, they have older shitty language books, and a really small selection. The best books were written and published in Japan such as Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar: very easy explanations TONS of example sentences, it’s also pretty thin so you can work through it pretty quickly, when I went through it I only mined 2-3 examples for each grammar point and ended up with a little over 200 sentences from it (and there was still many more examples if I need to go back later). Then the books from Ask Publishing focusing different levels of the JLPT are good http://amzn.to/a2h74a , thin books, simple explanations. It’s written in a “course” format with the idea that you do 3-4 grammar points for day over 8 weeks, and every 7th day instead of new material it’s got a quiz based on the previous week.

My biggest problem with text books has always been that I can’t remember the grammar rules long enough to put them into use, so I put off studying grammar for the time being until my comprehension inproves. Saving Basic Connections book for then too, plan to go through it soon though.

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