Made it to Jalup Intermediate and have finally released yourself from the shackles of English? Congrats. It took you a while to get here, and you’ve earned your place at the beginning of this next phase. Two possible transformations await you. Japanese Wielder or Second Guesser. The Japanese Wielder fully embraces the Japanese only environment, despite the difficulty. It takes time to get used to things, … Continue reading
Have you ever been reading through something, come across a word you don’t know, and look it up on the spot, add it to Anki, or save it for later? Of course. That’s a major part of learning Japanese and is completely normal. But have you ever been in the same situation, and after finding the meaning of the word, thought to yourself: Do I … Continue reading
As you may have read in an earlier post, my son finished the Kana Conqueror deck not too long after turning five. He did it at an agreeable pace. He then saw first-hand the benefits of being able to read Japanese. And he was up for another challenge. So, naturally, I uploaded JALUP’s beginner deck into Anki. Why I Chose the Beginner Deck The beginner … Continue reading
Anki grows with time. Add cards and watch it amass size. More cards means more total knowledge you have deeply absorbed in your memory. But after acquiring enough, there must be a point that you never need to add a new Anki card again. Does that moment exist, and when? Difficulty in adding new cards As your deck expands, so does your Japanese ability. The … Continue reading
Everyone knows that Anki is as good as any video game. And where there is a video game, there must be a Let’s Play…
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Studying sentences is one of the central pillars of the JALUP method. However, when you decide to enter sentence creation on your own, finding and inputting sentences isn’t the easiest thing to do. You could read a block of text and copy and paste lines from it into Anki, but that takes a lot of time and can be boring. You could use an eReader … Continue reading
Recently I released a Let’s Play version of using Anki. People seemed to be intrigued by the concept and some people suggested doing a group video. Different people would submit their own mini Let’s Play and I’d combine it into one video, so that we can all get a nice view of how people use Anki. I like the idea and want to give it a … Continue reading
