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koneko13 Saturday 09th of July 2005 11:41:27 AM
Online Learning - I have found THE BEST site I have come across in the many thousands of sites I have looked at in my ventures. It is cheap- 20$ gets you loads of courses, programs, games, movies, music- and the best type of learning I have seen. For those of you just starting and finding it hard to figure out where to start when learning kana, this is the anwser. It introduces 5-10 hiragana or katakana (your choice) in addition to the lesson, then they are used in the following lesson. They explain things a little at a time- with culture tips, grammar, vocab- and reinforces them with small quizes at each section. They also have a plethera of customizable games and tests you can do. They also have the funniest, most interesting learning videos out there I believe. It's truly a great thing.

www.Yesjapan.com
Check it out!!

Psy Sunday 10th of July 2005 01:38:59 AM
- Well discovered. A talented student of Japanese I once met on skype regarded that site quite highly. Had I a better connection, I would take advantage of the movies, but as it is I can't. A shame, considering it's an area of my study that is sorely lacking. Perhaps, could you describe some of the shows and a few the points they make?

koneko13 Sunday 10th of July 2005 02:38:37 AM
- They're mostly funny random shows. . .if you have seen the site then you know that they really aren't the biggest topics. . I've seen only the George and Keiko shows and the thing about those is that Keiko only speak japanese and George speaks english some of the time so if you're not fluent then you're not intirely lost. They are a very good learning tool. . .it's a shame you can't watch them. Though the whole idea is just to get yourself acclimated to hearing the accent and recoginzing the words that you do know and how they should sound. You can achieve the samae idea through a japanese radio station (you can get many on real player). So do not dispair.
Hope I was of help.

Psy Tuesday 12th of July 2005 01:10:21 PM
- Thanks thanks. I'll be sure to keep that in the back of my head until I get a better connection. I'm not quite ready for 'net radio yet, but if you can find some good stations, please continue to post here.

shaun10 Tuesday 02nd of August 2005 10:47:54 PM
that website is nothing - there japanese is pretty bad man

Psy Wednesday 03rd of August 2005 02:32:07 AM
- Apparently so is your English, sir. In what way is [b]their[/b] Japanese bad? Don't go making accusations without having facts to put behind them-- it's a lousy way to spend writing your first post on this forum.

Oksayt Monday 05th of December 2005 02:24:28 PM
- George and Keiko disgust me as well. Here are the facts:

1. They're annoying as hell
2. Even the sample lessons have obvious mistakes (they claim 変体 means pervert)
3. They're trying to pass sugarcoated bathroom humor off as "impressing your japanese friends"

Not to mention, George himself sucks at Japanese. IN one of the samples, he had Keiko say a sentence with "difficult words" in it so that he could introduce a [i]cool[/i] way of getting out of a situation where you don't understand what's said. (Way to impress Japanese people by the way) he was either really clueless or really good at faking that expression.

Also, Keiko talks nonsense most of the time. "Japanese people don't have the custom of using seatbelts" Wtf?

Psy Tuesday 06th of December 2005 01:02:52 PM
- Interesting. Details are always better than "there japanese is pretty bad man," but would you please provide a few more instances? Some Japanese natives are known to misuse kanji (I've seen "‰±" used for "O.K."), so that one example of writing •Ï‘Ì rather than •Ï‘Ô doesn't have me convinced. Could you elaborate some more? What, in Japanese, was this "cool way" he introduced? What were some of their other mistakes?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to discredit you (nor am I in any position to), I just want to know more about this.

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	koneko13	Saturday 09th of July 2005 11:41:27 AM
	Online Learning - I have found THE BEST site I have come across in the many thousands of sites I have looked at in my ventures. It is cheap- 20$ gets you loads of courses, programs, games, movies, music- and the best type of learning I have seen. For those of you just starting and finding it hard to figure out where to start when learning kana, this is the anwser. It introduces 5-10 hiragana or katakana (your choice) in addition to the lesson, then they are used in the following lesson. They explain things a little at a time- with culture tips, grammar, vocab- and reinforces them with small quizes at each section. They also have a plethera of customizable games and tests you can do. They also have the funniest, most interesting learning videos out there I believe. It's truly a great thing. www.Yesjapan.com Check it out!!
	Psy	Sunday 10th of July 2005 01:38:59 AM
	- Well discovered. A talented student of Japanese I once met on skype regarded that site quite highly. Had I a better connection, I would take advantage of the movies, but as it is I can't. A shame, considering it's an area of my study that is sorely lacking. Perhaps, could you describe some of the shows and a few the points they make?
	koneko13	Sunday 10th of July 2005 02:38:37 AM
	- They're mostly funny random shows. . .if you have seen the site then you know that they really aren't the biggest topics. . I've seen only the George and Keiko shows and the thing about those is that Keiko only speak japanese and George speaks english some of the time so if you're not fluent then you're not intirely lost. They are a very good learning tool. . .it's a shame you can't watch them. Though the whole idea is just to get yourself acclimated to hearing the accent and recoginzing the words that you do know and how they should sound. You can achieve the samae idea through a japanese radio station (you can get many on real player). So do not dispair. Hope I was of help.
	Psy	Tuesday 12th of July 2005 01:10:21 PM
	- Thanks thanks. I'll be sure to keep that in the back of my head until I get a better connection. I'm not quite ready for 'net radio yet, but if you can find some good stations, please continue to post here.
	shaun10	Tuesday 02nd of August 2005 10:47:54 PM
	that website is nothing - there japanese is pretty bad man
	Psy	Wednesday 03rd of August 2005 02:32:07 AM
	- Apparently so is your English, sir. In what way is [b]their[/b] Japanese bad? Don't go making accusations without having facts to put behind them-- it's a lousy way to spend writing your first post on this forum.
	Oksayt	Monday 05th of December 2005 02:24:28 PM
	- George and Keiko disgust me as well. Here are the facts: 1. They're annoying as hell 2. Even the sample lessons have obvious mistakes (they claim 変体 means pervert) 3. They're trying to pass sugarcoated bathroom humor off as "impressing your japanese friends" Not to mention, George himself sucks at Japanese. IN one of the samples, he had Keiko say a sentence with "difficult words" in it so that he could introduce a [i]cool[/i] way of getting out of a situation where you don't understand what's said. (Way to impress Japanese people by the way) he was either really clueless or really good at faking that expression. Also, Keiko talks nonsense most of the time. "Japanese people don't have the custom of using seatbelts" Wtf?
	Psy	Tuesday 06th of December 2005 01:02:52 PM
	- Interesting. Details are always better than "there japanese is pretty bad man," but would you please provide a few more instances? Some Japanese natives are known to misuse kanji (I've seen "‰±" used for "O.K."), so that one example of writing •Ï‘Ì rather than •Ï‘Ô doesn't have me convinced. Could you elaborate some more? What, in Japanese, was this "cool way" he introduced? What were some of their other mistakes? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to discredit you (nor am I in any position to), I just want to know more about this.