So you’re wondering: How do I use AJATT? Where do I start? How do I get the most out of it? What should I tell my friends to read? Well, the easy way out is to go for “Nutshell“. Here’s the brave way :):
You know how like when you get a new cellphone or a new smartphone or a new iPhone, right?
…Or even new laptop or a new PC or a new computer…
Or a new iPod or a new MP3 player or a new media device… 1
You don’t look at the manual, do you?
No. You don’t. Sane people don’t look at the manual.
What do you do?
You take the device out of the box, you give it a little looksee. Then you turn it on. And you try to get just one thing done. Just one thing. Maybe you try to play a movie. Or set the wallpaper. Or get online.
So that’s what I want you to do here. At the very least, it’s what I recommend you do. Treat this website like an intricately bloated piece of consumer electronics. Yes, this website is a VCR. Remember those? So, yeah:
- Bookmark this site
- Click around. Read an article or two
- Find something useful — 1 thing will do
- Go away and act on it (the useful tool or idea you found in step # 3)
- Come back
- Return to step (2)
There. Six easy steps. And they’re yours. For free 😛 . Enjoy.
A note about step # 4. I know what you’re thinking: “but this site is so full of new information and insights! What if I misunderstand something you say and go do the wrong thing?”. So what if you do? That’s fine. I expect you will misunderstand me from time to time and do “the” wrong thing. And that is fine. You wanna know why? Because when life and limb are not at risk, wrong action is easier to correct than inaction. There is only one “the” wrong thing, and that is to do nothing. So, go. Do. Act. And then come back to absorb and reflect on more of my profound wisdom 😉 .
Notes:
- Just think how redundant it would be of you tell me how redundant these examples are, and then come tell me anyway ↩
“Well, the easy way out is to go for “Nutshell“. Here’s the brave way ”
The link to nutshell in that line links back to this page. Not crippling since there’s a link at the bottom, but a bug’s still a bug, right? ^_^
It’s not a bug it’s a fuction! LOL
Alright, back to my books. I took action, did one, then another and another.
For a site that is all Japanese all the time, there is a scarce amount of actual Japanese to be found, or I’m not looking in the right crevices of the site. I got Nutshell. Confused whether the lazy kanji cards are cards I write out and create for myself, or something I find online.
Anyway, you’re inspirational, yes. I thought I’d get more Japanese here, somewhere?
Off to study now.
ja ne (じゃあね)
Nash, as the person who recommended this website to me explained, the goal is not to teach you Japanese, but to teach you how to learn it (and probably any other language).