So, there’s this new thing called podcasting, you may have heard of it. And I’m doing it with my friend 齋藤の圭子 (Keiko of the House of Saito). Well, at this stage, it’s less podcasting and more just talking. What else — oh yeah — it’s got ME speaking 日本語nese! And Keiko, also in, ehh, Japanese!…
Ownage in Taiwan: A Success Story of AJATT with Mandarin Chinese
by khatzumoto
The success story series continues. I don’t know about you guys, but these stories are really inspiring me. They really get me going. You may or may not find this hard to believe, but I sometimes doubt myself. I wonder whether the whole Japanese thing wasn’t just a random fluke. Yeah, crazy, huh? I guess…
Success Story: More in a few months of AJATT than in 4 years of school French
by khatzumoto
For your happy perusal, here’s a success story from a reader who goes by her Chinese name, Plum Ocean — I mean, 李洋. Here are her words, digitally remastered in super ultra high definition wide screen Dolby 10.2 digital surround text: Dear Khatzumoto, I really want to thank you for writing your blog! [Khatzumoto: Yeah!]…
Kanji File
by khatzumoto
Update (2011/05/31): This file has been taken down at the polite request of the copyright holder. But fear not! You can use the data over at Reviewing the Kanji bit.ly/cE0wky, since those do comply with the RTK publisher’s stipulations 😀 . I will also be uploading a kosher file at some unspecified later date. A lot…
How To Really Make the Transition to Monolingual Dictionaries
by khatzumoto
I know I’ve written on this topic before. FORGET WHAT I SAID. That explanation sucked; it was far too complicated. Just do this. This is all you need to do to smoothly make the transition to monolingual dictionaries. Are you ready? OK. Here it comes: Look up definitions of words you already know. You heard…
How To Accomplish Great Things: Small Victories, Winnable Games
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series What It Takes to Be GreatDon’t Believe the Hype A lot of people say a lot of nice things about me on this site. I’ve been called “insane” (I consider this a compliment), strong-willed, full of “willpower”, “obsessed”, determined, “Naruto-like”, even a “genius”. Sometimes it…