If you think [books are] expensive, try ignorance Derek Bok, Bastardized by Khatzumoto 😀 “there are golden houses in books and there are beautiful girls in books” Understanding Chinese Culture and Learning Ting Wang University of Canberra, Australia Trying to get used to an L2 without buying books is like trying to go to college…
Can Timeboxing Help Me Do Really Big, Hard Things?
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 19 of 26 in the series Timeboxing TrilogyMikeLike on November 17, 2011: You’ve clearly used this method to accomplish great things, so I’m trying to put my skepticism aside… I see how this would apply to something like cleaning the house, but I’m having trouble seeing how it can be applied…
Language Is Peeing: The Approximately Top Ten Reasons Why Language Acquisition = Micturition
by khatzumoto
You don’t know exactly when you’re going to pee, but if you keep drinking, you will pee.
So stop freaking out about when you’ll get good or when you’ll start speaking. Everyone’s a little different! You’ll pee when you pee! Shut up and drink!
Success Story: Just Two Weeks Of AJATT Immersion Revolutionized My Japanese Speaking Life
by khatzumoto
Lou W shares his success story, where he reports that’s he’s feeling the effects of AJATT techniques after just two weeks. I’m as pleasantly shocked as he is 😛 . Don’t take my word for it. Listen to him 😉 : I was a few chapters into my Minna No Nihongo advanced textbook and I…
Surusu Automatic Cloze Card Generator Queue Cleared
by khatzumoto
The queue is clear now (and it took far less time than the original forecast). Your cards should be happily settled in your decks. Let me know 😀 Khatz
Surusu Multiple Cloze Card Generation Queue Backlog
by khatzumoto
Hey gang There’s a bit of a backlog in the Surusu cloze card queue. Fear not, it should resolve itself over the next 96~168 hours. Your data are fine, sitting pretty 😀 Sorry for the delay. Surusu’s getting popular, so it’s looking like time for her to move out and get her own place (a…