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By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 17:18:18 +0000

This has actually happened to me with my japanese. I’ve been studying it on and off for many years (about 8 years), like three months of focused study and a year without active study. But even when I’m not actively studying it, I’m often in contact with native content like japanese music and TV dramas. It has amazed me that even without active/focused study my japanese is not only maintained but it’s actually improving!

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[…] in improving drastically during this time; I just try to ensure that I’m doing something. Keep coming back to the language and all that! If I do end up seeing improvement, that’s swell, but I’m certainly not expecting […]

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 12:21:51 +0000

Khatz… I just started reading AJATT today… darn it how are u so innovative/creative in so many of the things u say and do? Jealousy all over my face now.

By: Lais

Lais — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:10:48 +0000

English is actually my second (or third, if you count my poor, poor Spanish) language, so it really helps a lot that the majority of Japanese learning material is not available in my mother tongue, ‘cuz that makes me not forget what I learned of English while I get to know some Japanese. On the other hand, if it wasn’t for the daily contact with Portuguese speakers, I would have already forget my mother language or have even a harder time remembering unusual words. Seriously, it is very difficult to keep in touch with everything you ever learned so you won’t forget (physics, as an example, is something I’m completely clueless about nowadays)…

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By: Translate from Spanish to English

Translate from Spanish to English — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:59:33 +0000

I know that this post is more than 3 years old, but. .ARIGATO! I now listen to alitle bit of Spanish every hour or two. For me the quantity might not even be important. .The frequency alone will do

By: Critical Frequency: Playing With Language Gravity, Drift, and Spin | Jeff弁

Critical Frequency: Playing With Language Gravity, Drift, and Spin | Jeff弁 — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:54:47 +0000

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Keep the Fire Burning, (Man) | Samurai Mind Online — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:40:49 +0000

[…] over at AJATT, talks about learning languages and suggests that critical frequency, moments of constant contact with the language will help it thrive and stay […]

By: mike

mike — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:41:40 +0000

This is why you need to practice production too. Fortunately, you don’t need to speak to others for practice. That’s the best practice, but two other options that are almost as good are speaking to yourself and reading books aloud.

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By: フレヂイー

フレヂイー — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:23:50 +0000

On the weekends when I am with my son and wife. I always do my kanji review at night, but through out the day I point to things and tell my son what its name is in Japanese or I’ll have my iPhone handy with Kotoba.app just to browse here and there. I do this mainly out of respect that my wife and maybe my son don’t want to be consumed with Japanese all day on the weekends, but I definitely make sure to do ‘some’ Japanese at ‘some’ point during the weekend.

I am going to try the 2mins / hr. exercise… sounds interesting.

I tried doing the ‘some’ Japanese every hour on the hour while I am work but sometimes I’ll get sidetracked by… pfffft, work!

So maybe, by telling my head ‘2mins only’ I might play a trick on my brain and it’ll actually let me go for more than 2mins, like Khatz stated also.

By: Anony Moose

Anony Moose — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:53:30 +0000

I use a 3DS as an iPod (because I have a bad history with iTunes…), so there’s no timing features like that. Besides, the way I sleep makes headphone- or even earbud-wearing impossible. And yes, the noise would wake me. (I’ve nodded off with Mythbusters left on, but it was a very light sleep and I was really tired that day. Other than that, any background noise keeps me up, even a desk fan…)

By: Ryan Sharif

Ryan Sharif — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:50:03 +0000

What about setting up your audio to turn on after you know you’ll be sleeping? I can sleep with background noise, so I don’t know if that would wake you.

By: Anony Moose

Anony Moose — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:16:21 +0000

This method assumes you’re able to do it during night hours as well (e.g. listening to Japanese on headphones while asleep). Could you explain how to modify the method for being unable to do it during night hours? (I can’t sleep with background noise…)

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Mission: Fluent in Japanese in 5 Months! | Wordsmith — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:10:27 +0000

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By: Aaron Tang

Aaron Tang — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:26:31 +0000

I think Critical Frequency is extremely important as well. Last week, I was less immersed in Japanese due to an abundance of tests, projects. When I went back to my hard-core Japanese immersion, I realized that my Japanese ability had deteriorated, it was harder for me to think of words.

Critical Frequenc= IMPORTANT!!