Comments on: The End of AJATT /the-end-of-ajatt/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: Nagoya Blue /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-152898 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:22:47 +0000 /?p=392#comment-152898 Funny, people would rather pay money than make the effort.  Unfortunately, in language learning there is no substitute for putting time in.  So if you pay more but don’t put the hours in, the results will still be crappy.

]]> By: エサミ /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-152349 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:00:45 +0000 /?p=392#comment-152349 ” the Japanese system combines Chinese characters called kanji, and two other sets of modified Chinese characters known as hiragana and katakana. Imagine trying to learn three sets of thousands of characters in order to speak a new language. How long would that take you?” says “dr.” pimsleur. Yea, so just be illiterate: it’s less bother people.

]]> By: DR Talon /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-124632 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:38:50 +0000 /?p=392#comment-124632  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seriously, I dont know what to say. I’m like that far down the page blank.

]]> By: Chris /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-39547 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:21:52 +0000 /?p=392#comment-39547 Okay, I have to admit, a while ago I read this post. I read the first paragraph and never came back because I thought the site was closed.

I’m glad, now in 2010 I came back.

]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Surrogate Mother: The Proper, Correct And Only Way To Do Private Tutoring /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-27754 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:42 +0000 /?p=392#comment-27754 […] Korean men and women. “Fine-tuning” already native-like speech is one area where “Pimsleur time” actually applies — two weeks will be all you need to go from foppy metrosexual to […]

]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Secrets to Smoother SRSing, Part 7: The Place of Pre-Mined SRSing and Other Ramblings /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-20014 Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:28 +0000 /?p=392#comment-20014 […] to be in one box. But I am yet to see this box. A lot of people with boxes want to tell you they have it. They […]

]]> By: Jonathan Mahoney /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19954 Mon, 11 May 2009 11:28:05 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19954 I found myself checking the date. “What the hell, is it April 1st?” 😛

]]> By: Michael /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19933 Sun, 10 May 2009 13:33:17 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19933 Khatz
You can’t take down AJATT, it’s the Castel Grey Skull of Language blogs.
Being on vacation in my language of choice has only reafirmed what you and Steve Kaufman preach; massive hours of enjoyable content.

]]> By: SkyTurk /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19908 Sat, 09 May 2009 20:04:15 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19908 Don’t abandon us Katzu, you are the Buddha of Japanese learners 😉

]]> By: Tagore /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19830 Thu, 07 May 2009 06:28:30 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19830 And Daniel, etc.- Khatz p[robably could start a cult of language learners. He might have already done so, inadvertently. There are always some people looking for The Truth. This site doesn’t feature The Truth (I disagree with Khatz on a lot of things, and I think I am right about at least some of them) but it does provide a healthy dose of the truth in an area where there is a lot of bull**** being slung. Some people get overly excited and mistake that for The Truth. That’s pretty predictable, and not really Khatz’s fault. His penchant for self-promotion may encourage that as a second-order effect, but hell, who can blame him for a bit of self-promotion in the age of the attention economy?

]]> By: Tagore /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19829 Thu, 07 May 2009 06:21:24 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19829 Hmm- reminds me of seeing this recently: www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/. At least his “How to learn any language in 3 months” is an upgrade from an earlier post that was more like “learn any language in a week.” Actually, he has some things figured out- he apparently learned a lot of Japanese from reading a book on Judo, and he is aware that classes don’t really work.

I’ve been learning languages in a manner similar to the khatzumomo system for years, and when I try to explain it to people they always say something like “There’s no way something that easy could work.” And I don’t understand how they could misunderstand me so badly- it’s not easier than classes, it’s harder. But it’s not as boring and it works better ;). That’s the difference between this sort of “system” (I find it kind of weird to call something people have been doing for thousands of years, naturally, a “system”, but…) and the “learn any language in a week” programs.

]]> By: Derek /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19827 Thu, 07 May 2009 03:50:43 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19827 OMG don’t scare me man, I just found this site and was seriously going to try it, then you throw this thing up. not cool man, not cool!

]]> By: Heather /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19815 Wed, 06 May 2009 23:54:41 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19815 …you suck. I went on vacation (with no internets! no!) and came back to find Khatzmemo replaced with Surusu and then this post… I almost died. You are a sick sick man.

]]> By: きのこ /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19805 Wed, 06 May 2009 17:21:17 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19805 I did a few days of (pirated) Pimsleur Mandarin lessons and got several compliments on my accent, so…yeah. But it was way too boring to keep doing, and sometimes the male speaker says something in one tone, and the female says the same thing in another tone, which one to follow? And did I already mention it was boring? It was boring. Why pay $274 to be bored out of your mind?

]]> By: igordesu /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19800 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:43:12 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19800 I’m reminded of that song by the cranberries. “You’ve got me wrapped around your finger…” Yeah, that pretty much explains the relationship between you and your readers.

]]> By: starscars /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19798 Wed, 06 May 2009 15:36:09 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19798 that was the saddest 10 seconds of my life. this site has given me so much. u are chained to this baby for life! 🙂

]]> By: nacest /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19789 Wed, 06 May 2009 12:54:58 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19789 As you can see you have a responsibility now, pal. You’ll be chained to this website for ever!

]]> By: ジョン /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19788 Wed, 06 May 2009 12:46:34 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19788 Congratulations on shaking the foundations of this little corner of the Internet to its core, Khatzumoto殿. Well played indeed.

]]> By: Member1KULTofAJATT /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19785 Wed, 06 May 2009 10:33:50 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19785 very sneaky Khatz….that was some joke to play just to get an outpouring of people telling you how much your site means to them…please don’t resort to such tactics in future. you should know that everybody who reads your site find it immensely helpful

]]> By: Fred /the-end-of-ajatt/#comment-19784 Wed, 06 May 2009 10:31:47 +0000 /?p=392#comment-19784 God, I just found this website today…
I get to love it and here you plan on putting it down immediately…

I was about to think of a way to download all content locally!

Cheers,
Fred

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