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Study Diary, 09/15/08

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~82 RTK: 160 kanji tested / 42% remembered 46 failed pile / 538 long term / 1247 cards total 47 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: I'm behind on sentences again, and so I have to do one of those review sessions that spans days which means I can't tabulate progress ...

Study Diary, 09/12/08

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~85 RTK: 53 kanji tested / 66% remembered 0 failed pile / 530 long term / 1247 cards total 18 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: 174 sentences tested / 70% remembered 52 failed pile / 336 long term / 731 cards total 0 cards added

Study Diary, 09/11/08

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~86 RTK: 228 kanji tested / 54% remembered 0 failed pile / 520 long term / 1247 cards total 105 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: 208 sentences tested / 70% remembered 62 failed pile / 294 long term / 731 cards total 22 cards added

Study Diary, 09/10/08

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~87 RTK: 139 kanji tested / 56% remembered 0 failed pile / 505 long term / 1247 cards total 61 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: 191 sentences tested / 71% remembered 55 failed pile / 264 long term / 709 cards total 27 cards added

Study Diary, 09/09/08

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~88 RTK: 270 kanji tested / 58% remembered 0 failed pile / 486 long term / 1247 cards total 163 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: 201 sentences tested / 64% remembered 70 failed pile / 261 long term / 682 cards total 2 erroneous cards removed

Study Diary, 09/08/08

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~89 RTK: 59 kanji tested / 69% remembered 50 failed pile / 480 long term / 1247 cards total 64 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: 288 sentences tested / 59% remembered 117 failed pile / 262 long term / 684 cards total 0 cards added

Study Diary, 09/07/08

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~90 RTK: 90 kanji tested / 45% remembered 96 failed pile / 474 long term / 1247 cards total 100 re-circulated / 0 cards added Sentences: Note: This session was split over 3 days, and there was no way to split the session to get a tally on the cards each ...

Study Diary, 09/06/08

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Days left until the JLPT: ~91 RTK: 81 kanji tested / 41% remembered 147 failed pile / 471 long term / 1247 cards total 100 re-circulated / 0 cards added

No study = No podcast.

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

I have fallen behind in my studying. I cannot justify creating a podcast until I am caught up again. I should be caught up by tomorrow. I bit off a bit more than I could chew and then became discouraged with my # of reviews rising to 350 sentences per ...

How to Choose a Japanese Dictionary

Friday, September 5th, 2008

One of the things foreign language learners do not pay enough attention to is the quality or type of foreign language dictionary they purchase. I think this is simply because people don't know what they should be looking for in a dictionary. This problem is inherent to any reference work ...