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I really like this progressive interpolation idea... it fits well with my mental model of learning to read Japanese (as a native English speaker). I used a mnem
by jkhdigital 6y ago
I really like this progressive interpolation idea... it fits well with my mental model of learning to read Japanese (as a native English speaker). I used a mnemonic technique to quickly learn the general meaning and proper writing of all ~2000 common use kanji. It’s like a medical student memorizing anatomy—no real understanding of the practical significance, just associating a name with something. However, as it turns out this process creates something like a mental scaffolding which makes it much faster to learn new words and their nuances of meaning because that information can “attach” to an existing knowledge structure.
- tasogare 6y agoYep, you always attach new knowledge to old one, and refining old one. That’s why learning Chinese after Japanese is not confusing but quite easy: you can reuse a lot of previous knowledge. In the same way, learning kanji is learning morphemes so the more you know, the more easier it is to learn new words.