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Having taken a quick look at this book I have to say it seems incredibly dumbed down for no reason. The example of showing a ferret to remember the sound of れ i
by throwntoday 4y ago
Having taken a quick look at this book I have to say it seems incredibly dumbed down for no reason. The example of showing a ferret to remember the sound of れ is hilarious.
For anyone wanting to seriously learn Japanese I recommend passing on this strange magazine formatted pseudo textbook and just buy the tried and true Genki.
- PaulsWallet 4y agoYou may disagree with it but mnemonics are very helpful for remembering information that has no relationship to things you already know. I used my own set of mnemonics to learn hiragana and katakana when I first started.
- throwntoday 4y agoI don't see the merit in using it for Hiragana/Katakana which are far easier to pickup with something like rote memorization. That said for Kanji I certainly see the benefit of using mnemonics.
- PaulsWallet 4y agoThat's fine and you're welcome to think that. I would throw the baby out with the bathwater and assume the book is trash because it uses a technique you don't approve think is most efficient.
- bsder 4y agoDifferent people learn differently. I always found mnemonics useless, but some people preferred them. The most important thing is to use whatever keeps you motivated. "Keeping on" is 90% of the battle.