Flashcard Exchange | Remembering the Kanji 1 | Deck

The following are links to the flashcards I created for RTK 1. Anyone is free to use them and steal my stories.

Side one: keyword

Side two: kanji

Side three: story (While studying, press the 'h' key to reveal side three)

Under the navigation menu, choose 'study other side first' option to study kanji first.

Remembering the Kanji 1 | 1-500

Remembering the Kanji 1 | 501-1000

Remembering the Kanji 1 | 1001-1500

Remembering the Kanji 1 | 1501-2042

３月１０日２０１１年

I'm still constructing a study method. If you've taken the time to browser earlier entries on this blog, you should know how many times I changed my study method with RTK 1. This time round, I like to get it right the first time. Using the forums on http://kanji.koohii.com, I communicating with other RTK users to find out what they did or are doing.

Word Bank

I began a word bank. And in the past 24 hours I have typed 638 words. In one column are 漢字 words and in the other their かな counterpart. The point of this list is to have a my finger tips an list of all the sounds I already know so as to make RTK 2 a little bit simpler. I will return to the word bank to add かな only words and also create an additional word bank of proper names.

Unit 1: Sentence Types

This is by far the most useful grammar source I've come across. Language advocates boast that grammar is something you should avoid learning and that emersion is the best way to go. I've tried that, am I still barely able to compose more than a basic sentence. I am going to attempt a new route, using this site here.

My goal here is to write sentences. Some will be typed. Others will be hand written with furigana and scanned as images that I will post. I'm not quite sure how this is going to work, but we shall see as we go.

３月３日２０１１年

I am still basically in review mode. Though honestly, I'm itching to start RTK 2, I can't seem to find a workable study tool to aid me. My biggest problem with RTK 1 was my inconsistency, I was simply making it up as I go. This time around, would like to begin on the right foot, instill consistency, that way I finnish as quickly as possible.

I don't have the time or the energy to make my own study tools. There seems to be tons of available study tools for RTK 1 online, however, few if none for RTK 2. I have a simple theory as to why that is. Few people actually complete RTK 1 and by the time they do, they have lost the enthusiasm for creating massive amounts of study material.

For me it would be a matter of cutting and pasting from my chart, but I've lost my faith in these sites in a way. Smart.fm, a site I relied on heavily is now going to a pay model at the end of this month. I fear that other site may do the same or simply go down part way though my study process. Technically, anything you create on most sites, belongs to that site. Its in all that fine print you usually skip reading when creating your account.

As of right now, flashcardexchange.com is my main study tool. I've been seriously considering Anki, however the ready made study decks don't seem to want to cooperate with the RTK 2 frame number ordering. Its frustrating. I want to start, but I want to avoid the mistake I made the first time round. I'll give myself until monday to figure out something.

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A kind, kind person over on forum.koohii.com has helped me with my Anki problem. Here is a copy of the directions they gave me as to editing Anki decks. Click here to download the RTK 2 deck they created.