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The Best Case Scenario of Fluency
The best case scenario is that your skills will become invisible to you. In. vis. ible. You don’t even realize that the “mere” act of walking is a skill you developed through practice and that if you...
View ArticleHow To Compete Against Yourself: Don’t Do Your Best, Do Better Than Your...
The first step is showing up. But what about after that? Do you do your best? No. Doing your best is a really bad idea. Let’s talk about world records. A world record is just a personal best. It is the...
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Thank you for your interest in the SilverSpoon/Neutrino program. Neutrino is now temporarily opening up for new enrollment into the program (select languages only). However, right of entry is...
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How To Read Signs in Japanese
Much as with gadgets, computer hardware and software, there’s always been a bit of a catch-22 with learning to read signs in Japanese. What exactly do I mean? Well, like: You need to learn to read...
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Holiday Magic! Omnibus: The Mother of All Sentence Packs
You love them AJATT sentence packs? Been meaning to get yourself one but haven’t gotten round to it? Well, your time has come! It’s the the sentence pack of sentence packs — Omnibus: The Mother of All...
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Don’t Be Humble, Do Be Scrappy, Or: How To Turn Compliments Into Something...
Depending on the language you’re learning, you’re going to receive compliments for your skill. Those of you who were good little children and obeyed your mothers growing up are going to turn down each...
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AJATT Best of 2013
The archive has been scoured, the votes have been tallied and the verdict is in! Some were chosen by popularity, some based on my own personal biases, others using a combination of both, and they’re...
View ArticleRead More Or Die — ReadMOD/多読, A Foreign Language Extensive Reading Contest...
Hello fellow language learners, I am LordSilent, an AJATTeer who participated in the original “International L2 Reading Contest” and was surprised by the positive boost that reading had on his Japanese...
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Don’t Think Of It As A New Year, Think Of It As A New Day…
No, a new minute. No. A new second. Business author Brian Tracy once said something to the effect of (and I paraphrase): “The most successful 1 people in our society are those who think of the longest...
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The One Where Richard Dawkins Taught Me About Cooking And Learning Languages
Growing up, mother was tight-fisted like an immigrant. 1 We never went out to eat. Not even ice-cream; it was always “I’ll get you a whole tub at home!”. Not even the movies; it was always: “man up,...
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Quantity Time is Quality Time
An adult isn’t just a big cell. A big zygote. Adding small, imperceptible changes (at the time) produces a big change at the end. Who you are now is not who you will be; who you are now is not even...
View ArticleWhat If RTK Isn’t Working For Me? Early Cut-Off Kanji
So, usually, I give abstract advice, because: It lasts longer, and You need it more But it’s certainly not all you need. I can cook, spice and feed you sentence packs. I can give you the raw frozen...
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Why Are Third-Rate Ideas Better Than First-Rate Ideas?
“Quick and dirty wins the race. Perfection is the enemy of done. Good enough is really effin’ good.” Andrea Scher “When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up...
View ArticleSurusu Add to Reading List Bookmarklet
Works similarly to this guy. The basic idea is to do something similar to what the now-defunct SiteToPhone 1 used to do, but with less fuss and less bureaucracy. +ATRL...
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What’s the Difference Between Life Before and After Fluency?
Before fluency: Play music Skim books Do SRS reps Hear and understand more than you speak Read more than you write After fluency: Play music Skim books Do SRS reps Hear and understand more than you...
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What Is The End Game of Learning A Language?
Let me hit you with some knowledge, sister. There is no end. To learning. A language. And I know that sounds super lame. It’s not what you want to hear; it’s not what I wanted to hear. Especially when...
View ArticleLanguages Are Like Butter
You know something? I love butter. In fact, I love dairy products, period. Demonized as they often are today, I’m going dairy all the way. There’s nothing quite like the sight, sound and smell of...
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How Is Learning a Language Like Breathing?
Difference matters more than distance. The distance between nothing and something is small. But the difference is infinite. “Cause snobs” often talk about making a difference. They’re especially fond...
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Don’t You Think It’s Time You Grew Some Eggs and Turned Your OS Japanese?
You wouldn’t believe how many gaijin I know in Japan who are convinced — absolutely convinced — that turning on Japanese TV or changing their gadget interfaces to Japanese will not help. Most have...
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