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Archive for September, 2008

Git up, Git up, Git Down, JLPT is the Joke in Yo’ Town: Why I Hate the JLPT and Why It’s a Waste of Your Time and Money

September 28, 2008
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About a month ago, I got an email from a very handsome man that went a little something like this. Very handsome man: Hi Khatz, just wondering what you think of the JLPT. Is it worth taking to measure your Japanese fluency, even if by some chance it’s not required when applying for a job in Japan? If so,...

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Success Story: Motivation Brings Results Bring More Motivation Brings More Results

September 24, 2008
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Success Story: Motivation Brings Results Bring More Motivation Brings More Results

A reader named Kaba shares her AJATT success story. Yay! Hello there Khatzumoto~ though I’ve only commented once on your blog (by the name of Kaba), AJATT has almost taken over my life.  It literally will when I quit my English-heavy preschool teaching job in August .  Anyway, my story mostly consists of...

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Secrets to Smoother SRSing, Part 5: Timeboxing

September 22, 2008
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This is part 5 of a multi-part series on smoother SRSing. I’ve mentioned timeboxing many times before; it’s just one of those things that’s so useful you want everyone to try it. Timeboxing seems to be very beneficially lopsided in that it’s super simple and super useful on the one hand, while also being difficult (although, like anything, probably...

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KBL: Khatzumoto’s Book List, August 2008

September 18, 2008
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KBL: Khatzumoto’s Book List, August 2008

[Update: The people have spoken! In addition to Amazon.jp links, alternative purchase links to YesAsia have been added where available! These may be useful to those outside of Japan, since YesAsia offer free worldwide shipping. Sometimes the markup makes it so that it evens out, but at other times it is a better deal for overseas customers. As always,...

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Khatzumoto’s Book List…Club…List…Whatever [KBL]: Introduction

September 17, 2008
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Hello ! And welcome to the 0th edition of what many people are calling “The Oprah’s Book Club of the Internet, but without the charm, influence or relevance, and mostly in Japanese anyway…”. A lot of people have asked me for book recommendations. And I struggle with this. On the one hand, I...

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日本語上等Pod…Cast?: Episode 3

September 14, 2008
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お待たせしました!日本語上等ポッドキャスト第3回!フゥー! 今回、スペシャルゲストとして、ユーチューブで超有名のTkyoSamをお迎えしております。ご清聴あれ! Jubilation! After a long wait, the podcast has come to it’s magical third episode! Today, we welcome Youtube’s one and only TkyoSam as our special guest. Rissun! The mp3 file of the podcast that is being referred to in the title of this post. Once again, special thanks to Kevin son of McLeod for the music. トニー、宜しくね!

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