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1 ≫ 0

January 28, 2012
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“All failure comes from trying too hard.” / NAKATANI Akihiro 1 is bigger than 0. Obvious, I know. Common sense, I know. But common sense isn’t common. Common sense is the least common of the senses, as other people have pointed out. 1 is bigger than 0. How often we forget this simple fact. You know how it is....

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Using Music Videos To Learn Spanish

January 21, 2012
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This is a guest post by Andrew, the handsome man behind How to Learn Spanish Online for Free. But enough from me…let’s let Andrew tell his story! By the way — unlike me, Andy actually answers his comments, so feel free to bombard him with questions . Hey guys! This is Andrew! Let me tell you a little bit...

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There Is Nothing To Believe In

December 30, 2011
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In the game of getting used to a language… Try not to have opinions. Opinions are for politicians and voters. Try not to have beliefs. Beliefs are for religions. You’re an engineer. You’re a tinkerer. Tink. Tink. Tink. You have tools. You use tools to construct inevitable fluency — engineered inevitability. There is nothing to believe in or opine...

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Do “Wide Standards” Apply To Immersion?: High Achievement Despite Low=Wide Standards

December 14, 2011
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Do “Wide Standards” Apply To Immersion?: High Achievement Despite Low=Wide Standards

e_dub_kendo on “Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards”: Khatz, just to clarify, this applies to the “study aspect” like doing SRS reps, etc, but given any 86,400 second period one should be striving to be in a Japanized environment for as many of those seconds as humanly possible right? I guess what I’m saying is, it doesn’t matter...

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Luxurious Worries, Or: So Effing What If You Sound Like An Anime?!

November 21, 2011
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People, I am sick and phequing tired of hearing it. Whether on the Internets or in RL, if Japanese is the topic of discussion, there always seems to be a kind, intelligent, well-meaning buck futter waiting in the wings to tell you: “Don’t learn Japanese from anime yada yada yada“. It’s like Towelie from South Park, but pretentious and...

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お巫山戯、日本語で: Halloween Spectacular–Zombie VS 3 Chibi-chans!

October 31, 2011
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We here at AJATT usually like to focus on the lighter side of things. But especially around Halloween, there are potential dangers that everyone should be aware of. Trick-or-treating brings young people out on the streets after dark, leaving them vulnerable to attacks when they least expect it. And we’re not talking about people that kill cats or put...

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