Comments on: I Meant To Do That http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Potheads, Planners and Players http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-30628 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Potheads, Planners and Players Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:21:18 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-30628 [...] tires blow up, we have a freaking problem. And a giggly little: “Whoops! Haha – I meant to do that!“, does not cut [...] [...] tires blow up, we have a freaking problem. And a giggly little: “Whoops! Haha – I meant to do that!“, does not cut [...]

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]]> By: Erik http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-27922 Erik Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:33:34 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-27922 The only thing I do differently is I watch 1 show that comes on once a week in English as a way of saying good job for making it through the week in Japanese. I guess thats a bad thing to do but I still plan on being immersed the other 99% of the time and still use the SRS so *shrugs* The only thing I do differently is I watch 1 show that comes on once a week in English as a way of saying good job for making it through the week in Japanese. I guess thats a bad thing to do but I still plan on being immersed the other 99% of the time and still use the SRS so *shrugs*

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]]> By: Vincent http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-14192 Vincent Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-14192 I've been accepting many things of this site, but there's one major aspect I, well, personally don't follow through on. And that, basically, is the extremeness of the immersion suggested on this site. I immerse myself plenty in most ways, I believe, but I don't really cut out anything from my old life so much. That is, I still do things very much in Dutch (my native language) and English, as well. Maybe that's because my passion isn't the Japanese language per se so much as languages in general (and among that, yes, the Japanese language is of course way ahead of any other languages momentarily). I still really enjoy other languages too, including Dutch and English. It might be so that this method will severely slow my learning process (although it really still feels like it's going very well/fast), but it's just one thing that I'm not willing to let go of: my other languages. I'm sure when I go to study a fourth language after Japanese, I won't want to let go of Japanese either, besides Dutch and English. So that's one point at which I'm going my own way. It might be a rather big diversion from what's being told on this site (after all, the way I do it doesn't really sound so much like it's All Japanese All the Time), but I'm still getting a lot from this place. The very idea of focusing more on kanji at first came from here, as well as the improved use of my SRS (I was using a bit, but... not as much as I should have been and am now). Anyway, I guess I want to say that I'm glad to have read you, er, say (write) that it's okay to tinker a bit. Even though you did say not to tinker with the immersion bit. It still made me feel a bit better, even though I already knew theoretically I was doing it the way I wanted to do it. And I really am still immersing. Also, I should just get off my chest that I really loved the anecdote with Sean/Shaun in the beginning of this post here. It was the finest piece of writing I've yet discovered on this site, in my humble opinion, and I've read tens of articles already. By the way. I’ve been accepting many things of this site, but there’s one major aspect I, well, personally don’t follow through on. And that, basically, is the extremeness of the immersion suggested on this site. I immerse myself plenty in most ways, I believe, but I don’t really cut out anything from my old life so much. That is, I still do things very much in Dutch (my native language) and English, as well. Maybe that’s because my passion isn’t the Japanese language per se so much as languages in general (and among that, yes, the Japanese language is of course way ahead of any other languages momentarily). I still really enjoy other languages too, including Dutch and English. It might be so that this method will severely slow my learning process (although it really still feels like it’s going very well/fast), but it’s just one thing that I’m not willing to let go of: my other languages. I’m sure when I go to study a fourth language after Japanese, I won’t want to let go of Japanese either, besides Dutch and English.

So that’s one point at which I’m going my own way. It might be a rather big diversion from what’s being told on this site (after all, the way I do it doesn’t really sound so much like it’s All Japanese All the Time), but I’m still getting a lot from this place. The very idea of focusing more on kanji at first came from here, as well as the improved use of my SRS (I was using a bit, but… not as much as I should have been and am now).

Anyway, I guess I want to say that I’m glad to have read you, er, say (write) that it’s okay to tinker a bit. Even though you did say not to tinker with the immersion bit. It still made me feel a bit better, even though I already knew theoretically I was doing it the way I wanted to do it. And I really am still immersing.

Also, I should just get off my chest that I really loved the anecdote with Sean/Shaun in the beginning of this post here. It was the finest piece of writing I’ve yet discovered on this site, in my humble opinion, and I’ve read tens of articles already. By the way.

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]]> By: Serge http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-1769 Serge Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:59:16 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/i-meant-to-do-that#comment-1769 The way I'm learning German right now was completely influenced by what you said,although the only thing left standing is the SRS, because I don't really like German music ,nor reading newspapers ,comic books, books etc. even in my native language. I do read ,but I prefer to watch TV much more, so listening is for me the best way to repeat what I've learnt. One day I may even have the courage to take up on Japanese,just gathering the strength there. The way I’m learning German right now was completely influenced by what you said,although the only thing left standing is the SRS, because I don’t really like German music ,nor reading newspapers ,comic books, books etc. even in my native language.
I do read ,but I prefer to watch TV much more, so listening is for me the best way to repeat what I’ve learnt.
One day I may even have the courage to take up on Japanese,just gathering the strength there.

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