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Genki Japan racist?

I received this email tonight from a listserve I signed up to a long time ago (genkijapan). Most of it is generally kind of spammy and I tend not to read them very much. However, this one caught my eye:

Q: Sorry for being random, but I’d like [...]

Lots of thoughts

So, things are still getting into their groove. It’s a little crazy. H1N1 is sweeping through the University and also my son’s first grade class. We’re all a “little” sick, but thankfully nothing major. I hope to keep it that way. I’m already feeling behind. I created a list of all the kanji from Genki [...]

ワッカ

I found a new website, wacca.fm. It’s awesome. It has many cool Japanese bands who offer music to download. Some of it is Creative Commons licensed, which means you can use it in videos on YouTube, for example, without getting copyright violation. As the site itself says:

I have started downloading their podcast directly to iTunes [...]

Shiny New Books

I got my new books for class today. I’m taking a couple exciting classes–300 level Japanese of course, Korean, and Language and Culture (which is a linguistics class). I’m super excited!!! I can’t wait actually. I’ve been building my Kanji list over at Smart.fm and it’s starting to look good. I’m sure it’s going to [...]

Quick Update

So, I tried making my own list on Smart.Fm tonight. I needed all the kanji from Genki II in a list… and since I couldn’t find one, I decided to make one. It’s SO EASY! Many of the kanji already have sound fles loaded, so creating a list is extremely easy. Also, since there are [...]

"Reading and Writing Japanese"

こんにちは！

元気？私はままだね。

Okay guys, here’s the review I promised yesterday. I bought “A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese” as a requirement for my Japanese class at University. It’s a fairly small book but worth it’s weight in gold.

The product description tells us that “This book covers all of the 1,945 characters in the General Use set [...]

元気？

Today I’d like to talk a little bit about how I got here. I’ve been learning Japanese since I started University in 2004–however, due to illness I’ve had to take a fair bit of time off–so I’ve only actually taken 2 years worth of classes. Both Universities I’ve been at use the “Genki” series of [...]