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 fish of how to learn a language, or I can give you the fishing technique of how to become the kind of person who can make learning decisions for themselves again — the way you used to before you were schooled. There’s a place for all three approaches, and today I’d like to talk about one: early cut-off kanji (early switching to MCDs). Newsflash: The RTK/Heisig method doesn’t necessarily work for everyone out of the box. That doesn’t mean it’s bad and it doesn’t mean you’re bad; some clothes just don’t fit some people. Truth be told, it didn’t even work for me (in its raw form), and I promote it unreservedly, like gospel; I personally used a heavily modified and personalized variant on the Heisig method for my initial kanji acquisition. So there. What I’m about to say it going to sound like heresy. Especially to fellow Heisig grads. But it shouldn’t and I’ll tell you why: the point has never […]
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