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Forum: Reading and Writing 11th October 2007, 08:34 AM
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Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1
Very constructive. Thank you.[/sarcasm]
Forum: Reading and Writing 3rd September 2007, 03:03 PM
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As gato just mentioned, this book isn't specifically targetted at beginners or otherwise, but
rather at anyone who would like to be more familiar with the characters and be freed from the
endless...
Forum: Reading and Writing 3rd September 2007, 10:47 AM
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@trien27
I'm having trouble understanding much of your post. What do you mean when you say RTK is "very
incorrect?" The mnemonic stories aren't supposed to be accurate etymologies.
@muscle
I...
Forum: Reading and Writing 31st August 2007, 05:22 PM
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Actually, I have a friend who arrived in Japan two years ago knowing no Japanese. Within a month,
he started this book. It took him about 14 months to finish it, but he was studying Japanese...
Forum: Reading and Writing 30th August 2007, 11:04 AM
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Another person recently made this analogy about Heisig's methods and I think it's rather eloquent
so I wanted to share it here:
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Here is my analogy: mastery of kanji...
Forum: Reading and Writing 30th August 2007, 09:01 AM
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Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1
I would think that this book is too much of an undertaking for an empirical study to be done on
it, but I can tell you from personal experience that it works, and that it's worth it.
Timothy...
Forum: Reading and Writing 29th August 2007, 09:52 PM
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What do you mean by "intensive study" here? 8 hours a day? That's the only way I can imagine
anyone reaching that level after a few months of study. Heck, at that rate, most people could
finish...
Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2007, 04:20 PM
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Simon,
Could you provide an image from later in that book? I'm curious to see how it presents characters
towards the middle of the book.
Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2007, 01:55 PM
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Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1
It's a common misconception that Heisig prescribes studying nothing other than the contents of the
book until it's done. This is incorrect. He advises against learning hanzi readings, or
deviating...
Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2007, 12:15 PM
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Posted By JimmySeal
Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1
The authors at no point say that there is no phonetic element to the characters. They said,
"In other words, there is nothing in the nature of a character dictating that it must be
verbalized one...
Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2007, 01:12 AM
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Posted By JimmySeal
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Ahem.
Where is he passing of his mnemonics as genuine etymologies? All he claims to provide is an
effective means for learning characters, nothing more.
Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2007, 12:21 AM
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Posted By JimmySeal
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There's nothing inaccurate about it.
I repeat:
There is nothing intrinsic about 白 that dictates that it is pronounced a certain way and a trip
around China will show that to be overwhelmingly...
Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2007, 12:02 AM
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Posted By JimmySeal
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@sthubbar
Yes, if someone had to choose between options #1 and #2, #1 might very well be the better choice.
However the goal of Heisig's books are not to reach #2 and stop. It is simply an...
Forum: Reading and Writing 21st August 2007, 11:11 PM
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@adrianlondon
Dunno about the pricing, but as a reference, Remembering the Kanji, vol 1 (which would roughly
correspond to both Hanzi books, costs $32 on Amazon so I'd place the Chinese ones around...
Forum: Reading and Writing 21st August 2007, 08:50 PM
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Posted By JimmySeal
Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1
Hurrah! The world of Chinese learning will never be the same again. I am a satisfied disciple of
the Heisig method and am here to tell you that yes, it does work and in my opinion it is the
only...
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