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Originally Posted by Cutetwirler
Your method of kanji learning sounds like a pain in the arse (with all due respect!). You know, there's a DS kanji game that does everything for you. Tests absolutely everything about kanji, so much so that although I am JLPT 2 kanji reading, I started at the bottom in the kanji game and have so far only worked my way up to the ８級 which is about a 7 year old's level.
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I have those games and i simply don't like them. i have about 4 different DS kanji training games and they just don't work as well. my way is not at all a pain in the arse, it is very easy and effective. i can track which words i keep getting wrong, quickly search for all words containing a particular kanji etc. I can even see statistics of how many i've been getting right and wrong in each session.
Those systems have some benefits but i find that writing on the ds is not realistic to real writing. they are all to sensitive and on some characters the way i write the character (very hand written style rather than computer style) it doesn't recognise them. While i have a kanji dictionary which is aimed more at adults and that accepts my writing styles. i assure you i learnt less in my time spent using the DS than i did on my program. you can't knock it until you have seen it in action :P
EDIT: i should mention i find these sort of programs better for complimenting my style of learning, not the basis of it. they are good for the sake of having sentences using the compounds that im learning.
I should point out that i learn my vocabulary through kanji, it helps me remember the words. so a program like these might help if you already know the words, but im learning the words as i learn the kanji and compounds.