Comments on: Japanese Journal: Mastering Hiragana & Katakana

By: Amber Barth

Amber Barth — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:33:26 +0000

Yes, Brain Speed can cause a little bit of anxiety at first, but when you start whipping through it, you’ll feel a great sense of pride in your own accomplishment. When I first started I figured I just needed to learn more, but it still made me feel like I was in the dumps, so I started doing it once a day and writing down my scores. By the end of a week you can actually see yourself getting better and faster! Just keep at it. ^_^

Also, you can check out Livemocha.com. There you can record yourself talking and people can evaluate your speech and give you pointers.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:44:04 +0000

I’m more than happy to share! I was getting through 10 letters in 10 minutes and reviews in 5, but I had already spent time trying to study the characters on my own, so I did go in with a bit of a head start. And once you get into the multiple characters like kya, kyu, kyo, they will go fast too once you pick up on the pattern.

By: Labo

Labo — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:21:27 +0000

Thanks for showing us these links, I’ve been interested in learning Japanese letters, but never could find a good program. It seems like this particular program is making sure you remember them, since I went through 10 letters in 20 minutes, although that might just be my own learning curve, I’m confident I’ll get faster at learning them.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:04:38 +0000

Thanks. The site’s been such a great help. I’m glad I discovered it from Rainbowhill on Twitter. I do keep using Brain Speed. I just wish I wouldn’t keep getting flustered when it would speed up!

By: Amber Barth

Amber Barth — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:19:16 +0000

Sounds like you’re doing a great job. Smart.fm is a fantastic tool to help you learn your hiragana, kanakana, and just about anything else (I mastered hangul there). I’ve found Brain Speed pretty fun when you want to test yourself.