Had a chance to visit a bigger public library a couple towns over. Found that they had some foreign language materials.
Read a couple Japanese children’s books (translated from English), and some of a 10-minute Stories for 2nd Year Students. They were OK. Puts me off how much Kanji they don’t use. Takes away valuable semantic clues. Also looked at a couple novels, which are just like, the most words everywhere. Nice to know they’re there. Makes me appreciate the middle ground that Tadoku graded readers offer.
Working on building out an Anki deck for Thai alphabet. Found some on ankiWeb that seemed pretty good, but trying to add pictures and the example words. Also been doing Transparent Language Online, which is the learning app my library offers access to. Pretty good tool, especially for starting from scratch.
After reading most of the books on a website for the graded reading that I am, I ran out, so ended up getting a Satori free account. I think it’s still higher level than what I currently am, even for beginner, but I can make out the text clear enough if not the words. I’d probably recommend giving that a try if you think you’re able for it. The free account there’s no real commitment to anything and you can test out yourself if its your thing or not.
Thanks for the rec! I have tried out Satori, I really like it and I need to use it more.
Some things bug me - I don’t think they have a desktop version, there’s a tiny bit of loading up front. But mainly, that’s one I really wish I could buy a lifetime subscription to. Most are hard for me to justify, I think that one would be worth. Free is already really good though, lots there and I haven’t really taken advantage, good reminder.
Oh that’s weird, I have only used Satori through my desktop, but I guess it’s because I’m using desktop mode through my Steam Deck or something? Or maybe not even that, but I’ve ended up managing to make it work on a desktop environment. Maybe they only recently made it accessible on desktops?
And yeah, I plan on running through as much Satori as I can for free before paying. I do believe in it’s goal, and wouldn’t mind paying earlier if I had the funds, but cash is cash and I’m sort of financially not in the best situation, so want to stall when I can.
Had a chance to visit a bigger public library a couple towns over. Found that they had some foreign language materials.
Read a couple Japanese children’s books (translated from English), and some of a 10-minute Stories for 2nd Year Students. They were OK. Puts me off how much Kanji they don’t use. Takes away valuable semantic clues. Also looked at a couple novels, which are just like, the most words everywhere. Nice to know they’re there. Makes me appreciate the middle ground that Tadoku graded readers offer.
Working on building out an Anki deck for Thai alphabet. Found some on ankiWeb that seemed pretty good, but trying to add pictures and the example words. Also been doing Transparent Language Online, which is the learning app my library offers access to. Pretty good tool, especially for starting from scratch.
After reading most of the books on a website for the graded reading that I am, I ran out, so ended up getting a Satori free account. I think it’s still higher level than what I currently am, even for beginner, but I can make out the text clear enough if not the words. I’d probably recommend giving that a try if you think you’re able for it. The free account there’s no real commitment to anything and you can test out yourself if its your thing or not.
Just a small recommendation.
Thanks for the rec! I have tried out Satori, I really like it and I need to use it more.
Some things bug me - I don’t think they have a desktop version, there’s a tiny bit of loading up front. But mainly, that’s one I really wish I could buy a lifetime subscription to. Most are hard for me to justify, I think that one would be worth. Free is already really good though, lots there and I haven’t really taken advantage, good reminder.
Oh that’s weird, I have only used Satori through my desktop, but I guess it’s because I’m using desktop mode through my Steam Deck or something? Or maybe not even that, but I’ve ended up managing to make it work on a desktop environment. Maybe they only recently made it accessible on desktops?
And yeah, I plan on running through as much Satori as I can for free before paying. I do believe in it’s goal, and wouldn’t mind paying earlier if I had the funds, but cash is cash and I’m sort of financially not in the best situation, so want to stall when I can.
Ooh, hopefully I’m working from bad or outdated information. I’ll look back into it.