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Whether
you are an absolute beginner dreading the thought of acquiring literacy
in Japanese or a more advanced student looking for some relief to the
constant frustration of forgetting the kanji, once you have cracked the
covers of this book, you will never be able to look at the kanji with
the same eyes again.
Its self-teaching methods will enable you to accomplish
in a short time what years in the classroom can never do: remember the
writing and meaning of the kanji by harnessing the powers of your own
imagination.
A doctoral dissertation was written on the method by
Timothy Wayne Richardson, under the title “James W. Heisig’s
system for remembering Kanji: an examination of a relevant theory and
research—and a 1000 character adaptation for Chinese” (University
of Texas at Austin, 1998).
This volume is also available in French, German and Spanish versions.
| "A magnificent, inspirational,
must-read introduction that gives the hope of achieving literacy to
both Nihongo novices and Nihongo old-timers tired of constantly re-learning
and forgetting kanji." |
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| - Laurence
M. Wiig |
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At last I have had time
to use James Heisig`s method and, as you know, it really works! Now
I have renewed hope that I will be able to pass the ikkyu (Japanese
Proficiency Exam, Level 1) someday. I`m really impressed by how the
method builds on kanji already learned and makes each new one stick
in the mind`s eye. I wish I had heard about it 5 years ago when I
first started studying Japanese.…
Before I
bought volume one of Remembering the Kanji, I tried to make my own
stories, but I started somewhere in the middle of the kanji world
rather than at the beginning, at step number 1. Back then I couldn`t
believe Heisig`s claim that if one worked full time on learning the
meaning and writing of the kanji, one could master the task in about
one month. Now I`m a believer! I`m also about to become a bit of an
evangelist for Heisig`s method. |
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| "If you really want
to learn to write the kanji, this method is vastly superior to anything
else I've found. Learning to write each kanji takes about 10 minutes,
which is much faster than the traditional methods of rote learning.
This book doesn't teach you Japanese, though. And if you only want
to learn some of the more popular kanji, look elswhere: the order
is chosen for those who plan to learn all of them." |
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& Noble reviewer |
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| "This is not a gimmick
book. I'm doing research for my thesis on kanji learning and I am
finding a lot of information indicating why this book / method is
so effective. It uses mnemonics, which to some already makes it suspect
as just another gimmick, but mnemonics used properly are great aides
to learning. This has been empirically proven in literature on memory
and learning.'" |
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Portions of
this book are available for downloading
and reading with Adobe Acrobat.
© James W. Heisig For personal use only. This material may
not be distributed without written permission of the publisher
and copyright holder. |
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