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[rigelmejo]

I'm still working through Glossika japanese app course. Some updated opinions:

The sentences (appear to have) less errors than the initial 400. But because I was seeing 20% errors for the first fee hundred sentences, I wpuld recommend taking anything you learn from the glossika app with a grain of salt. Treat it as if you learned from random sentences online you slapped into google translate (having in mind google translate gives like 20% errors with languages like japanese for some sentences). For a paid product, the level of mistakes is too high.

As for actual learning: its fine, now that I've gotten into the rhythm. I think Clozemaster is slightly better, because even though it ALSO uses random semtences and machine translations it also gives the option to click individual word definitions in each sentence - this feature helps you translate piece by piece to figure out the grammar a bit better and notice potentially where the translation error is (so you can ignore the error part and learm from the rest).

On the flip side? Glossika's main benefit for me, is it autoplays english/japanese sentences and automatically progresses me to new sentences. I like hands off study I can do other things at the same time with, i have poor focus for staring at an app and diligently working on it for several minutes/hours. But I can get myself to play audio and keep listening for hours most of the time. I PREFER free tools to glossika, but i do like that glossika is built to either autoplay new things, or autoplay reviews, depemding on what i pick. So i can know im making progress and control how much time i put into reviews. With free resources ive used (which were EXCELLENT) i usually almost exclusively only listened to New audio, because tje instant i was in control of my own reviewing i would waste hours replaying old audio and stop trying to progress and get obsessed with reviewing until i was perfect. So i forced myself to only use new audio to prevent myself getting into a "make no progress and only review" loop i tend to personally fall into. With glossika, i can do reviews occasionally because i do see when they "end" with a hard limit of when ive done all the the sentences audio for the day, and i can totally ignore reviews and focus ONLY on new audio if i notice im getting too focused on reviews.

As a beginner? I recommend Japaneseaudiolessons.com (free), Genki textbooks (great if you want to use a textbook), or maybe japanesepod101 (paid or some lessons free, all lessons free if you get Immersive Language Japanese through your library like on Hoopla app). I think the Glossika app is maybe intending to drill on the VARIETY of everyday basic conversation (giving say 5 sentences of how you might ask someone to hang out, or do a task), but its NOT quickly going through A1 material in terms of how to do what an A1 student should learn to do. You should be learning: my name is, i like X, i work at X, i come from X place, what is your name? How are you? Can I buy X? How much for X? Well in the glossika app it took like 1000 sentences to finally get to "she's from new york" or "i lived there for a long time." I dont think ive actually heard "my name is/whats your name" yet, and im through 1400 sentences. As a beginner, if you use glossika app it make take weeks or MONTHS (deoendijg on your pace) before you get to learning to say some basic lines a tourist might wish to use. Genki would cover those kinds of lines much quicker, even the Teach Yourself (multiple language beginner basic books) books will probably cover introduction and shopping skills in the first few lessons. Glossika both makes you spend TONS of time in A1 material (like 1800 sentences) while also taking a long time to prepare you to ssy basic shit you might need asap. You learn "the train station is near here" "if you leave soon you'll make it" "when are you coming" "i got here as fast as i could" before you learn "whats your name". Now these are still useful sentences - its a good way to learn a lot of grammar with very basic everyday topics. I think it probably is going to help me understand slice of life cdramas. I finally learned HOSHII which is like wish/want and ive heard in Yakuza 7 a ton and always look up then forget. But i think going into glossika WITHOUT those basic introduction/shopping skills? Would be incredibly frustrating. Other learning resources would prepare you quicker. And other resources would explain basic particles use, basic verb and adjective conjugations, which will help parse glossikas sentences. Glossika app's beginner A1 section is not quick about preparing beginners for the initial skills in the language. Now, if your goal is READING asap, before basic speaking topic skills? Glossika might be a bit more suited to you. But even then.... core 2k or 6k anki deck, iKnow Japanese site, nukemarine's Lets Learn Japanese Decks, would all cover more vocabulary faster which helps (and have less errors).

If i could build apps or programs. Id probably just want something that says TTS (Microsoft's since its nicest sounding) english sentence, then 2 repeats of the target language sentencence (or you can specify repeats and order you want). And it would work by having you paste in a new sentence text to "add" to your sentences collection. Or you'd import someone else's sentences collection (to get 5000 sentences from someone else). Then the app would play new sentences if you click Play New, sort of glossika style with maybe 5 repeats of the sentence in a lesson session. And if you click "play New" it would keep going down the list of sentences you havent studied yet. Or you click "review" and it would play audio of sentences you've studied. It would prioritize playing the Next sentences in the review queue (that you didnt listen to during your last review), so you dont end up revieeing the same 200 sentences each time. So that instead it plays the first 200, then the next 200, then the next until it goes all the way to prior reviewed sentences and you then do your next round of reviewing prior reviewed stuff. And only replays ALL sentences if you pick "review all" or if you just keep listening to the Review queue until it loops all the way back to the beginning of your sentences in the review queue. (This would make it better than Clozemaster which does tend to loop review only a few sentences if you used Radio mode, back when i used the app). The app i'd want would have to Machine translate target language text sentences put in (or you'd make an excel sheet with Target Language and Translations put in, and import that and have the app use Your Translations instead of making them automatically). The app would use TTS for all audio, although it would be really cool to build in the ability to import audio files for the Target Language audio if you have it (or if the sentence collection you import has it - like an anki deck with chinese audio on the chinese sentence text side). The app could even be used to turn a novel or game script into sentences to study with english/target language audio, since you'd just need to import the sentences. Unfortunately I dont know how to build an app or program like this. But it would cover some shortcomings I've seen in other apps, and be very listening focused. I suppose the app could show the sentence text like Glossika or Clozemaster too, if you chose to look at the sentences autoplayed audio, so you could get some reading practice in. And an option to repeat a sentence as its on a given sentence (like in glossika or clozemaster), so you can re-listen to hear it clearer or read it while listening a few more times.

[localbeetlegirl]

[serenadeofsunshine]

forgot to share The Beans…

[charm0nt]

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 . . . 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙊𝙔𝘼𝙇 𝙁𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙇𝙔 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙔.

gillikin country ( often known simply as " gillikin " ) is in the northernmost region of oz. known for its industrial prosperity, it's home to the renowned shiz university. the yellow brick road that leads to the emerald city goes through gillikin, and it also houses beautiful mountains, lush forests, and a bustling railroad system. the gillikinese people are known for their blonde locks, prominent foreheads, and gapped teeth. they often don purple, save for aristocratic families. their loyalty to the royal family and the wizard is strong, as is their respect.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗡 . . . 𝙅𝙀𝙍𝙍𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙄𝘼 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙔.

gillikinese people are known for their extraordinary blonde locks. the same can be said of JERROLD, who grew up the second of four boys and one girl. he was never expected to be king, but when his brother abruptly passed at the age of twenty - one, the throne fell into jerrold's lap. he was an impressively quick learner and a natural king, and the gillikinese people took fondly to his kindness, grace, and benevolence. DARIA, on the other hand, donned jarring, dark curls. she hailed from winkie country, the daughter of aristocrats there. her marriage to jerrold was arranged by their parents when they were both still teenagers. daria was poised, elegant, and boasted a gentleness to match jerrold's. luckily, their love came as naturally as their ability to rule. she, too, was a warm, welcoming queen, and she had intelligence and political grace to match, often offering her husband advice.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 . . . 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙏 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙀𝘾𝙄𝙇𝙄𝘼 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙔.

CHARMONT is the eldest child of jerrold and daria, and the heir ( and crowned king at fifteen years old ) to the throne. his birth was celebrated across gillikin country, as the king and queen suffered several miscarriages before him. to give birth to a healthy baby boy was about as lucky as they could get. he was dubbed the heir, and he was taught from a young age to one day assume the throne. lessons never quite stuck, however, and he largely preferred self - exploration and adventure to etiquette lessons and politics. like his parents, he's kind and warm, and he seeks genuine connections from life. naturally, he's charming; it's in the name, after all. after the sudden deaths of his parents, charmont was expected to become king at a young age. inexperienced and uninterested, he delegated all responsibility to his paternal aunt, edna. CECILIA ( portrayed by @donohcrm ) is the second born, only a year younger than her brother. though not the heir, she was cherished by her parents all the same. she never had the same pressure as charmont, never expected to inherit any thrones. rather, perhaps she would one day marry into power elsewhere. she was allowed to be a free spirit, expected only to be a lady in the process. the siblings were as close in spirit as they were in age, nearly attached at the hip. though cecilia isn't much younger, charmont assumes the protective older brother role all too naturally. their relationship only strengthens when their parents die, and charmont considers her to be his only genuine friend.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗧 . . . 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙎𝙎 𝙀𝘿𝙉𝘼 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙔.

EDNA grew up in the shadows of her older brothers. she wanted power, but she was never destined to get it. she was intelligent and cunning from a young age, ladylike only in appearance. behind closed doors, she was a master manipulator unafraid to resort to bloodshed to attain her goals. on top of that, she was a skilled sorceress, though even madame morrible overlooked her. she always remained close to jerrold, always whispering in the ear that daria wasn't. she loathed daria, but she did so in secret and in passive aggressive smiles. when jerrold and daria passed, she couldn't be more thrilled. charmont was young, much too young to become a king, and entirely uninterested in power. and so she seized the opportunity, offering to hold down the fort until charmont was ready to rule. she doesn't like her niece or nephew, viewing them as mere brats standing in her way. though she conveys kindness, she tilts her nose up at both. she's cold and calculating, and she'll always love the one she's with. while charmont and cecilia are away at shiz university, she rules over gillikin country with an iron fist, plummeting the country deeper into chaos and internal conflict.

[fabulaturbatory]

“Experience has convinced me that calligraphy and printing have satisfied some of the deepest human needs, intellectually and aesthetically. A page of printed type is one of the most abstract pieces of communication I can imagine. Symbols of most ancient origin can be put together in ways that stimulate the eye, through pattern, and the mind, through thought. For this reason, I believe that the area of communication which is now served by printing can never be entirely usurped by any other means.”

- Warren Chappell, 1970, excerpted from the preface to A Short History of the Printed Word

[gaytobymeres]

I used to be consistently embarrassed by anything I made/wrote but now I can reread my fic like ‘oh this is alright actually’ and I like looking at the photos I’ve taken and I like rereading some of my academic writing and yeah maybe it’s not amazing but I can recognise that it is good and I have improved at various things. Which is nice.

[psqqa]

because this is my blog and i can make statements that are potentially objectively false and also conveniently omit my own failings if i want to, i just want to say for the record that i was right, my fellow group project members should have listened to me, and if we'd based our final submission on my original draft, or at the very least if they had actually engaged with the questions and comments i raised along the way, we would have gotten a higher grade.

[sparklehoard]

Does anyone have any suggestions for apps that let you:

-Make mock quizzes and flashcards

-type in your own notes.

-is free with no ads?

-don't use A*I

[chronotopes]

Have you ever read the comic Namesake? If you have I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on how it handles Oz and and Alice in Wonderland

i should clarify that i don't think of myself as an expert in either alice in wonderland or the wizard of oz or the critical conversations around them, it's just that i DO love lengthy critical analysis of widely adapted and influential children's lit and an unexpected consequence of watching and enjoying wicked the movie was realizing i wanted to reread and take in the wizard of oz. anyway to answer your question, i haven't read namesake, but it's not off the table depending on how long i follow this particular rabbit hole lol.

[freelanceexorcist]

I love this analysis. I wonder if they're going to switch things up and instead of locking himself in a coffin for nearly 3 decades with only his nightmares to keep him company, he will have imprisoned himself in the mansion to atone (or to keep his four head beasties from going HAM on the general public). That's a fairly well-kept study that looks pretty lived-in. That would be interesting, because honestly, the original take is a little too melodramatic in this year of our lord 2023.

I also wonder if the outfit and the dramatic, antiquated speech is something he cooked up to scare away any local kids who got too brave and went exploring. I'll bet there were plenty of stories of The Red Man in the spooky old Shinra mansion going around Nibelheim back in the day.

And it'll be kinda funny, too, if the "Hark! A miscreant!" thing was an act and it didn't take much for him to revert to his Turk speech patterns.

Vincent: "WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER!"

The party: *blinks in silence*

Vincent: "BEGONE, YE CHICANEROUS AND DEPLORABLE KNAVES!"

The party: *blinking continues*

Vincent: *sighs and floats to the floor* "OK, let's try this: fuck off."

*LATER ON...*

Cloud: "so all this" *gestures to Vincent's outfit* "was just to scare the kids?"

Vincent: "My other choice was a bloodstained Turk uniform. I just wanted to keep you little shits out, not scar you for life."

[wherenightmaresroost]

the frustration of needing a word for a very specific set of concepts but neither the google-fu skills to find it nor the etymological skills to make it myself

[ctl-yuejie]

slowly moving through my philosophy of law book and fully besides the point but sometimes i am just in awe that i can read about what some guy (probably) had thoughts on because plato had beef with him in 500 bce

[elegyofthemoon]

ngl tho if they dont have my schedule by the end of the day (bc they still havent given me one yesterday) i might explode 🤭

[goldensunset]

cheers to this guest lecturer for nearly giving me a heart attack making me think there was a paper due tomorrow that i hadn’t even heard about so i couldn’t focus the rest of the lecture and like rushed home and opened the site to find there was nothing at all

[dullahandyke]

a month away from the english paper 2 leaving im feeling the urge to do MORE indpeendant study for the comparative... literally stop it like

[elipsi]

god this course is so disorganized