Re: Remembering the Kanji


Essential Touch :
Hi All

I am thinking about getting 'Remembering the Kanji: Complete Course on How
Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters v. 1' by James
W. Heisig, but it seems to be rather controversial, what is the considered
opinion of the group on this?

Rather than get Heisig, I recommend the following one:

http://flickr.com/photos/fer-martin/127470902/

My old review of the book is here:

http://books.sljfaq.org/books.cgi?book_id=263

In my opinion Heisig is the kanji equivalent of a "get rich quick"
book.

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Remembering the Kanji
    ... Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters v. 1' by James ... Instead of teaching kanji through the more common sequences like frequency ... or the Ministry of Education sequence, Heisig arranges them by pattern. ... Comcast; then, Time Warner. ...
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  • Re: Newbie stuff: Kanji. The Heisig-way or the Highway?
    ... > delight I make progress way faster than I had expected. ... > Anyone here who did their first kanji memorization trying Heisig's ... make up much better stupid memory stories than Heisig. ... Still, if Heisig works for you, go for it. ...
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  • Re: Newbie stuff: Kanji. The Heisig-way or the Highway?
    ... As it just so happens I wrote a Heisig response on a different board, ... without actually reading. ... even then you have to learn the words after learning the readings. ... enough in kanji studies not to need it, so I can't claim that it ...
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  • Re: Newbie stuff: Kanji. The Heisig-way or the Highway?
    ... >> I seem to recall that Heisig is generally derided in this ng, ... > Learn words that contain kanji, and the kanji will come along with them. ... The alternative to memorizing other people's stupid mnemonics is to make ... Otherwise we'd never have been able to get Star ...
    (sci.lang.japan)
  • Re: Newbie stuff: Kanji. The Heisig-way or the Highway?
    ... >>>the meaning? ... I can recognize maybe 800 kanji but can only ... I suppose it's only a step to actually reading the kanji, ... Heisig actually forbids you from looking at a kanji and then recognizing ...
    (sci.lang.japan)