Learn Japanese via your favourite Light Novel Bookclub?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:17 am
I've fallen in love with reading Accel World and Sword Art Online, and since they now have official English print versions are abandoned projects.
However the official publication rate is too slow and personally I would rather my money went directly to they author than in an around-a-bout way.
I also (crazily) figure I can learn Japanese and read these in the original form about as fast as they would be published in English, with the added benefit of being able to read the newest books as soon as they come out.
So I am currently following the insane path of learning Japanese so I can read the original books (I have the first three Accel World on my desk).
I'm currently working my way through the Core 2000 Anki decks but that isn't yet getting me closer to being able to read the books.
I'm about to start looking into building an Anki deck based on word frequencies and page order so I can practice on my desired target.
I've found one or two other people attempting similar things for other books on the net, but they already know Japanese and are trying to use their favourite book to help others learn Japanese, and their efforts dry up pretty quickly. I'm realistic enough to know I'm most likely to give up at some stage because of the amount of effort involved, but my OCD won't let me stop right now, and while its still driving me along it might help someone else's effort to learn to read Japanese. And I have more incentive to make it happen because I can't read the books myself unless I have the tools.
Do you think a bookclub like this would be suitable on baka-tsuki?
Could abandoned project pages be used to coordinate people wanting to learn in such a fashion?
It's possible this may produce some more translators for other projects in the future...
Cheers
Bae
However the official publication rate is too slow and personally I would rather my money went directly to they author than in an around-a-bout way.
I also (crazily) figure I can learn Japanese and read these in the original form about as fast as they would be published in English, with the added benefit of being able to read the newest books as soon as they come out.
So I am currently following the insane path of learning Japanese so I can read the original books (I have the first three Accel World on my desk).
I'm currently working my way through the Core 2000 Anki decks but that isn't yet getting me closer to being able to read the books.
I'm about to start looking into building an Anki deck based on word frequencies and page order so I can practice on my desired target.
I've found one or two other people attempting similar things for other books on the net, but they already know Japanese and are trying to use their favourite book to help others learn Japanese, and their efforts dry up pretty quickly. I'm realistic enough to know I'm most likely to give up at some stage because of the amount of effort involved, but my OCD won't let me stop right now, and while its still driving me along it might help someone else's effort to learn to read Japanese. And I have more incentive to make it happen because I can't read the books myself unless I have the tools.
Do you think a bookclub like this would be suitable on baka-tsuki?
Could abandoned project pages be used to coordinate people wanting to learn in such a fashion?
It's possible this may produce some more translators for other projects in the future...
Cheers
Bae