Japanese 101: Particles updated with New Content
Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 @ 7:20 pm by harvey in About, Language Views: 739
The Japanese 101: Particles App was updated today, and the download, free for those who already have the app, should be available worldwide in the next 24 hours.
Now there are 20+ new JLPT 3 level particle questions you can study and quiz yourself on. This brings the total number of problems in the application to close to 100!
I have been getting a lot of positive feedback about this app so I’m thinking about investing some time in improving it further.
Other than the obvious addition of even more sentences, I have a few ideas… but let me know what you think.
Time limits:
In the quiz section each question could have a time limit, and you get the question wrong if your time expires.
Add some competition:
Make it more game like, with points for answering questions correctly. Maybe add some kind of leader board so players around the world can compare scores with each other.
These additions might be able to be added across all the Japanese 101 iPhone Apps. Let me know what you think.
Let me rave about the importance of particles for a moment…
A Japanese teacher told me once, “mastering Japanese is mastering the particles.” So particles are really, really important. Boring as anything, but important. If you don’t use particles correctly your Japanese will be downright confusing to the listener, and you may also misinterpret what people are trying to tell you. Sort at like talking for this.
In my opinion the best way to master particles is to memorize a lot of sentences that use particles correctly. After memorizing a ton of sentences, you’ll be able to swap out the verbs and nouns to make your own sentences that have a similar structure, and your particles will be correct. The near 100 sentences in Japanese 101: Particles might be a good place to mine for sentences if you’re looking for an accessible source.
You also might want to check out the JapanesePod lesson on particles here.
Happy studying!
- Harvey
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