General Discussion

@KingShadow Coming back to America went super smoothly! Don't worry about listening comprehension, you'll get CRAZY good at it very soon after arriving!

I did a lot of self-study out a textbook and I made flashcards for every chapter, but I never used them. It was just part of a routine and it helped me think about how to write them. I was doing a spaced repetition for Remembering the Kanji (on the tie-in website, Reviewing the Kanji) which was AMAZING, I just couldn't keep myself focused but I really regret it, I learned 80 Kanji in like a couple weeks it was great. I definitely can't recommend enough studying Kanji by going from simplest to complex and memorizing the radicals along the way.

@Shell That's wonderful!! And ahhhh that's very good to hear. u-u I'm looking forward to that hehehe.

Yeah, focus is the hard part for me as well. :// I LOVE spaced repetition, and I've managed to learn so much, but right now I'm in a particular rut with actually going back to my flash cards every day.... so I'm not learning much of anything for the present, ehehe. XD;

I'm so out of touch with my Japanese, it's been YEARS since I've actively used it. I took two years in high school and then continued on my own for a while before I just got too busy. Would anyone like to help me get back on my feet? Any tips or tricks to getting back into studying Japanese?

うわぁー　日本語の勉強している人は多くて、わたし、とてもうれしいですよ！

９歳から日本語を勉強しています。でもその時は若すぎるし、甘く見てしまいました。中学生の時はもっとしみじみ勉強し始まりました。今、日本語能力試験のN5とN4に合格しました！今年N3も合格すればいいですよ。

私は試験を受けるのが上手ですが、日本語で書くとか話すとかあまり上手じゃありません。（笑）誰かと練習したいです！

How does Japanese typing work? :p

@kingshadow

日本語はとても楽しいです！ほんとに好きです！私は大学生一年生です。じゃあ、大学は日本語を勉強します。

@Foxofwonders

If you're using Windows 7, go to Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region > Change keyboards or other input methods

Then you'll see a little 'A' on the bottom right of your screen (near where the battery/sound/etc is). Click on that and change it to "ひらがな(H)" then you're typing in Japanese! To change back to English, click on the option immediately above "キャンセル"

@Azumarill
Ah, okay, thank you! I always wondered how it worked, since I haven't seen any Japanese keyboards around.