There are a lot of problems with a program like that. It does not really teach any sort of proficiency in reading kanji. I am aware that it states it own flaws but I think the flaws, personally, would out weight any good that would come from it. Even if you know what two kanji mean in a word, it does not mean you can always figure out the word. An example where with a bit a thinking you can figure out what it means: 「電話」 (read: denwa). 「電」 means "electricity" and 「話」 means "talk". So "electric talk"? If you think about it, then you realize it actually means telephone. Now something like 「電車」 (read: densha) is a different story. As we know, 「電」 means "electricity". 「車」 means "car". Electric car? How about it actually meaning "train". It can be more confusing than that, but at first most of the words you learn make sense, later the compounds, from what I understand take a lot more thinking to attach them together or barely does. Personaly, I am more into learning it all at once, so when I learn a kanji I want to learn its meaning, stroke count and order, and its readings. I do not want any backtracking. But maybe that is just me.Originally Posted by rubah
Which reminds me, if I have no mentioned this, then I should.
Resources:
Tae Kim's Japanese guide to Japanese Grammar - An awesome guide that helps with a lot of grammar, often also giving information on the slang equivalents.
Tae Kim's Blog - Such a good and interesting read and often very informative.
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC - One of the best E-J/J-E dictionaries out there. It is this dictionary that rikai-chan uses. Also can do various forms of kanji look ups. Highly recommend it.
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