Remembering the Kanji
By Mirai LLP
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Description
"Remembering the Kanji" (Official flashcard and review app for the Heisig method) is a kanji learning App to complement the bestselling kanji books “Remembering the Kanji” (Volumes I & II), by Dr. James W. Heisig.
For over 40 years, users have benefited from the highly effective Heisig Method for learning Japanese kanji. With this sole official “Remembering the Kanji” app, you now have review slides and flashcards for over 2,000 kanji available on your mobile device! This App is available only on the App Store!
Reviews for the Heisig Method:
★★★★★ “Fastest way to learn all 2000” — L.S. (Texas)
★★★★★ “A great gem in kanji learning” — Z.N.
★★★★★ “Fantastic for achieving literacy” — S.C. (Michigan)
★★★★★ “It's actually fun! And ‘fun’ matters!” — F.T.
★★★★★ “I'd recommend this for serious learners of Japanese” — E.H. (Illinois)
What is special about this App?
✔ It is portable, allowing for review anywhere, anytime, without the need for an internet connection.
✔ It is the first and only authorized "Remembering the Kanji" App, with more features than any online review applications.
✔ It is customizable to your needs and preferences.
✔ It has an easy-to-use interface.
✔ It is reasonably priced.
✔ There are planned free upgrades for multiple languages.
What this great App can help you with:
✔ Creating your own study lists and generating flashcards for you to review what you have learned — You’ll love the flashcards function!
✔ Saving notes for your own imaginative mnemonic stories for each kanji in "Remembering the Kanji" Volume I. Whenever you need to jog your memory to recall the story behind a kanji — refer to the App!
✔ Learning the stroke order of each and every kanji with fantastic animated diagrams!
✔ Practicing drawing each kanji with your finger on screen, and comparing your result with a written form of the kanji.
✔ Learning the readings (pronunciations) of each and every kanji in "Remembering the Kanji". Also, learn the readings of kanji combination words (jukugo).
✔ Reviewing each lesson for both Volumes I & II of the "Remembering the Kanji" books with easy-to-use review slides.
✔ Looking up the meaning of primitive elements quickly.
✔ Looking up kanji by stroke number.
✔ Searching for key words and finding the kanji you want in an instant.
Take your kanji knowledge to the next level with this convenient and easy-to-use App!
Copyright Notice:
Kanji data is Copyright © 2011 James W. Heisig
KanjiVG data is Copyright © 2011 Ulrich Apel
What's New in Version 1.3
Important Update! Version 1.3
* Flashcards now save your progress!
* Now you can backup your Stories, and restore them at any time!
* Also you can import Stories from the popular "Reviewing the Kanji" website
* Much improved Search function!
* Other than that, literally dozens of small UI and functional improvements!
Keep the feedback coming - it's been driving us to improve this app with every new free update! Please also take a minute to review this app on the iTunes App Store :)
Your Mirai Language Systems Team
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Customer Reviews
Not an SRS
I certainly think that app is a great start, but now that's I've had some time to really use it, I think there are some severe shortcomings.
I think the biggest drawback to this program is that it is does not use a spaced repition system (SRS). SRS are designed to maximize the efficiency at which you learn by showing you cards you have more trouble with more often, and then showing them less often as you learn them. At first I thought this app was an SRS, probably because of the way it mentions "Reviewing the Kanji" which does use a SRS. I have more cards in my "Right once" box than my "Right none" box and I haven't seen a single card from the "Right onc" box, only "Right none". I'm worried that by the time I get all the cards into box one I will have forgotten some of the cards I have learned.
No doubt they have done a lot right with this app, but I think the lack of an SRS severely detracts from it's value compared to other programs offered to work help with Kanji. If you are going to pay for a tool, shouldn't you buy the most effective tool you can?
The app also crashes every time I try to import a CSV file. This makes it impossible for me to transfer stories between devices and and the reviewing the kanji website. I have a iPhone 3GS and a 3rd gen iPod touch. This is what I've based my rating on.
I have some ideas for future updates:
When I write my stories I put the primitive words in caps, so I can identify them quickly (even though they're listed). It would be nice if I could bold or italicize the key words.
I like the fact that you have writing practice. One thing that I think really helps when reviewing is to actually try to write the kanji instead of just vizualizing it. It would be great if there was a button on the flashcards during review that brought up a drawing screen, so you could practice writing it before checking the answer. I think this is one of the great advantages of working with a touchscreen device.
other than one issue, overall a great help
being that all of the helpful stuff about this app is already stated in the product description, i will just comment on the one shortcoming - the app does not contain the added 196 kanji that are part of the newest 6th edition of the book. other than that, this application is a great help when working with the heisig method.
Awesome if you're serious about learning the kanji!
I recommend this to anyone who truly wants to learn kanji. Within a few days of using this app, I have learned much from it. If you plan on living in Japan in the future, then this app is a must to use to study before you go. The approach to teaching kanji is very unique.
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- $9.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: May 10, 2011
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 13.8 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Mirai LLP
- © 2011, Mirai LLP
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later
