This article is part of a series dedicated to the different softwares for the Nintendo DS to learn the japanese Kanji.
Tsugawa method
Since the unprecedented success of the Brain Age game, being endorsed by an authoritative person is almost a requirement for any Nintendo DS software with an educational purpose. This is the case of Kanji Kakitori Kun that we reviewed before. つがわ式 “Style Tsugawa” 漢字記憶術 “Kanji Kiokujutsu (Kanji + memorization + art)” (ERTAIN production, developed by Lukplus, released on June 28th, 2007) follows this rule as it is based on the つがわ式記憶法 “the Tsugawa memorization method”. It is the method that 津川博義 “Mr Tsugawa Hiroshi”, of the Colombus Institute, a 塾 “after hours class bussiness”. Learning the japanese Kanji with this method consists in marking the difficult parts of the Kanji with a red pen. You can then focus only on these parts to visually memorize the Kanji. The software received a lot of positive buzz when it was released because the press conference consisted in trying the method with 12 members of the AKB48 band, 48 young japanese ladies band composed of three teams (A, K and B) that have a permanent review in their own theater at Akihabara. But let’s forget the J-POP and the Japanese girls in school uniform for a moment. Grab a red pen and let’s see if the miracle that happened for 12 baby stars will also happen for us 外人 “gaijin“.
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Grille d'évaluation de la méthode Tsugawa:
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