Comments on: eBooks: A Language Learner’s Best Friend http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning Tips, Tools & Tech for Learning ANY Language Fast Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:47:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Fotheringham http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-4171 John Fotheringham Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:47:32 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=1821#comment-4171 Thank you for your comment Andrew. I heard about the big book deletion debacle. Pretty shady move on Amazon's part. I, too, enjoy the look and feel of physical books, and still own (and continue buying) far too many of them! But as you said, ebooks just make language learning easier. This is especially true with Chinese, Japanese, and other ideographic languages. Back in the "old days" (you know, the late 1990s...), I used to spend hours looking up unknown Japanese words I came across in traditional books; now it takes mere seconds in an ebook. (Which just means more time for actual language learning!) Thank you for your comment Andrew.

I heard about the big book deletion debacle. Pretty shady move on Amazon's part.

I, too, enjoy the look and feel of physical books, and still own (and continue buying) far too many of them! But as you said, ebooks just make language learning easier. This is especially true with Chinese, Japanese, and other ideographic languages. Back in the "old days" (you know, the late 1990s…), I used to spend hours looking up unknown Japanese words I came across in traditional books; now it takes mere seconds in an ebook. (Which just means more time for actual language learning!)

]]> By: Andrew http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-4160 Andrew Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:26:34 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=1821#comment-4160 I generally agree with you, but something that put me and a lot of other people off of e-readers, especially Kindles, was Amazon's actions a few months ago where they actually deleted a certain book (I believe it was, ironically, '1984') from a bunch of people's Kindles even though they had paid for it and it was 'theirs'--to me that's like Amazon sending someone to your house and breaking in to take back a book that you bought from them, I REALLY have a problem with that. That seriously left a bad taste in my mouth. Plus, a lot of people just really like the look, feel, and smell even of a traditional paper book, and I'm kind of one of them. Will I likely buy an e-book reader in the future? Yes. Will I continue to buy paper books despite that? Yes. Though I do agree it will make language-learning a lot easier. Cheers, Andrew I generally agree with you, but something that put me and a lot of other people off of e-readers, especially Kindles, was Amazon’s actions a few months ago where they actually deleted a certain book (I believe it was, ironically, ’1984′) from a bunch of people’s Kindles even though they had paid for it and it was ‘theirs’–to me that’s like Amazon sending someone to your house and breaking in to take back a book that you bought from them, I REALLY have a problem with that. That seriously left a bad taste in my mouth.

Plus, a lot of people just really like the look, feel, and smell even of a traditional paper book, and I’m kind of one of them.

Will I likely buy an e-book reader in the future? Yes. Will I continue to buy paper books despite that? Yes.

Though I do agree it will make language-learning a lot easier.

Cheers,

Andrew

]]> By: John Fotheringham http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-4139 John Fotheringham Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:00:09 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=1821#comment-4139 Thanks for the article, Harvey. It's a shame that the Kindle struggles with Japanese word boundaries. Interestingly, beginning Japanese students often struggle with the same thing (especially in kids books that don't use kanji...) Thanks for the article, Harvey. It's a shame that the Kindle struggles with Japanese word boundaries. Interestingly, beginning Japanese students often struggle with the same thing (especially in kids books that don't use kanji…)

]]> By: John Fotheringham http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-4138 John Fotheringham Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:58:34 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=1821#comment-4138 The nook is a nice product, too, but push come to shove, I still prefer the Kindle and iPad. And yes, the iPod touch is an amazing device. I have both a Droid X and an iPod touch, and the former is pretty much only used for phone calls or when I don't have WiFi... The nook is a nice product, too, but push come to shove, I still prefer the Kindle and iPad. And yes, the iPod touch is an amazing device. I have both a Droid X and an iPod touch, and the former is pretty much only used for phone calls or when I don't have WiFi…

]]> By: Harvey http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-4137 Harvey Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:16:02 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=1821#comment-4137 I did a blog post about how I use my Kindle to read Japanese texts. <a href="http://www.japannewbie.com/2010/10/02/how-i-use-my-kindle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.japannewbie.com/2010/10/02/how-i-use-m...</a> Unfortunately, the cut and paste stuff doesn't work well on the Kindle with Japanese. It can't distinguish the beginning and ending of words. - Harvey I did a blog post about how I use my Kindle to read Japanese texts.
http://www.japannewbie.com/2010/10/02/how-i-use-m...

Unfortunately, the cut and paste stuff doesn't work well on the Kindle with Japanese. It can't distinguish the beginning and ending of words.

- Harvey

]]> By: Zach http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/using-ebooks-in-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-4136 Zach Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:05:43 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=1821#comment-4136 I don't know. My brother has a nook and it's pretty nice with the android interface. Though the kindle is nice as well. Either way you can't go wrong. But I love my iPod touch for language learning that I can carry in my pocket! I don't know. My brother has a nook and it's pretty nice with the android interface. Though the kindle is nice as well.

Either way you can't go wrong. But I love my iPod touch for language learning that I can carry in my pocket!

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