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Which would you choose? Learning a language in 1 day or 10 years?

There are many random books here in Purwokerto, and some days ago I found two books with absurd titles.

First up is a book on my cousin’s bookcase: Bahasa JEPANG Hanya 1 Hari (Japanese in only 1 day) by Yan Tirtobisono. I was like “Heh!!!” when reading the title. I’ve learned this language on my spare time for around 2 years and still can’t do nothing :)… (well, yeah, probably because I’m not working hard enough)

The book’s 256 pages contain set phrases in roomaji without any grammar explanation. More like a travel pamphlet for me. I know that the Indonesian mentality is wanting results instantly without much effort, but, 1 day?!? Give me a break…

The other one is from my brother’s room: Korea dalam 10 x 365 hari (Korean in 10 x 365 days) by HS. Maru Lis. We all know that 10 x 365 days means 3650 days which means around 10 years!!! I was like “What the?!? This is a complete opposite of the other book!”.

I knew the author must meant something else, so I peeked at the contents. It turned out to be a 365-days lesson, with each lesson teaching 10 words. More like a dictionary for me. Anyway, the title is one of the most serious abuse of mathematical notation that I’ve encountered.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 at 10:57 am by Agro Rachmatullah and is filed under Bahasa Indonesia, Book, Funny, Japanese, Korean, Life, Math, Purwokerto. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Which would you choose? Learning a language in 1 day or 10 years?”

  1. pramur Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    Numpang nimbrung nih Mas…
    Wahaha, biasa sih Mas… Bikin judul yang prokatif, biar banyak yang beli. Entah itu benar atau tidak, urusan belakang. Yang penting, menarik minat… Hehehehe…
    .
    Kalau menurut saya, tidak ada sebuah buku pun di dunia ini yang dapat dengan gamblang, jelas, terpercaya, terjamin, sedemikian sehingga seseorang yang membacanya dapat dengan fasihnya dan dalam waktu tertentu BISA (dalam arti MENGUASAI) sebuah bahasa. Kalau mau, yaa praktek… Berlatih.. dan cari referensi tidak dari satu sumber sahaja.. CMIIW

  2. Agro Rachmatullah Says:
    March 10th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    Menurutku, buku dan latihan sama pentingnya. Kalau buku dianggap peta atau panduan perjalanan menuju “kefasihan”, berlatih adalah melakukan perjalanan tersebut.

    Mau bisa programming, harus sering-sering bikin program. Mau bisa igo, harus sering main. Mau bisa matematika, harus sering latihan dan ngutak-ngutik sendiri…

    Dengan buku yang buruk, kita akan tersesat. Tanpa berlatih, kita tidak akan sampai pada kefasihan.

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