To finish Heisig with > 95% recall: 2 months. I had a general idea of what I...

oohaba on May 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learn to read a sentence of Chinese in 3 minutes

To finish Heisig with > 95% recall: 2 months. I had a general idea of what I was reading in Japan as soon as I arrived. Passed the JLPT 1 in 1.25 years. (I had a year of university study before Heisig, but the # kanji I knew was likely only in the 100-200 range.)