Learning words through context has the benefit of showing you when and how to use the word from the beginning, but it can take a lot of time to learn the words this way since you are learning more than one thing at a time.

Flash cards are a quick way to gain a lot of vocabulary, but…

Above is an excerpt from my guest post over at Wide Island View check out their site and I recommend subscribing. They started as a e-zine and have recently moved to more of a blog. It is mostly for JET’s in Hiroshima. However it is in Japan and written in English so is a perfect candidate for subscribing to and reading. So seriously go visit Wide Island View.

For my post here it is:
Building Japanese vocabulary — the fun way