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Japanese anki12/22/2023 ![]() Since I absolutely MUST do all of my review flashcards every day, this sometimes means moving much faster though flashcards then I probably should be.īy telling Anki that a card is "Good," you're acknowledging that you understand the card, but you're not necessarily throwing the card into some long-term memory abyss. Sometimes, I had hundreds of flashcards that I needed to get through in a relatively short about of time. This does not apply to words that I do not particularly care about being able to use in writing, such as technical language that I do not encounter very often. - If I have lots of time, and I'm feeling extra motivated, then as long as I know the meaning and reading of the entire sentence in Japanese, and I feel that I am able to use this word in speech and writing. - If I'm feeling a little less lazy, then as long I know the meaning and reading of the entire sentence in Japanese. - If I'm feeling lazy, then as long as I know the meaning and reading of the target vocabulary word. Here are some different situations in which I used to hit the "good" button in Anki, telling the SRS program that I know this word and I can go a little longer without seeing it again: This beast had thousands of flashcards in it:įor all of you extra-studious kids out there, he's an English translation, furigana, and romaji: It Depends How Lazy I Feelįor example, I used to have my original, gigantic deck of Japanese vocabulary flashcards. Use of the "good" and "again" buttons will differ based on flashcard decks, study goals, and contextual factors.īelow you'll see how I used to do it when I still used SRS as my primary method of vocab acquisition and review. Here's a simpler answer to the question, though: If you're learning new content in Japanese, and that content's context value is high, then interacting with more of that content which is not too far above your level is more effective "review" than flashcards. ![]() SRS fanatics are probably going to hate me for saying that, as in many ways it breaks the SRS algorithm. When Should I Hit the "Good" / "Again" Button In Anki? I'll just assume you are using Anki and hopefully in a productive way. I'll save all that for another article, however. And they almost certainly should be phased out once you reach more advanced levels in the language. Although I think they're great for the confidence and psychological comfort they give you, I don't think they are the be-all-end-all for language learning. Later in my studies, I came to see smart flashcards - spaced repetition systems (SRS), to be exact - like Anki a bit differently. I used it to memorize thousands of Spanish words in my free time, to make cool Vietnamese flashcards, to fly through the Joyo Kanji, to burn JLPT vocab lists my brain, and to memorize lines of Japanese TV shows and anime. For the first several years of my studies, Anki was one of my best friends in the world.
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