Hi guys. So I've been going through pmnox's Core10k deck for about 2 months now. I've used production cards up till now, and I'm thinking about transitioning to recognition cards. I'm a little hesitant though. I've studied Japanese on and off since 2012: finished RtK1 in 4 months or so, burned out, returned to studying after roughly a year (studied using Core6k, Tae Kim's Grammar Guide and so on for another 4-6 months), and burned out yet again. So now I'm back for round three I guess, lol.
Anyway, I still have my RtK deck, and I still remember a fair bit of the kanji from the book (maybe a third or so). I was thinking about going through the deck or maybe even restarting the book again, but I decided that I would just look up 'em up as I was going through the Core deck, basically using the production cards as kanji and vocabulary practice simultaneously. It's quite a mess, as you can imagine, and I'm kind of surprised it didn't explode in my face yet, but I don't think it's going to be sustainable in the long term. I add 33 cards a day, and, if things go smooth, it takes a little over an hour to add them plus roughly 20 minutes to go through my reviews. But nowadays I have to modify my cards regularly to make sure I can discern between all the synonyms (by changing the definitions or adding hints), plus now I check each one beforehand to preempt any collisions later on, and then I might have to look up some stories for the kanji I don't recognize.... It's quite mentally draining sometimes.
So now I'm thinking about transitioning to recognition, and possibly chipping away at my kanji deck on the side. I've read a lot of topics on the subject of recognition vs production, and it seems people on this forum greatly favor doing recognition cards.The thing is, I really like being able to write a word down when I think about it, and I feel like it helps with memorizing the word as well. Anyway, thoughts? Some of you guys were probably in similar position to mine, so I'd like to hear if doing something like this worked for you.
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Anyway, I still have my RtK deck, and I still remember a fair bit of the kanji from the book (maybe a third or so). I was thinking about going through the deck or maybe even restarting the book again, but I decided that I would just look up 'em up as I was going through the Core deck, basically using the production cards as kanji and vocabulary practice simultaneously. It's quite a mess, as you can imagine, and I'm kind of surprised it didn't explode in my face yet, but I don't think it's going to be sustainable in the long term. I add 33 cards a day, and, if things go smooth, it takes a little over an hour to add them plus roughly 20 minutes to go through my reviews. But nowadays I have to modify my cards regularly to make sure I can discern between all the synonyms (by changing the definitions or adding hints), plus now I check each one beforehand to preempt any collisions later on, and then I might have to look up some stories for the kanji I don't recognize.... It's quite mentally draining sometimes.
So now I'm thinking about transitioning to recognition, and possibly chipping away at my kanji deck on the side. I've read a lot of topics on the subject of recognition vs production, and it seems people on this forum greatly favor doing recognition cards.The thing is, I really like being able to write a word down when I think about it, and I feel like it helps with memorizing the word as well. Anyway, thoughts? Some of you guys were probably in similar position to mine, so I'd like to hear if doing something like this worked for you.
Welp, that's pretty sizable for a first post.
Apologies if the is the wrong place for this kind of question.