@wrightak - Don't underestimate that confidence and nuanced accuracy that professionally made native audio can give even for single words excised from the prosody of a sentence. There's a clear difference from an amateur's array of estimations as to the pronunciation of a set of unfamiliar terms, that of say, a TTS engine like Misaki (of which, I am told, there's a new version floating about, by the way), and the JDIC audio or the like. It's as simple to access (when not talking of coding add-ons) as kana at this point, so it's become common for those in the know to use this resource.
Also, cognitively speaking, multiple senses where text and audio reinforce one another is always better. See: multimodal integration, multimedia learning, the McGurk effect, etc.
If you can easily snag native audio for a word you're learning, I think you should always do so.
It's also handy for having more versatile cards depending on style of reviewing, medium and environment, etc.
Also, cognitively speaking, multiple senses where text and audio reinforce one another is always better. See: multimodal integration, multimedia learning, the McGurk effect, etc.
If you can easily snag native audio for a word you're learning, I think you should always do so.
It's also handy for having more versatile cards depending on style of reviewing, medium and environment, etc.