Superfreek Wrote:I just totally blew right through the first 2 steps but step 3 is like a real smack in the face!Agree completely. I think that's where the confusion sets in for most people: "OK, steps 1 and 2 have been going well, on to the next...whoa, did I miss a step?"
When I started the third deck from Smart.fm, my progress slowed right down. I've now reverted to using the Core2k deck instead, with the Smart.fm sentence decks as an "if I have time to do more" option. However, I took the Core2k data from the online spreadsheet and then played with it some, since the "i+1" sorting that Nukemarine talked about didn't seem to be in effect when I tried using the shared Anki deck. I'm still not sure I've got it working correctly, but for now I'm just plowing ahead regardless. Progress is slightly better, and I'm getting to the point where new words are a bit easier because I know one of the 2-3 kanji in that new word.
That said, can anyone confirm the exact Core2k deck(s) we should be using, and whether or not they need tweaking before use? "i+1" learning makes a lot of sense to me, but the Core2k decks didn't seem to have it - words just showed up randomly, with no common kanji to connect them. For what it's worth, I think that's why this question keeps coming up so often - people grab the shared decks as advised, but then they don't end up working as described, leaving us wondering if we got something wrong (and if there's a better way!).