Some of you kind people suggested using a Core 10k optimized deck instead of Kanji in Context. I read quite a few explanations/ guides, but still have no idea how to use the deck. Could anyone explain me the essentials and how to use this deck properly? Thanks in advance!
2013-12-06, 6:45 pm
My Core10k deck format looks like this. (default core10k setup i believe)
贈り物
すてきな贈り物をどうもありがとう。
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
おくりもの 「贈り物」
gift; present
► (plays vocab audio)
すてきな贈り物「おくりもの」をどうもありがとう。
► (plays sentence audio)
Thank you for the wonderful present.
End
Basically how you should study this deck is focus on the vocab word right at the top. Do not use the sentence on the front of the card to test if you know the word or not. After a while you remember a vocab word from reading that sentence over and over again and when you see the word by itself you can't even recognize it. If you don't know the vocab word by itself (its reading and its meaning) then you fail the card.
The stuff on the back of the card is to check your answer and to provide you with sample sentence with the word used and some listening practice. I recommend only using the audio from the media files available because your brain will also affix the vocab word to picture instead of being focused on recognizing this word by itself.
I would honestly recommend removing the sentence from the front of card until you get used to it. Sometimes i'll refer to the sentence becauses words can take on double meanings very often in Japanese and are read different ways. Thats the only reason why I've left them on the front of the card but I never use them as a crutch. If I even catch myself looking at the sentence in my peripheral (it happens a lot lol) I will fail the card.
Don't be afraid to press the very easy button on cards you think you know well and press the hard button on cards you think you should see more often. Basically, be honest with yourself when studying. Do you really want to know this stuff or what? It took me a while to remove my ego from my studies, which is so worth it in the end.
Also I would recommend to spend no longer the 50% of your study time in Anki. Use the other 50% for reading native material (NHK News Easy, Slice of Life Manga, or Simple Novels). Then supplement all of this with watching anime, doramas, and listening to native Japanese music or podcasts. You can consider time spent doing that bonus time to your 100% from Anki or Reading. Well thats just how I see it. Good luck and don't give up! (missed days in Anki are okay but shoot for good attendance and you'll reap the benefits.)
Sorry for the really long post. Too much caffeine.
贈り物
すてきな贈り物をどうもありがとう。
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
おくりもの 「贈り物」
gift; present
► (plays vocab audio)
すてきな贈り物「おくりもの」をどうもありがとう。
► (plays sentence audio)
Thank you for the wonderful present.
End
Basically how you should study this deck is focus on the vocab word right at the top. Do not use the sentence on the front of the card to test if you know the word or not. After a while you remember a vocab word from reading that sentence over and over again and when you see the word by itself you can't even recognize it. If you don't know the vocab word by itself (its reading and its meaning) then you fail the card.
The stuff on the back of the card is to check your answer and to provide you with sample sentence with the word used and some listening practice. I recommend only using the audio from the media files available because your brain will also affix the vocab word to picture instead of being focused on recognizing this word by itself.
I would honestly recommend removing the sentence from the front of card until you get used to it. Sometimes i'll refer to the sentence becauses words can take on double meanings very often in Japanese and are read different ways. Thats the only reason why I've left them on the front of the card but I never use them as a crutch. If I even catch myself looking at the sentence in my peripheral (it happens a lot lol) I will fail the card.
Don't be afraid to press the very easy button on cards you think you know well and press the hard button on cards you think you should see more often. Basically, be honest with yourself when studying. Do you really want to know this stuff or what? It took me a while to remove my ego from my studies, which is so worth it in the end.
Also I would recommend to spend no longer the 50% of your study time in Anki. Use the other 50% for reading native material (NHK News Easy, Slice of Life Manga, or Simple Novels). Then supplement all of this with watching anime, doramas, and listening to native Japanese music or podcasts. You can consider time spent doing that bonus time to your 100% from Anki or Reading. Well thats just how I see it. Good luck and don't give up! (missed days in Anki are okay but shoot for good attendance and you'll reap the benefits.)
Sorry for the really long post. Too much caffeine.
2013-12-06, 6:59 pm
I agree with everything s0apgun said ^^
But to make things easier, you can "hide" the sentence using a "hint field" (described here). I'm not sure if this works on Ankidroid or not because I've never tried it.
What I do is actually make the sentence nearly the exact same color as the background so that it's hard to see it unless you highlight it.
I also want to add that even if you can't read Japanese very quickly, a visible sentence can still interfere just by it's length or the position of the bolded word, all which can clue you in to the meaning unfairly, so yeah, take measures to obscure it ^^
But to make things easier, you can "hide" the sentence using a "hint field" (described here). I'm not sure if this works on Ankidroid or not because I've never tried it.
What I do is actually make the sentence nearly the exact same color as the background so that it's hard to see it unless you highlight it.
I also want to add that even if you can't read Japanese very quickly, a visible sentence can still interfere just by it's length or the position of the bolded word, all which can clue you in to the meaning unfairly, so yeah, take measures to obscure it ^^
Edited: 2013-12-06, 7:00 pm
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2013-12-06, 9:49 pm
zurisu Wrote:I also want to add that even if you can't read Japanese very quickly, a visible sentence can still interfere just by it's length or the position of the bolded word, all which can clue you in to the meaning unfairly, so yeah, take measures to obscure it ^^So very true! Its amazing how the brain tries to pull visual cues from ANYTHING to recall information. There has been so many times when my eye will catch the length of a sentence and my brain remembers the vocab reading from that sentence instead of recognizing the kanjis reading. This all happens in milliseconds too... so while I'm focusing on a vocab at the top if I don't recall it within 3 seconds I fail the card before giving my mind a chance to wander off. Its turned out to be a nice positive though because it keeps the pace moving. Thats something I've learned is very important when it comes to SRSing.
Learning a language is a fascinating experience- you learn a lot about yourself through trial and error. Your brain seems to register information faster through visuals than actually processing the information. This must be why constant reading practice speeds up your reading. Your brain starts pulling visual cues to register the meaning from written patterns you've seen over and over again instead of registering the actual Japanese in front of you.
Neat. (I sort of just had an epiphany writing this post
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