*short cards, i+1 system
*do reps while wide awake, not when you're tired
*listen to motivational music
*caffeine
*don't write anything down
*avoid distractions ...

Anything else?

*don't use a file from a usb (I only just realised this one :$)
*set small goals - ie. I'll make a cup of coffee when i get down to 100 left, I'll look at tumblr for 5 mins when I get down to 50
*do reps out of your normal study environment (I always seem to go faster if I'm on the train, at work or in a cafe... not sure why)

take breaks,play around. Nothing really more to add.I usual do 2 decks (finish my reviews) and i'm all good. I take a break and come back later for my last deck.

Timebox small sessions, like 5-10 minutes. And race against your "average time per answer" for the day.

* Install Windows 7
* "Snap" a Japanese movie/anime/drama to left part of your desktop
* "Snap" Anki to right part of your desktop
* Use keyboard shortcuts to operate Anki
* Enjoy your show+immersion while doing reps in a good pace

Not the fastest way to do reps but I find it fun & it doesn't wear me out like other attempts.

thurd Wrote:* Install Windows 7
* "Snap" a Japanese movie/anime/drama to left part of your desktop
* "Snap" Anki to right part of your desktop
* Use keyboard shortcuts to operate Anki
* Enjoy your show+immersion while doing reps in a good pace

Not the fastest way to do reps but I find it fun & it doesn't wear me out like other attempts.

You can do the same thing with multiple monitors.

Do it in several sessions throughout the day. I never usually have to do more than 100 cards at a time despite doing about 500 a day. 100 is easy to do so you just blast through them.

It's all about short bursts of intense focus rather than long drawn out sluggish sessions.

* Listen to Speed Metal

My god mode is:

#Rep up my new words in cram mode for 1 week prior to adding. (or anything marked)

#Leechs are set to 10, so that stuff gets marked and reviewed.

#I only do 140 new words a week (keep it realistic and easy), which means my cards reviews are actually reducing to the point they are 140 or less (this is something I have noticed recently)!

result

The result is everything is so well known that I virtually skim through the reps in one go. Also, as there is a low failure rate 95%+ on a good day, there is nearly no failed cards, so no rereview needed.

Moral:

# Cramming shouldn't be overlooked.
# Keep it small
# time /over/ effort FTW (20 x 365 = 7300)

Vocabulary has become such a side issue for me using the above that I barely notice the time that I spend doing it (30-45 minutes total).

I wish I knew that on day 1.



By the way, the new Wii game "the last story" looks super sexy!

What is the best brake?

Dramas take too long and get me addicted, so it's not effective.

Push-ups and letting in some fresh air from the window is good. But it gets boring...

jettyke Wrote:What is the best brake?

Dramas take too long and get me addicted, so it's not effective.

Push-ups and letting in some fresh air from the window is good. But it gets boring...

Try my option and you're on a constant break. No need to stop watching those dramas.

jettyke Wrote:What is the best brake?

Dramas take too long and get me addicted, so it's not effective.

Push-ups and letting in some fresh air from the window is good. But it gets boring...

Read a book. You might even see some of the words you've been reviewing in context. If it's a short break, and then try a manga. If it's a really short break, try a ギャグ manga

Just try to put yourself in a situation where doing reps is the least boring thing to do and sleeping isn't an option.

I do reps at work

thurd Wrote:[
Try my option and you're on a constant break. No need to stop watching those dramas.

Okay, I'll try it,

but it seems like the reps will take a long time to do, because my max speed is 13-15 reps in 2 minutes. Usually over 10 reps in 2 minutes.
Seems like it might be hard to concentrate.

But it might work in long term.

Jarvik7 Wrote:Just try to put yourself in a situation where doing reps is the least boring thing to do and sleeping isn't an option.

I do reps at work

In the morning before school.
When I have to choose between homework and reps, you know which one I'll choose...
Works especially well when I have about 2 hours before leaving for school.

What do you think of this?
http://www.speedbagforum.com/timer.html

You can set an interval and It will go on forever.

For example you can set it so that it rings a bell every 10 seconds, and if you don't anwser the card in those 10 seconds, you push failed.
I means that theoretically you could do 300 reps in 50 minutes this way.
And you could adjust the speed according to your comfort.

Perhaps it will motivate to do reps faster?

What had me slowed down was that I tried too hard to judge how well I knew a card. Usually I would use hard/good/easy in fairly equal amounts (perhaps even used 'hard' too much, especially with RTK). Now I mainly use the spacebar ('good') (and 1 for wrong cards) and only in rare cases press 'hard', for in the end it doesn't really matter that much and does speed up the reviewing process for me.

jettyke Wrote:For example you can set it so that it rings a bell every 10 seconds, and if you don't anwser the card in those 10 seconds, you push hard.

I would push "failed" then. For me "hard" means I knew the card.

Christoph_D Wrote:

jettyke Wrote:For example you can set it so that it rings a bell every 10 seconds, and if you don't anwser the card in those 10 seconds, you push hard.

I would push "failed" then. For me "hard" means I knew the card.

Oh, yes sorry, my mistake. I meant failed.

I'll change the post

KanjiDevourer Wrote:What had me slowed down was that I tried too hard to judge how well I knew a card. Usually I would use hard/good/easy in fairly equal amounts (perhaps even used 'hard' too much, especially with RTK). Now I mainly use the spacebar ('good') (and 1 for wrong cards) and only in rare cases press 'hard', for in the end it doesn't really matter that much and does speed up the reviewing process for me.

Same for me; I would even go back and change cards I thought I'd set too low.

Holy crap!
I can't believe it, but this interval timer thing works too well for me!

Yesterday I spent the same amount on studying & trying to study japanese as today.
I'm doing core 6k

Yesterday: 630 reps, 3.7 h, 200 new cards studied.
After discovering this method in the middle of the day:
Today: 1550 reps, 5.6 h, 400 new cards studied.

2 times more new cards studied.
about 2,5 times more reps in 1,5 x the time.

I was struggling to study with the old method, and was always burnt out. Today it seems that this timer's logically repetitious speed makes it more of a effortless routine.

Of course it's all speed. I don't know yet about how efficient it is, but I'm definitely saying it's worth a try.

I've been playing team fortress 2 on arena mode and repping whenever I'm dead.

Actually works pretty well since I play to die fast

-Jesse

jettyke Wrote:I was struggling to study with the old method, and was always burnt out. Today it seems that this timer's logically repetitious speed makes it more of a effortless routine.

Of course it's all speed. I don't know yet about how efficient it is, but I'm definitely saying it's worth a try.

You can also download an offline version..thanks for the tip, I might try this!

jettyke Wrote:What do you think of this?
http://www.speedbagforum.com/timer.html

You can set an interval and It will go on forever.

For example you can set it so that it rings a bell every 10 seconds, and if you don't anwser the card in those 10 seconds, you push failed.
I means that theoretically you could do 300 reps in 50 minutes this way.
And you could adjust the speed according to your comfort.

Perhaps it will motivate to do reps faster?

Doesn't Anki have a timer fr each card on the lower right corner?

Question:
What if there's no time to do something fun between the reviews, like there's homework, is the only solution is to learn less Japanese to avoid burn out?

My reps are slow because I write the new words, I read the sentence out loud, I analyse the sentence, my reading velocity is increasing thanks to this (I think). That takes time. Don't you write the kanji? You just know what the sentece means and move on?

I was thinking about trying that approach because other than speeding my review time I could learn much more new cards a day, but my writing skills would decrease a lot, so I'm still "thinking" about it. I think it is the best option for JLPT takers (like me) but I have japanese classes, and the more kanji I can write the better, so I don't know...