I'm about 1200 cards into my minna no nihongo 2 deck and i can't seem to make any more progress. it seems like i'm just seeing the same words every day and not adding any new ones "due to the amount i've got wrong". what can i do to really memorize these words that are giving me trouble since Anki on default settings isn't helping. should i do something to the settings, or maybe even add a second vocab study method? if you think i should do the latter what would you recommend?

I would recommend to read a decent handbook on General Psychology, particularly chapters on Learning, Memory, Thinking adn Language, Motivation and Emotion, and Decision Making.

You're not supposed to use srs like that

To read this
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid171218

Are you adding sentence cards too or vocab only? It's really difficult to learn words out of context so I suggest you add sentence cards too if you are not doing so already.

MindTrick Wrote:Are you adding sentence cards too or vocab only? It's really difficult to learn words out of context so I suggest you add sentence cards too if you are not doing so already.

where would you recommend me finding example sentences? it doesn't seem like my textbook uses all the words.

i'm using the pre-made minno no nihongo decks and i guess that's my problem

Yes I agree it's better to learn them in context. I find it gives the brain something to 'hook' the word onto so to speak. I use Genki and I find that the exercises help me to actively use the vocabulary presented in the chapters vs just reading a word and reading a sentence and then memorizing it. When I take the time to study the vocabulary (as in visualizing me using it the appropriate everyday situation) I find that helps too. Or even acting it out in my mind and saying the word outloud.

I also use Lang-8 to do my homework since I don't have a teacher to correct me.

basically, you probably need SRS but more importantly you also need to USE the words. There's a chinese proverb that says ' I hear I forget - I see I remember - I do I understand' more or less.. you can extrapolate the meaning there is that things will stick better if you do something actively with the vocabulary

theadamie Wrote:I'm about 1200 cards into my minna no nihongo 2 deck and i can't seem to make any more progress. it seems like i'm just seeing the same words every day and not adding any new ones "due to the amount i've got wrong". what can i do to really memorize these words that are giving me trouble since Anki on default settings isn't helping. should i do something to the settings, or maybe even add a second vocab study method? if you think i should do the latter what would you recommend?

Delete more than you review.
Read this post about SRS depressions, it'll cheer you up.

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blo...-more-dude