Hello all,
I've been done with RTK (which I started with) for about a month now, and with summer rolling around, I figure I ought to get moving with some vocab. Core2k seems to be a powerful tool to get myself situated in general Japanese vocab, before moving on to SRS'sing vocab that I find through other material. Having said that, after doing quite a bit of research, I still have a few questions about setting up Core2k with Anki.
In terms of importing the raw material, I've been found the pre-built Core6k Anki deck with all steps combined, as well as Nukemarine's extensive Optimized Kore spreadsheet. The prebuilt deck seems to be ordered based on the "core-index," whereas I'm under the impression that I should be using the new-opt-voc-index (Side note: is this the ordering you'd recommend for someone with very little experience in vocab and grammar?). Having said this, is there a way to reorder the deck I already have along new-opt-voc-index, or do I need to just re-build a deck from the spreadsheet by hand?
Next, as I look at the card formats for the prebuilt deck that I have right now, I've noticed that they have listening on the front, either a sentence or a word, and then a lot of information on the back. I can't quite figure out what I should be testing myself on; English keyword? Kanji in the tested word? Kanji in the whole sentence? English translation of the sentence? General advice in this area would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
InfinityDelta
I've been done with RTK (which I started with) for about a month now, and with summer rolling around, I figure I ought to get moving with some vocab. Core2k seems to be a powerful tool to get myself situated in general Japanese vocab, before moving on to SRS'sing vocab that I find through other material. Having said that, after doing quite a bit of research, I still have a few questions about setting up Core2k with Anki.
In terms of importing the raw material, I've been found the pre-built Core6k Anki deck with all steps combined, as well as Nukemarine's extensive Optimized Kore spreadsheet. The prebuilt deck seems to be ordered based on the "core-index," whereas I'm under the impression that I should be using the new-opt-voc-index (Side note: is this the ordering you'd recommend for someone with very little experience in vocab and grammar?). Having said this, is there a way to reorder the deck I already have along new-opt-voc-index, or do I need to just re-build a deck from the spreadsheet by hand?
Next, as I look at the card formats for the prebuilt deck that I have right now, I've noticed that they have listening on the front, either a sentence or a word, and then a lot of information on the back. I can't quite figure out what I should be testing myself on; English keyword? Kanji in the tested word? Kanji in the whole sentence? English translation of the sentence? General advice in this area would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
InfinityDelta