I bought RTK1, and set up Anki on my computer. I saw a thing to download RTK1, so I did. Then I clicked Review and started reviewing. Since I don't know kanji, I was just writing stuff down and constantly getting wrong.

I never opened the book.

I'm trying to figure out how to use the book that I bought, with the SRS system, and where are these stories I keep hearing about.

Sorry if this has all been mentioned. I searched but didn't find anything.

Coolcheech Wrote:I never opened the book.

You might wanna start by opening the book. That's usually the first step in using a book you bought.

Tzadeck Wrote:

Coolcheech Wrote:I never opened the book.

You might wanna start by opening the book. That's usually the first step in using a book you bought.

Perfectly articulated. Has to be a troll post though.

[Katsuo]

Stories are available from two original sources, 1) Heisig's book, 2) This website's study area.

Some Anki decks include stories taken from this site, or links to them.

You need to read the introduction to the book to see how the method works. (Intro is available for free: download pdf).

Sorry, you do have the little stories in the book ... but downloading the ANKI cards confused me. Should there be stories on the cards too?

Or are the steps to 1) read through a lesson in the book, 2) use ANKI to review the kanji?

For example, I did the first set of kanji on ANKI last night. It was easy so I clicked learn more, then I was completely stumped. It seemed that by clicking "Learn More" that I was doing up to Lesson 4 kanji in the book already.

Read the book! It will broaden your horizons.

(A censored version of the original post.)

Maybe I'm not clear, I meant I didn't use the book at the same time as the ANKI cards. I understand that using the book at the same time as reviewing is basically cheating. But am I supposed to create my own cards on ANKI, using the book, like I've read some people doing?

Obviously, the cards alone aren't teaching stroke order, and are just for review, but I've seen RTK study techniques online where they have a created, or downloaded, cards with the stories on them. ANKI just shows meaning and the kanji.

I know everyone is free to use their own study techniques, but as someone starting from step one, I want to be sure I'm facing the right direction before I start wasting my time.

1. Open the book
2. Read the foreword and introduction
3. Start with Lesson 1
4. Go through a few kanji(A number you want to do everyday probably around 10-25 a day)
5. Set anki to maximum new cards as the amount of Kanji you want to do everyday

6. After done, hit review button, Keep answering cards until it tells you you're done
7. Stop

Coolcheech Wrote:I never opened the book.

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You're going to have to read the book first in order to understand Hesig's method.
Every day, after you use the book to learn some more Kanji, you should add those kards to Anki. Then review.

Or, you can use the SRS on the site like I do. It's convenient (requires just Wi-Fi), and does the same work as Anki, with an easier interface.