Just checked it out on Amazon. I'm definitely buying it. Thanks.

Is it possible to over-review in Anki? I've been spending less than an hour per day on Kanji, but I'd like to increase that to 3 or 4 hours. I'm not completely farmiliar with its interface and the user manual still doesn't make sense to me when it goes over the deck options section.

Last edited by Animosophy (2013 February 19, 11:42 pm)

Animosophy wrote:

I listen to Japanese podcasts/music all day.

I would switch this to ripped audio of anime/drama/movies you've seen.

Animosophy wrote:

It'll be a challenge but I want to "learn" about 90 new Kanji/day while still managing to keep up with reviewing, but I have no idea how to adjust the deck options with this objective in mind.

Here's stuff in Anki 2 you might consider changing:

1) New Cards > Steps.  The default is "1 10".  I personally use "30 60" and if you want to reduce your workload you might try a single value of "45".
2) Lapses > Steps.  Either set this to the same or add a step.  For example maybe "30 60 240" or "45 90" so that you get an extra review in on lapses.
3) Reviews > Maximum reviews/day. Set this to a big number.  You're going to have thousand rep days.
4) Lapse New Interval. Something between 15-35%.  There's a lot of noise when you learn new kanji groups and you don't want a single lapse blasting your progress back to zero.

Animosophy wrote:

Is it possible to over-review in Anki?

Yes, because it's based on space repetition and not cramming.  If you want to increase your daily workload then keep adding more cards.  After 3-4 days you should have several thousand reviews per day.

Animosophy wrote:

Is it possible to over-review in Anki? I've been spending less than an hour per day on Kanji, but I'd like to increase that to 3 or 4 hours. I'm not completely farmiliar with its interface and the user manual still doesn't make sense to me when it goes over the deck options section.

Go to options and edit "steps(in minutes)".
The original setting is "1 10", or 1 minute ->10 minutes.

One possible setting:
1 5 25 125

Edit:oops I didn't see tokyostyle's post.

Anyways...
nest0r highly emphasizes efficiency in his blog
http://darkjapanese.wordpress.com/
[preface]

Although I can't articulate his ideas very well, to summarize...
1.)After or during RtK, try to fully utilize its mnemonic aspect to learn words. This is the fastest way to transition from L1->L2--through gradually increasing your "schema" of the language.
2.)Learn sentences that have either 0 or 1 new word[s]. / use MCDs. With i+0, you reinforce what you already know. With i+1, what you already know reinforces that single word.
3.)Gradually transition from basic study material (such as grammar basics or easy shows) to more complex native materials.

Nukemarine's guide emphasizes the same idea.
Gradually increase difficulty, and build on what you already know.

Last edited by Aspiring (2013 February 20, 5:04 pm)

@uisukii: thanks, although the guide says it's best suited for people who only have 1-2 hours/day to spare. I'm trying to get at least 1000 hours in, between now and September (~5 hours/day).

@tokyostyle: I've adjusted my settings. I'll see how I like it I do have one other query though -- today I tried adjusting my kanji deck settings in a way that'd allow me to separate review cards and new cards but it didn't work. Instead I've settled with using Custom Study to alternate between reviewing ahead of schedule (or forgotten cards) and studying 20 new cards at a time. If there's another (better) way for me to do what I'm trying to do, I'm all ears.

@imabi: Wow, I really like how the lessons progress in your Beginners section. I think I'll be using your site alongside Tae Kim's since it helps me to read the same things in different ways. Very greatful thanks a lot.

@Aspiring: Danke for the summary. I'll be looking into MCDs when I'm literate enough.

@Hashiriya: ahh I don't know what to look at D: it looks like an online stream for Japanese TV (is it?). Could you give me a rundown of the site and the various channels? I'd really appreciate it.

http://japaneselevelup.com/2012/08/18/p … cord-time/

uisukii wrote:

^Nothing stopping you from doing more than 1-2 hours worth a day though, is there? Ah, that doesn't really matter. Hope you find a nice groove in your studies. 頑張って下さい。

Will be interesting to be able to compare yourself to now and then.

Thanks I'm definitely excited to see how much I can learn in these last few months of freedom lol

ryuudou wrote:

http://japaneselevelup.com/2012/08/18/power-leveling-1-speed-learning-japanese-in-record-time/

YES!! I've been looking for something just like that! ありがとうございます! I can't work to my full capacity without clear objectives. Now that I've seen that, I know what to focus on.

- Go through at least 50 new kanji/day
- Immersion materials: check (thanks Hashiriya ^)
- Finish my own 1000-card J-E sentence deck before June (avg. pace of 10 cards/day)
- Finish Imabi's Beginners guide alongside Tae Kim's

I think these 4 objectives cover everything. I'll drop the Japanese Core 2000 deck for now because it feels like I'm skipping a step when I go through it.

Thanks again, everyone. Brb.

since you have all the time in the world ALSO look into stuff that interests you that's in Japanese.

Aspiring wrote:

Hashiriya wrote:

whatever you are studying, keep this on in the background the entire time (unless watching something else) http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/space/japan.htm

I love you.

yeah me too. muchas thankyou

Animosophy wrote:

@tokyostyle: I've adjusted my settings. I'll see how I like it I do have one other query though -- today I tried adjusting my kanji deck settings in a way that'd allow me to separate review cards and new cards but it didn't work. Instead I've settled with using Custom Study to alternate between reviewing ahead of schedule (or forgotten cards) and studying 20 new cards at a time. If there's another (better) way for me to do what I'm trying to do, I'm all ears.

The Custom Study button is best solution.  There's lots of ways you can use it but your solution sounds similar to what I do.