sethg
Member
From: m
Registered: 2008-11-07
Posts: 505
So, lately, as I read through the posts here, I get the feeling that a lot of you guys are keeping multiple SRS decks open (KO2001, Tae Kim's guide, Kanzen Master, etc.) and you're reviewing every example sentence from all of these resources and kind of trying to devour these pre-made sentence packs.
If this is what you're doing, is it working for you? It just doesn't seem efficient to me. It doesn't seem fun to me, either.
Personally, I just keep one big "sentences" deck. When I use a text-book/specialized book on learning something specific (like All About Particles or something), I just pick and choose sentences that seem really foreign to me and I add them in my main sentences deck. This way, I only have to worry about reviewing one deck every day. I am constantly met with a variety of sentence types/structures, so my brain is always getting something new.... it helps to keep my attention.
So, what's the general method you guys are employing? I'm really quite curious to know.
Surreal
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From: Sweden
Registered: 2009-05-18
Posts: 325
I've made some decks for different series, manga etc. but I want to fuse some now. Is there a function for this in Anki? Overall, I think keeping series separate decks can help with context, especially when you're a beginner, but now I have like eleven decks, of which a couple have less than five reviews/day. I'll probably keep all the s2srs decks separate, as well as my non-japanese stuff and the RTK deck.
Nukemarine
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From: 神奈川
Registered: 2007-07-15
Posts: 2347
Seperate decks for me based on type, not source.
So I have Kanji Deck from RTK1 and RTK3, Grammar Deck from Tae Kim and Kanzen Master 2 and 1, Vocabulary Deck from iKnow and Tanuki, finally a Sentence Method deck from all the subs2srs dramas I'm doing.
Reason I still keep them seperate is some I write down answers (RTK and Vocabulary), some are typed in (Grammar), and some are just listen and answer (Sentence Method). In addition, the stats are kept seperate which are useful to evaluate how I'm doing at each area. Seems to be working well, but then I read posts here and think others are going much faster.
FutureBlues
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From: Japan
Registered: 2008-06-04
Posts: 218
I, due to computer problems and a short holiday, had a massive buildup of reviews in my combined deck that made me rethink the way I'm going to work on decks in the future.
Right now, my decks are split: JLPT2 grammar, written kanji, and sentences/vocabulary. I did this for two reasons: it's easier to conquer obstacles when you know how deep the rabbit hole goes, and, of course, splitting the decks allows me to make sure I focus on the correct things before I take the JLPT2.
Whereas before I was basically doing the same thing in my combined deck with model priority, but whereas before I was facing a massive pile of 2000 reviews, now I have something closer to 1500 in one deck (sentences/misc) and 0 (grammar, caught up almost immediately on this deck after the split) and 0 (again, caught up on kanji writing). Keeping the grammar separate ensures that I see it when I need to see it and not get behind before the test, while the sentences deck is something I can just leisurely chip away at when I've done finished the other two decks' daily workloads.
