Bernkastel
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From: Rokkenjima
Registered: 2010-01-19
Posts: 5
Hi there, I have been quite confused about the story's. After flipping a bit through RTK again i came across it. The part where Heisig shows a example of a flashcard. He flipped the story/hint. Which worries me about my current flashcard setup in anki.
Example of my flashcard setup.
http://i51.tinypic.com/10s6782.jpg
I put the story on the anwser side. And read it again everytime I reviewed a Kanji. Now after doing some reading here, it seems in the end the story will fade away. Which results Keyword>Kanji instead of Keyword>Think of story>Kanji.
I am worried I might have been doing it wrong. Thanks in advance.
Edit: While I am at it. I might just ask something else to that is bothering me. Do you fail the card when you forget a primitive? If you take the example I posted above for example: If you forgot the "silver" primitive in root. Would you fail it? Thanks.
Last edited by Bernkastel (2011 March 01, 5:15 pm)
astendra
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From: Sweden
Registered: 2009-07-27
Posts: 350
Your setup looks fine to me.
I don't think the story should be on the question side, that sort of defeats the purpose of active recall. Having the story on the answer side, on the other hand, is useful as a refresher if you've forgotten the kanji and need to fail the card. That doesn't mean you have to read the story if you already know it well, though. The stories are a means, not an end. Your goal isn't to remember the stories, it's to remember the kanji.
Bernkastel wrote:
Do you fail the card when you forget a primitive? If you take the example I posted above for example: If you forgot the "silver" primitive in root. Would you fail it? Thanks.
If you cannot write the whole kanji out from memory, then yes, I would fail it.