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hiratecs

Nov. 14, 2024

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Anki

I like using Anki to learn languages. I think it's the core of my learning process. Years ago, I bought a course that teached me how to learn languages. As a beginner, it was very insightful and helpful. However, I only learned for real when I kind of failed with Japanese. The biggest mistake was self-sabotaging while reviewing the flashcards. For instance, I used to press the "I guessed right!" button even not being 100% sure if I got right. This led me to forget words in long term. When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get right because didn't trully learned it.

Using Anki to learn English has been much different than my Japanese experience. First, because English is easier for me compared to Japanese. Secondly, because I switched to another approach on using software. I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it. Now, I've started doing some tests with Spanish on Anki. Instead of testing myself to guess the meaning of a Spanish word to my native language, I changed the flashcards to production cards. Now, the cards show a cloze deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word. I also want to go back studying Japanese as a second try.

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I like using Anki to learn languages.

I think it's the core of my learning process.

Years ago, I bought a course that teached me how to learn languages.

As a beginner, it was very insightful and helpful.

However, I only learned for real when I kind of failed with Japanese.

Consider removing "Kind of", it breaks up the sentence's flow and sounds unconfident.

The biggest mistake was self-sabotaging while reviewing the flashcards.;

You seem to split up sentences a lot, try to form them into one.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get it right because I didn't trully learned it.

Using Anki to learn English has been much different than my Japanese experience.

Secondly, because I switched to another approach on using software.

I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.

Now, I've started doing some tests with Spanish on Anki.

Instead of testing myself to guess the meaning of a Spanish word to my native language, I changed the flashcards to production cards.

Now, the cards show a clozse deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word.

Check spelling, I'm not sure what you wanted to say there.

I also want to go back studying Japanese as a second try.

Feedback

Good luck! You're English is not nearly as bad as you think it is, keep up the good work.

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hiratecs

Nov. 16, 2024

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Thanks for your feedback! I tried to write shorter sentences in this entry just to experiment.

Anki

I like using Anki to learn languages.

I think it's the core of my learning process.

Years ago, I bought a course that teachedaught me how to learn languages.

As a beginner, it was very insightful and helpful.

However, I only learned for real when I kind of failed with Japanese.

The biggest mistake was self-sabotaging while reviewing the flashcards.

For instance, I used to press the "I guessed right!"

button even not being 100% sure if I got it right.

This led me to forget words in the long term.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get it right because didn't trully learned it.

Using Anki to learn English has been much different than my Japanese experience.

First, because English is easier for me compared to Japanese.

Secondly, because I switched to another approach on using software.

I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.

I'm not sure what you meant by "text" - did you mean "post"?

Now, I've started doing some tests with Spanish on Anki.

Instead of testing myself to guess the meaning of a Spanish word toin my native language, I changed the flashcards to production cards.

Now, the cards show a cloze deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word.

I also want to go back to studying Japanese asfor a second try.

You can also say "I also want to give studying Japanese a second try".

Feedback

I love Anki. I wish I could go back in time and show it to myself when I first started learning Spanish in high school. It is incredibly effective.

I wouldn't beat yourself up too much if you review a card in Anki and forget it a few months later. The real secret sauce is that learning a word in Anki and then seeing it in the wild makes you much more likely to retain the word, versus just seeing the word sporadically in the wild. It "primes" your brain, in a way.

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hiratecs

Nov. 16, 2024

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Thanks for your feedback! The complex part of Japanese is that its words tend to not have a direct translation into another languages, so it's hard to graduate a card based on different contexts. But all it takes is patience to get familiar with its vocab.

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Anki

I like using Anki to learn languages.

I think it's the core of my learning process.

Years ago, I bought a course that teachedaught me how to learn languages.

As a beginner, it was very insightful and helpful.

However, I only learned for real when I kind of failed with Japanese.

The biggest mistake was self-sabotaging while reviewing the flashcards.

For instance, I used to press the "I guessed right!"

button even not beingthought I was not 100% sure if I got it right.

This led me to forget words in long term.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get it right because I didn't trully learned it.

Using Anki to learn English has been much different thano my Japanese experience.

First, because English is easier for me compared to Japanese.

Secondly, because I switched to another approach ton using the software.

I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.

Now, I've started doing some tests with Spanish on Anki.

Instead of testing myself to guess the meaning of a Spanish word to my native language, I changed the flashcards to production cards.

Now, the cards show a cloze deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word.

I also want to go back to studying Japanese asnd give it a second try.

Feedback

Fantastic! Anki is also foundational to my language learning journey, I don't know what I would do without it

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hiratecs

Nov. 14, 2024

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Thanks!

For instance, I used to press the "I guessed right!"

Maybe I would say something like "I used to press "Good/Easy""

Not sure how it is in other languages, but at least on the English version of Anki, when you have a new card, there are 4 options. Again, Hard, Good, and Easy. Good sets the interval to 1 day and Easy sets it to 4. There is no "I guessed right!" button in Anki.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get right because diI hadn't trully learned it.

Firstly, because English is easier for me compared to Japanese.

Secondly, because I switched to another approach ontarted using the software differently.

Instead of using "secondly" here, (and "firstly" in the previous sentence) it might be better to say "The first reason is...." "The second reason is...."

I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.

I'm not sure what you are "reinforcing". You should probably have clarified more here.

Instead of testing myself to guessbased on getting the meaning of athe Spanish word toright (by recalling the translation in my native language), I changed the flashcards to be production cards.

A bit more of a technical term, but in the language learning community some people say they "grade themselves" based on certain criteria. so "Instead of grading myself based on getting the meaning of the Spanish word right (by recalling the translation in my native language), I changed the flashcards to be production cards."

The word "testing" is also totally fine here though.

Now, the cards show a cloze deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word(into my native language) or a definition of the word written in Spanish.

A good word to use might be "monolingual" if you mean that sometimes you put Spanish definitions of the Spanish words. You could say you use "monolingual" Spanish definitions, because they are Spanish->Spanish

I also want to go backive studying Japanese as nother try (or "a second try").

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hiratecs

Nov. 14, 2024

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About the Anki button, I kind of oversimplified for those who don't know Anki, also because I only use the "Again" or the "Good" buttons. Looking back now I think it wasn't necessary. Thanks for your feedback!

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jasonp

Nov. 15, 2024

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No worries! You're welcome. I also only use "Again" and "Good". Anki really is a great tool for learning languages, isn't it :D

Now, I've started doing some tests with Spanish on Anki.


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Instead of testing myself to guess the meaning of a Spanish word to my native language, I changed the flashcards to production cards.


Instead of testing myself to guessbased on getting the meaning of athe Spanish word toright (by recalling the translation in my native language), I changed the flashcards to be production cards.

A bit more of a technical term, but in the language learning community some people say they "grade themselves" based on certain criteria. so "Instead of grading myself based on getting the meaning of the Spanish word right (by recalling the translation in my native language), I changed the flashcards to be production cards." The word "testing" is also totally fine here though.

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Instead of testing myself to guess the meaning of a Spanish word toin my native language, I changed the flashcards to production cards.

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Now, the cards show a cloze deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word.


Now, the cards show a cloze deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word(into my native language) or a definition of the word written in Spanish.

A good word to use might be "monolingual" if you mean that sometimes you put Spanish definitions of the Spanish words. You could say you use "monolingual" Spanish definitions, because they are Spanish->Spanish

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Now, the cards show a clozse deletion sentence, along with the translation of the missing word or a definition in Spanish of the word.

Check spelling, I'm not sure what you wanted to say there.

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I like using Anki to learn languages.


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I think it's the core of my learning process.


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Years ago, I bought a course that teached me how to learn languages.


Years ago, I bought a course that teachedaught me how to learn languages.

Years ago, I bought a course that teachedaught me how to learn languages.

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As a beginner, it was very insightful and helpful.


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However, I only learned for real when I kind of failed with Japanese.


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However, I only learned for real when I kind of failed with Japanese.

Consider removing "Kind of", it breaks up the sentence's flow and sounds unconfident.

The biggest mistake was self-sabotaging while reviewing the flashcards.


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The biggest mistake was self-sabotaging while reviewing the flashcards.;

You seem to split up sentences a lot, try to form them into one.

For instance, I used to press the "I guessed right!"


For instance, I used to press the "I guessed right!"

Maybe I would say something like "I used to press "Good/Easy"" Not sure how it is in other languages, but at least on the English version of Anki, when you have a new card, there are 4 options. Again, Hard, Good, and Easy. Good sets the interval to 1 day and Easy sets it to 4. There is no "I guessed right!" button in Anki.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

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button even not being 100% sure if I got right.


button even not beingthought I was not 100% sure if I got it right.

button even not being 100% sure if I got it right.

This led me to forget words in long term.


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This led me to forget words in the long term.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get right because didn't trully learned it.


When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get right because diI hadn't trully learned it.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get it right because I didn't trully learned it.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get it right because didn't trully learned it.

When the word showed up months later, I was not able to get it right because I didn't trully learned it.

Using Anki to learn English has been much different than my Japanese experience.


Using Anki to learn English has been much different thano my Japanese experience.

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First, because English is easier for me compared to Japanese.


Firstly, because English is easier for me compared to Japanese.

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Secondly, because I switched to another approach on using software.


Secondly, because I switched to another approach ontarted using the software differently.

Instead of using "secondly" here, (and "firstly" in the previous sentence) it might be better to say "The first reason is...." "The second reason is...."

Secondly, because I switched to another approach ton using the software.

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This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.


I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.

I'm not sure what you are "reinforcing". You should probably have clarified more here.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I think I've already wrote a text about it so I'm just reinforcing it.

I'm not sure what you meant by "text" - did you mean "post"?

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I also want to go back studying Japanese as a second try.


I also want to go backive studying Japanese as nother try (or "a second try").

I also want to go back to studying Japanese asnd give it a second try.

I also want to go back to studying Japanese asfor a second try.

You can also say "I also want to give studying Japanese a second try".

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