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I don't think flashcards are working for me. (bookwormstory.social)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So for 2-3 years I have been using flash cards to get to 1000 kanji and then switch for full immersion and extrapolate meaning with some dictionary. I only know around 150 kanji.

This method already worked for english and russian but without flash cards part. I learned first 1000 words + grammar in school by osmosis thorough textbooks.

My routine is 30 min a day for two weeks and then 2 week break due to boredom or some other factor. It makes my backlog huge and discouraging and my retention seems terrible (60-70%)

For the past 6 month I didn't make any new flashcards to remember. only reviews of old ones.

Do y'all have some better method to get to 1000 kanji inefficiently? Because it seems efficient method doesn't work for me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There's some flashcard program that's a bit smarter. Auto-dropping ones you get every time but putting them back in the mix every once in a while.
I think it was named Anki - but I havent used it in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yep, it's Anki.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was using jpdb.io and it is supposed to be smarter than anki(?).

I think the whole concept of flash cards doesn't work for me. I can't memorize for the life of me. It just not how my brain works.

And I can't seem to remember to create a mnemonic for every kanji.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I know nothing about Japanese. But speaking might be a better way for you to learn? Get that down and then do the kanji?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My goal is to read so not really.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Have you tried books for young children? That's been helpful for me with other languages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Making it a routine is key. 2 week break is huge and will completely mess with your learning. Method that has worked for me is to do them throughout the day. Every time I would do something dumb on my phone, I would first go through few cards (or all if feeling motivated) and sooner or later they're all gone. Are your cards just kanji or words?

For kanji to stick, I've been using Ringotan which is free. It teaches you the stroke order and you can choose the learning order from multiple sources like Wanikani, RTK, Genki, etc.

Downside of my study method is that I do it for 1-5h/day and only after 3 years it feels like I've cracked the code and can actually understand something.

If I started from 0, I would probably start by watching all the Comprehensible Input content there is. Like from https://cijapanese.com/ (also on Youtube, but I feel like the website is better). This also takes time though.