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  • September 1, 2013 at 11:46 pm #41761

    Albino Rhino
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    I agree with others in not becoming a slave to anki.

    Flashcards are not natural. To learn a language naturally, you must read and listen. If you’re going to learn Japanese, when will you have time to review 300-500 flashcards? Some flashcards you will never get either which is more time wasting.

    I feel that flashcards are great for the earliest beginner to acquire enough vocabulary to read basic sentences. After that, they become a waste of time. You can do 5% of your studies with flashcards, but after that there is no reason when you could read natural Japanese.

    Reference: Wikipedia, LingQ, and Flash Cards

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    September 2, 2013 at 3:56 pm #41793

    MisterM2402 [Michael]
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    But then how much is “enough vocabulary”? As for “If you’re going to learn Japanese, when will you have time to review 300-500 flashcards?”, that’s like saying “If you’re going to learn Japanese, when will you have time to read Japanese” – it’s all part of the process (for some people). Plus, I only do 100-200 cards a day, not sure who’s doing 500 (*that* many cards seems like time wasted, I agree).

    I’m also a fan of Steve Kaufman, despite not doing things exactly the way he does; his points of view are usually pretty interesting, even though they usually boil down to “listen and read” and “learn to notice”. I could have *sworn* I posted the same video on this forum but I can’t remember where or when.

    Even though Steve isn’t a fan of flash cards, there’s a flash card system in his site LingQ, isn’t there? Are you a LingQ user? How do you find it? I’ve considered joining myself but the free trial wasn’t enough to give me a good enough sense of it.

    September 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm #41807

    Albino Rhino
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    There is at flashcard system a LingQ, but it is really just a joke. Nobody ever uses it according to the forums there.

    I did do the free trial and loved it. I would become a full member but $10 a month is just too much currently, I would prefer a one time payment option. I also like the LingQ forum/community because they all are learning different languages.

    The LingQ method looks very successful compared to TF too, although the same is not true for WK which is amazing. It also makes sense to me why it would work. It looks to me as it is the natural approach to learning not the “unconventional” or class ways.

    I was looking for someone else on here that is a full member on LingQ, but I don’t think anyone is. I think demand Koichi get a deal with LingQ as he has done for JapanesePod101 and Gakuu.

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    "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." ~George Washington Carver
    September 5, 2013 at 4:08 am #41821

    MisterM2402 [Michael]
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    Yeah, I’m pretty sure whenever Steve has mentioned the flash card system in his videos, he’s said he barely uses it if at all. And this coming from the guy who created the site :P

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