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How is your language learning going this week? - Weekly discussion (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Have gotten a little more serious with Kanji this week. I've added about 100 into SRS since the start of the month. And I'm starting to cross-reference multiple sources, rather than blindly going through the one book.

Normally I take more of a hybrid kanji/grammar/immersion/Anki approach, but I was reminded recently that it's probably better to front-load the Kanji. So I've decided to put grammar lessons on the back burner for now.

I was worried that doing so many new ones a day would make me remember less, but so far I still pass about 80% of my reviews even on tough days. So things progress nicely enough. Now just to see if I can keep up the effort for any length of time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry may I ask what is SRS? But I agree that sometimes it's better to just dive head first into it rather than take a careful clear path of learning - to keep it interesting as well. Trying to learn perfect grammar has sometimes hindered my learning and I felt as if I was actually learning more when I'd make mistakes and try to correct them later.

Happy to hear you are progressing, keep it up!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry. It drives me crazy when people use acronyms without expanding them, and here I am doing it!

SRS = spaced repetition system. Anki, etc. The concept is popular in language learning, but seems especially prevalent in Japanese. Every app or system of study for the language seems to like implementing it in some way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

No worries lol! Thanks for the explanation :) And it does seem like amongst japanese learners Anki is incredibly popular together with Anime/Manga.

I've done a bit of gaming in my target language before and that gave me a huge boost!