Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo

Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by chongli on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:32PM (#18528089)

English is my first language. I didn't use Anki to learn English vocabulary. I learned by reading books and talking about them to people.

For language learning, I'm skeptical of any method that doesn't resemble real-world use.

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by roel_v on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:55PM (#18528247)

"For language learning, I'm skeptical of any method that doesn't resemble real-world use."

How many languages that are not English have you learned?

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by hpbd on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:38PM (#18528119)

So I should find very basic books? Because for me newspapers or even my mobile phone's interface are unintelligible.

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Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo by chongli on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:48PM (#18528195)

Start with basic books but try to move up quickly to more challenging material. I read through Lord of the Rings in second grade. It was slow and frustrating at times, but the fact that the book is so engaging helped a lot. I learned so much vocabulary in such a short time this way.

Don't be afraid to keep a hard-copy dictionary of the language you're studying handy.

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