Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How
by w1ntermute on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @09:21AM
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> I haven't had much success with SRS for Korean vocab. There are so many words that are just too similiar to each other.
Are you studying words in isolation or in context? The latter approach makes things much easier.
Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How
by v0cab on Friday April 27, 2012 @06:14AM
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The SRS words were mostly in isolation. I agree now that studying in context does make it easier, but in that case how is an SRS useful?
Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How
by w1ntermute on Sunday April 29, 2012 @08:21PM
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Why do you feel that the SRS's utility is determined by whether the words are in context or not? In fact, the people over at AJATT[0] have recommended using sentences and never using individual words. You want to practice in the types of situations you're actually going to encounter the language in. And in almost all cases, you'll encounter Korean (and any other spoken language) in the form of whole sentences, or at least phrases.
Well, that's hard too. But knowing all the words involved makes it a whole lot easier.
I haven't had much success with SRS for Korean vocab. There are so many words that are just too similiar to each other.
> human languages are way more complicated and contrived than programming languages. I don't think you can make a reasonable argument to support that it's the same thing.
I don't claim it's the same thing; I'm just making a comparison. Something like switching from SVO to SOV order isn't particularly difficult for the average programmer. Idiomatic expressions with irregular grammar are going to be problematic, granted.