I don't think flashcards are working for me.
I don't think flashcards are working for me.
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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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.
I can't for some reason hold any routine other than brushing my teeth so I don't feel like it will work.
I am doing kanji and vocab at the same time.
I am still putting the hours but making no progress means that I need to change the method.
You could try Tadoku and then Learn Natively. It's basically just reading until you're fluent.