While reviewing, do you prefer to think before answering or do you write the answer which flashes in your mind?
At first, i was thinking, trying to recall everything and answer them to increase my hit rate. After reaching lvl 6 i inverted my strategy. Now when i see question, as soon as i type the first answer which pops into my mind. At first, my hit rate dropped dramatically. After a while, in benefit, I review more and began to recognize kanjis faster due to more repetition. After changing my strategy, i am able to follow japanese text on youtube, and read nhk news faster. Also as a bonus, long reviewing queues finishes in a short time.
I noticed that the first thing that pops in my mind is more often than not the correct one. If I stop and try to think and then change my answer, I realize I shouldāve gone with the first option.
I try to look at the kanji and get the meaning and reading no matter what itās asking (for apprentice stuff) but I donāt jump on answers, except if I do know it, and if thereās something that I canāt remember, I will spend a few minutes racking my brain, first of because I donāt want to get it wrong, and that if you do manage to remember it after reaaaaaallllly thinking about it (again, apprentice stuff) then it feels great and it sticks better
Until now, I used to type the first thing I remembered but my accuracy dropped because of that. And all those items went back to apprentice and it was a real pain to get the items back to guru or more. Instead of concentrating on the new items I had a lot of old ones too and everything got blurry.
So now I try to take it as easy as I can, be sure I can remember everything right. And be sure I donāt have typos. For me, it matters more to really understand an item and remembering it right than getting to lvl 60.I am a slug!
To me, part of being effective in a language is instant recall. I think itās crucial for both input and output. As a result, I try to hammer through cards as quickly as possible - just making sure Iām actually typing correct what I have in my mind.
For sure if I donāt know something in ~5 seconds or itās not on the verge of recollection, Iāll intentionally fail the card and relearn it.
For the newest apprentice items that Iāve learned recenty Iāll try to be more careful, if I canāt instantly recognize it the item, Iāll try to trace back the mnemonic in my head.
But when I get a large batch of older items, then I just go all out with the first thing that comes to mind!
I agree with @Kazzeon with the āwhat point of learning you are atā
I also think that people put too much stress on your stats, I think It should not matter to you if your accuracy goes down if it means you are able to put it to use more quickly.more efficiently
I whole heatedly agree with your method personally, but I think different people learn in different ways, so it is really trying to find the best way for you to learn, and if that means experimenting and your stats dropping for a little bitā¦ so be it
First I try to recall the mnemonics, and to some extent if I have the time, I make the effort. Sometimes it pays off, but not so often. So in the end it takes a lot of time and also frustrates me more when I fail.
The best thing of a low success rate is precisely that you start giving a shit about it, and then you realize you just get faster and it never goes thaaaat low (I think the worst was about 75), and it normally goes up again.
I donāt wait too long before typing in the answer. Most of the time this works just fine. When I notice that my accuracy level is dropping, itās a sign for me that Iām getting tired/sleepy/drunk. So I stop doing reviews and catch me some zās.
Itās totally ok to have to think about an answer. If you canāt instantly recall a kanji, remember the mnemonic. Itās why we have them. That said, donāt sit and think about it for an obscene about of time. How one defines āan obscene amount of timeā is up to the individual, however.
Sometimes I take some time to think about it, but usually I answer immediately.
Sometimes I start typing an answer, and while my hands are typing my brain starts to say āwait maybe this isnāt rightā but by the time that message gets to my hands Iāve already pressed enter.
Always have to get down to business right away when doing reviews since Iām often crazy busy, so Iām always gonna say that I have to answer as swift as the coursing river.
yes iām sorry, I mostly replied because I couldnāt resist making a disney reference
Language learning is akin to developing an instinct. At some point you want to speak/read/write without thinking much. So you might as well hone that instict.
