Learning from WaniKani + another source

[coicoy]

@Starker

I had to give up on it eventually, though, since I couldn’t keep up with WK’s speed (especially in the later stage where the fast levels start cropping up). When WK really gets going and you use it close to full speed, there will be days where you’ll be doing nothing but reviews for hours on end. Due to that, I was also getting sick of all the constant kanji learning and lost all motivation to do any more than strictly necessary.

This makes sense. I’m thinking about kinda limiting my WK new knowledge so I can review the first several levels with better instruction and application. I’ve transitioned from “FINISH WK ASAP” to “OK, I’ve got a good headstart to now apply the knowledge in other settings… and it may take me 3-5 years to ‘finish’ WaniKani”

[Ducklingscap]

It is visible for me.
Does it function like this?

[MegaZeroX]

What I see:

@rmizuno

: Q: Is studying outside of WaniKani detrimental to the SRS learning process?

A: This has been discussed many times, and while there isn’t a definitive answer there is a consensus (see below). The idea is that the SRS depends on testing the limits of your memory, so studying in between SRS intervals and refreshing your memory prematurely could be harmful to your long term memory.

Some people think extra studying helps, some people think it hurts, and some people don’t think it matters. As has been pointed out, WaniKani already contains items (radicals/kanji/vocab that share the same characters) that essentially “pollute” the SRS system as you see related items before they are truly due, so no one can be an absolute purist. However, it seems plain that reviewing an item just before it is due could easily give you an otherwise undeserved correct answer.

The consensus is that specifically studying kanji/vocab outside of WaniKani is pointless at best, and counterproductive at worst. However, stumbling upon kanji “in the wild” while studying grammar or reading Japanese should be fine.