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Some of the other comments have good suggestions for scripts and tools. I'd like to offer a slightly different opinion. Make your Anki cards one at a time. Qu
by laurieg 4y ago
Some of the other comments have good suggestions for scripts and tools. I'd like to offer a slightly different opinion.
Make your Anki cards one at a time. Quality over quantity.
It's very easy to add 10,000 words and translations/definitions into Anki using import tools and scripts. If this works for you, great! But I often see people do this and then a month later feel totally crushed by hundreds of reviews information completely out of context.
Instead, try studying and only make a card when you have an "Aha!" moment. "Oh, that's what that word means" or "Ahh, I see how the past tense works". Ideally, cards should feel a little bit too easy when you make them. It should feel like you're never going to forget the new word that came up 20 times in this chapter of your textbook. Of course, after a week or so your memory will be a bit more fuzzy and the Anki card will be a helpful reminder to prevent forgetting.
A bonus of this method is that now doing Anki reviews is like remembering all your best hits and moments you were really clever. It's the complete opposite of a grind.
- tren 4y agoI agree with this. I generally spend a bit of time creating a single card, with the front being a question that I come up with myself based on the concept I want to understand. For example, when I was learning about DIY Bio, one of my cards might look like: Front: "What allows plants and algae to photosynthesise sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into energy?" Back: "chloroplasts" My memory isn't great and I think rewording what you've read helps in the process.