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> What's harder is to learn expressions, idioms, how to use them and how to understand them in different contexts. Well, that's hard too. But knowing all the
by v0cab 14y ago
> What's harder is to learn expressions, idioms, how to use them and how to understand them in different contexts.
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.
- w1ntermute 14y ago> 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.
- v0cab 14y agoThe 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?
- w1ntermute 14y agoWhy 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. 0: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/ http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/