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And many people to add hints to their cards (e.g. to distinguish prevoir quelqu'un from prevoir quelque chose) as well as add example sentences – or, as you sug
by stdbrouw 12y ago
And many people to add hints to their cards (e.g. to distinguish prevoir quelqu'un from prevoir quelque chose) as well as add example sentences – or, as you suggested, have sentence decks in addition to word decks. But even regardless of that, not using flash cards because sometimes contextless learning is not ideal would be throwing away the baby with the bathwater; the increase in speed at which you can learn vocabulary is just immense with SRS.
- hasenj 12y ago> not using flash cards because sometimes contextless learning is not ideal would be throwing away the baby with the bathwater No, that would only be the case if one decided to stop learning the language all together because they think they'll never be fluent. I'm proposing to learn the language properly: by exposing yourself to as much material as you can, for prolonged periods of time.
- stdbrouw 12y ago> I'm proposing to learn the language properly: by exposing yourself to as much material as you can, for prolonged periods of time. ... which is what you need for mastery, I absolutely agree (it's what I do too!), but it's very, very slow.
- hasenj 12y agoIt's not really very slow. It took me about one year to learn English when I arrived to Canada (I was 16).