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question about learning vocab.

Phantomeye — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:29:50 +0000

hey guys,

Tell me. What’s the most efficient way to study vocab in general (for you, or whatever)?
Should I study, I don’t know – maybe 10 words as long as I don’t actually learn them (over several day, i’m a busy person :3) or should I add 10 words every day to my list and the same time review the old ones (with ankis to-do)

The thing is, right now I’m doing the first one ( reviewing vocab, kanji vocab) and I think it’s going to slow…

Don’t be shy, post me some answers :D

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Reiden — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:33:22 +0000

For me, I take the ultimate deck and I’m unlocking and learning words…when I have time or my review begin to be short, I unlock some others, etc etc until I’ll have unlocked all. Don’t know if it’s the best way, but it’s a simple way. When I’m done, I’ll regroup all my deck into a big one and re-review all + Add some of my own words.

Oh and even if I didn’t do RTK, I unlock only the Kanji, so I’m learning Kanji at the same time.

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Elenkis — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:25:47 +0000

You should really be trying to learn new words every single day. Set Anki for 15-20 new cards per day and stick with it.

10 words per day would be my absolute minimum.

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Phantomeye — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:27:51 +0000

I see. It seems like I need to change few things in my studies.
Another question; before learning kanji vocab, do you learn the kun’yomi readings for each new kanji. Because I find myself confused when I see a word which includes a kanji, and I cannot read it, because I know only the on’yomi reading, which only helps me with the meaning of the word.

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Elenkis — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:46:22 +0000

You will start to learn the different readings naturally. The more vocab you study, the more you’ll see a particular kanji used and you’ll soon find you just know the readings.

I never learned on or kun readings before starting on vocab. Though I did do RTK, which helped me to recognise the characters and made it easier for me to attach the readings to them when I did do vocab (but your mileage may vary).