Comments on: Which Comes First: Study or Play? http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/ Learning to Read Japanese by...Reading Japanese Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: アカン http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-16 アカン Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:18:21 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-16 This is a great blog and I'm definitely bookmarking it. Keep the posts rolling, Khalid! This is a great blog and I’m definitely bookmarking it. Keep the posts rolling, Khalid!

]]> By: アカン http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-15 アカン Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:17:19 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-15 Well, I started using an SRS again a few days back and I make it a point not to enter more than 5 items a day(7 at best). Moreover, it's not like I enter items everyday. I enter only sentences which are either a)really interesting or b)use rare kanji. That's it. I believe that an SRS shows its true colours only when you're actually studying (for school, college, etc.). When you pick out material from your notes or textbooks to enter into your SRS, it provides a new context and encourages questions (which is more effective than, say, going through your entire textbook with the intention of 'remembering it all'). Other than exams, you will hardly see the material outside of your textbooks anyway, so an SRS works wonders here. I believe that the act of simply creating the cards themselves is a better aid to memory than the constant review. Well, I started using an SRS again a few days back and I make it a point not to enter more than 5 items a day(7 at best). Moreover, it’s not like I enter items everyday. I enter only sentences which are either a)really interesting or b)use rare kanji. That’s it. I believe that an SRS shows its true colours only when you’re actually studying (for school, college, etc.). When you pick out material from your notes or textbooks to enter into your SRS, it provides a new context and encourages questions (which is more effective than, say, going through your entire textbook with the intention of ‘remembering it all’). Other than exams, you will hardly see the material outside of your textbooks anyway, so an SRS works wonders here. I believe that the act of simply creating the cards themselves is a better aid to memory than the constant review.

]]> By: Khalid http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-11 Khalid Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:53:49 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-11 Sounds like you're having fun! I'm still playing with the SRS methodology. It's a useful tool for remembering things, i.e. studying, but it can be quite painful. The challenge is how do you interact with an SRS, or any reviewing tool for that matter, in such a way that it helps you enjoy the language more? Can you get the benefits of study, without realizing you're studying? Sounds like you’re having fun!

I’m still playing with the SRS methodology. It’s a useful tool for remembering things, i.e. studying, but it can be quite painful.

The challenge is how do you interact with an SRS, or any reviewing tool for that matter, in such a way that it helps you enjoy the language more?

Can you get the benefits of study, without realizing you’re studying?

]]> By: アカン http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-8 アカン Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:25:15 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2008/03/26/which-comes-first-study-or-play/#comment-8 You read my mind! I found SRSing to be terribly painful and gave up on it around 2 months back. Now I just flip through my favourite manga, books and blogs. However I use visual gimmicks and mnemonics when it comes to kanji and vocabulary because they make the essential 'study' part all the more enjoyable! You read my mind! I found SRSing to be terribly painful and gave up on it around 2 months back. Now I just flip through my favourite manga, books and blogs. However I use visual gimmicks and mnemonics when it comes to kanji and vocabulary because they make the essential ’study’ part all the more enjoyable!

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