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| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6864 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 9 of 30 24 January 2007 at 9:41am | IP Logged | ||
I have coloured card flash cards, which I take on the train with me. I get about 90% accurate. I always start with the Spanish first, and try and guess the English. On the return journey, I reverse the order. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tomasus Pentaglot Groupie Czech Republic Joined 7031 days ago 54 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, EnglishC1, German, Russian | Message 10 of 30 04 February 2007 at 10:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I only do select flashcards in both directions. Fullrecall makes it easy to do.
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| Louche Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6518 days ago 18 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Romanian, Swahili | Message 11 of 30 04 February 2007 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I used flashcards, I did both directions because I couldn't remember them if I didn't. But I don't use flashcards anymore. I think they are a BAD IDEA. Learn words in context! I know flashcards may be more useful for languages with more complicated writing systems, but as for Latin alphabets, I don't see the point anymore.
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| Andy_Liu Triglot Senior Member Hong Kong leibby.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6785 days ago 255 posts - 257 votes Speaks: Mandarin, Cantonese*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 12 of 30 06 February 2007 at 4:43am | IP Logged | ||
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The admin says it's fine to make cards just out of ordinary paper by handwriting. Yes, but it seems not very good to bring the cards out while when, for example, travelling on bus (easily go missing/ not very durable). I've considered drawing cards for a couple of days, but now conclude that, as Louche says, it's better to learn words in context.
I believe that flashcards are still useful in some ways. Perhaps flashcards are more important for Chinese learners whose default alphabet is, say, Latin. The same for Japanese kana. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tomasus Pentaglot Groupie Czech Republic Joined 7031 days ago 54 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, EnglishC1, German, Russian | Message 13 of 30 06 February 2007 at 5:04am | IP Logged | ||
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You can do flashcards with words in context.
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| Durazno Newbie United States Joined 4689 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 30 14 October 2013 at 2:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I want to start creating a flashcard database via Anki, and this is an area of confusion for me. Would most people agree that doing them NL>TL is best? I've already made my first 60 TL>NL. :\
Do you think someone should do it a certain way if they are just starting out in the language? Or should it be the same for all learners? I consider myself just below an intermediate level. Thanks. Love this forum. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4688 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 15 of 30 14 October 2013 at 5:47am | IP Logged | ||
Typically speaking, most around here would call NL>TL "active", meaning that they are best suited to production (speaking and writing), whereas TL>NL would be "passive", meaning better suited for listening and reading. I personally think both are good, but I think ultimately it depends on what you are trying to achieve, 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Durazno Newbie United States Joined 4689 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 16 of 30 15 October 2013 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for your reply.
If someone wants to be proficient at speaking, writing, listening, and reading, should that person just make double the flashcards and have every one of them in both directions? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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