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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5677 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes  Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 9 of 13 02 July 2009 at 4:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
I do apologise if you felt I was criticizing Anki in any way. I was not - it is a splendid tool. Instead, I pointed out that the DEFAULT session limit is 10 minutes. Similarly, the default card limit per session is just 20 cards. Of course, you can override these default settings very easily - and many people do precisely that. Edited by Splog on 02 July 2009 at 4:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| WakaWakaPacman Newbie United States Joined 5593 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Latin | Message 10 of 13 11 August 2009 at 6:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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As a practitioner of the "sentence method," my times are totally dependent on how many cards I have due that day and how many I've added the day before. At the very most, it takes about an hour total, and usually, around half an hour. Even with the occasional spikes in study time, I find this method much more satisfying than vocab lists, which gets boring for me really quickly.
For Latin, I do this shortly after getting dressed and eating breakfast. For German, after school and homework (I think I should move this study time to the morning as well, especially with my course load this year, but I digress.) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ocius Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5598 days ago 48 posts - 77 votes Speaks: English*, German, Ancient Greek Studies: French, Latin, Sanskrit | Message 11 of 13 11 August 2009 at 10:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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My "default" time spent on flashcards is 20 minutes at a time. That is, I'll do 20 minutes -- then if I'm bored, I'll find something else to do. If I want to continue, I'll continue. Typically I'll do multiple sessions per day depending on time constraints and how I feel.
I recently started using the sentence method (was using individual words before) and I find that it keeps me interested longer, as long as the sentences I choose are somewhat new and interesting. Though that may simply be due to the "new and different" feel of the method so far. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tanzoniteblack Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5636 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Finnish, Icelandic, Japanese | Message 12 of 13 11 August 2009 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The session limit doesn't cause anything to happen in Anki except revert back to the home screen of the deck you're working with (generally your study options). To continue you merely click the review more button, or the space bar, and then you're right back into it. A useful feature if you're like me and have a habit of getting absorbed in your studying and forget to blink, look away from the computer screen, and relax your eyes or hands so as to not cause injury. But then again, I generally use Anki about 2 hours a day for active reviewing. Depending on my spare time I add anywhere from 50-150 new cards a day, and then the time it takes to review starts to stack up....
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