Not actively studying but just letting my brain process the information seems to help somehow, a sentence that doesn't make sense today can become very obvious after a little bit of sleep so I guess just waiting can also be a good advice for specific sentences
I am pretty sure you actually learn most things when you are not actually doing anything. You get the input while studying, but the brain processes most of it when you are doing something mundane like taking a shower or like you said sleeping. I guess the subconscious is too busy anticipating the next input so it saves deeper understanding for when it knows that it has free time
I remember playing Guitar Hero as a kid, and one song in that game was "Story of My Life". I had a pretty good command of the English language back and generally understood the lyrics, but I had not heard about the expression so I just believed it was a story about this guy's life. It was not until I heard that song as an adult that I understood what the actual expression meant.
Having encountered this extensively, I’ll say it gets harder with languages more distant in time or relation to your own. I highly endorse these methods, especially considering possible meanings. It can be easy to get tunnel-vision on your primary gloss for a word, or to mistakenly identify grammatical relationships. Trying a few alternatives can help. I’ll suggest a third: make a note of the sentence and ask a native speaker. Often, once they clarify the intended meaning, its structure will be clear to you too, and you will get the input benefit from it for the future.
Does anyone know of optimizing Anki for language learning? I have heard people say to limit use to around 20 new words per day, spending less than half an hour on it. The rest of the time should be devoted to other endeavours such as listening to authentic materials. I, however, enjoy Anki and would love to say, instead of learning 20 new words per day, learn 60 or more. Is there any way of doing this whilst at the same time having an above-80% retention? I'm thinking of things like creating subdecks or filtered decks and reviewing decks at evenly-spaced intervals throughout the day.
I would push back and say you might like anki more than spending time in your target language 😂. I wouldn't worry about when during the day things are getting done or over-optimizing subdecks. Just showing up every day is the important part. btw, 60 new cards a day would translate to 600+ cards to review each day, so keep that in mind.
Can you make a video about speaking? I find that I am very strong in knowing how to use Anki, listening and viewing content. But in terms of output, I feel a lot less strong and don't know how to approach that.
I have 1 video in the works on this and will keep this in mind. It's also a challenge for me since it's harder to routinize (without paying for lessons)
I see a new One Word at a Time video, I watch a new One Word at a Time video.
Not actively studying but just letting my brain process the information seems to help somehow, a sentence that doesn't make sense today can become very obvious after a little bit of sleep so I guess just waiting can also be a good advice for specific sentences
totally agree with this!
I am pretty sure you actually learn most things when you are not actually doing anything. You get the input while studying, but the brain processes most of it when you are doing something mundane like taking a shower or like you said sleeping. I guess the subconscious is too busy anticipating the next input so it saves deeper understanding for when it knows that it has free time
I remember playing Guitar Hero as a kid, and one song in that game was "Story of My Life". I had a pretty good command of the English language back and generally understood the lyrics, but I had not heard about the expression so I just believed it was a story about this guy's life. It was not until I heard that song as an adult that I understood what the actual expression meant.
hahahaha yet another reason why I'm torn about how helpful music can be in language learning
Having encountered this extensively, I’ll say it gets harder with languages more distant in time or relation to your own. I highly endorse these methods, especially considering possible meanings. It can be easy to get tunnel-vision on your primary gloss for a word, or to mistakenly identify grammatical relationships. Trying a few alternatives can help. I’ll suggest a third: make a note of the sentence and ask a native speaker. Often, once they clarify the intended meaning, its structure will be clear to you too, and you will get the input benefit from it for the future.
yep bringing the language off the page / screen and speaking with someone who know's the language can be quite useful
You are doing Gods work, my friend.
ı guess reading more books will help eventually.
Does anyone know of optimizing Anki for language learning? I have heard people say to limit use to around 20 new words per day, spending less than half an hour on it. The rest of the time should be devoted to other endeavours such as listening to authentic materials.
I, however, enjoy Anki and would love to say, instead of learning 20 new words per day, learn 60 or more. Is there any way of doing this whilst at the same time having an above-80% retention? I'm thinking of things like creating subdecks or filtered decks and reviewing decks at evenly-spaced intervals throughout the day.
I would push back and say you might like anki more than spending time in your target language 😂. I wouldn't worry about when during the day things are getting done or over-optimizing subdecks. Just showing up every day is the important part.
btw, 60 new cards a day would translate to 600+ cards to review each day, so keep that in mind.
Can you make a video about speaking? I find that I am very strong in knowing how to use Anki, listening and viewing content. But in terms of output, I feel a lot less strong and don't know how to approach that.
I have 1 video in the works on this and will keep this in mind. It's also a challenge for me since it's harder to routinize (without paying for lessons)
It's been so long since I read German. That "auf" at the end of that sentence really feels awkward 😂😂. I need to brush up.
Haha even as someone who learned German for a while the end-of-sentence-prefixes are still emotionally jarring 🤣
To be fair, that sentence is bad writing, in German as in English.