[mnemosyne-proj-users] Re: Using spaced repetition to learn Kanji/Hanzi/Hanja?

[Bill Price (formerly Notyourbroom)]

Thank you for the suggestion! :)

On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, Jesse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Bill Price (formerly Notyourbroom) <
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Hello everyone,
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> > I was wondering if any of you are aware of any studies published in
> > academic journals which track the effectiveness of using spaced
> > repetition to memorize Chinese characters. I know that this is a
> > popular use of this sort of software- heck, on the Mnemosyne website
> > itself, nearly 30% of language-related cards are under the Chinese and
> > Japanese categories- but I have not yet found any published studies on
> > the subject.
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> > I'll likely write more about this in the future, but to give some
> > quick background: I'm a senior undergraduate studying Linguistics and
> > Cognitive Science at Cornell University, and for my thesis project, I
> > plan to do an experimental intervention which would seek to measure
> > any such effect.
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> > Any information would be appreciated :)
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> > Best,
> > Bill
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> Hey,
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> I'm not aware of any studies on the subject, but if you're looking into
> kanji study, you should take a look at James Heisig's work, specifically
> Remembering the Kanji (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembering_the_Kanji)
> vol. 1 .
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> While it only peripherally mentions flash cards in general, it might be
> relevant to your search.
>
> --
> Jesse Weaver
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