Hi, I think every situation is different of course, but in similar cases in the past, I've done C. You might want to reevaluate your daily pace as you go along, though, in case your workload becomes too high.
Good luck! Peter On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 1:02 PM 'mnl' via mnemosyne-proj-users < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > currently I am learning HSK3 chinese. These are around 900 new cards I > want to add. > listening: pinyin/(character) -> english > speaking: english -> pinyin/(character) > reading: character -> pinyin/english > writing: not yet > Whats my best approach to add these? Obviously I cannot learn all in a > short period of time. My target pace is around 5-20 new cards per day. The > goal should be to 1. work through all cards and 2. have a manageable work > load every day and 3. know all words with certain level of confidence. > Couple methods come to my mind: > A: add all cards and learn them randomly -> intuitively not the best > approach > B: learn speaking and reading first -> these cards focus on the pinyin but > since the characters are also in these cards, the characters get learned > unconciously, so the reading bundle should be easier. Downside is, that > characters are the most dificult cards and there are probably quite alot of > of cards which I forget multiple times. This stretches goal 3. > C: learn easy cards first to spread the workload -> there are many words > (like 25%) I am already very familiar with. I learn these first to > facilitate a very high pace (25-40 cards per day) at the beginning and > hopefully get these cards spread out in the future very quickly (likely to > rate them 5 very often). Downside is, that all the other cards are > difficult, which leads to some frustration and works against goal 3. > D: learn difficult cards first -> this cancels the benefit I described in > A, but might be the best approach for goal 3. The work load at the > beginning is quite low. Also I think its not good that you cannot cement > the easy words into your head by repeating them right from the beginning > multiple times. At the end, the capability to instantly recall words with > the exact pronunciation and spelling is what makes us fluent in a language. > > I am currently doing C. Whats your thoughts on it? Whats your current > strategy? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/609959de-5bfd-40a0-aa38-e065a311c0c4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/609959de-5bfd-40a0-aa38-e065a311c0c4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/CAMdxoPF%2Bj0%2BCBuM-sb6v1gCnXuQokY-QEw61wMu8UvGu48Gqzg%40mail.gmail.com.
