Thanks for sharing! Peter
On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM Henrik in Oslo <001hen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Flashcards have been my primary tool for learning Italian, German, and French > (my native language is Norwegian) up to the B1-C1 level. I’ve also made an > effort to learn Mandarin, and I will pick that up again when my Spanish is > more solid. > > > For a long time, I had the misconception that everything I entered into a > flashcard system based on Spaced Repetition Learning would gradually stick in > my brain as if by magic. Over time, I have changed my approach, most > dramatically the last couple of years. I am learning Spanish. After 1.5 > years, I have reached level B2 (or close). > > 90% of my learning happens from Spanish to Norwegian/English. I do not stress > at all about learning from Norwegian/English to Spanish. > > I focus on topics that interest me and that I know I will be able to use in > practice. All the flashcards are tailored to my interests and needs. > > I closely monitor the statistics in Mnemosyne: if the "grade" is lower than > 1.4, I simplify, postpone (using a custom "tag"), or delete the card. In the > old Supermemo system, such cards were called “leeches” :-) > > I meet a Spanish teacher about once a week, face-to-face. We speak Spanish, > and the teacher writes down (in an electronic document) an improved version > of what I tried to say. The teacher doesn’t correct my mistakes unless I ask > directly. > > All the sentences the teacher writes down, I translate into Norwegian and > English using ChatGPT. The teacher checks the translation to ensure it's > correct before I import it into Mnemosyne. > > 95% of my cards consist of complete sentences from Spanish to > Norwegian/English – almost none are just single words. > > If I find a single word that’s useful and I want to “activiate” it, I create > "cloze deletion" cards using copy-paste. In other words, many similar cards. > > When I face systematic challenges (e.g., all words starting with "ll__" are > difficult for me, or I am ready to understand a bit of the subjunctive), or > special construction, I supplement with new simplified sentences that I > create with help from ChatGPT. The teacher might check these before I import > them into Mnemosyne. > > After 1.5 years of intensive Spanish study, I now have more than 15,000 > learning cards in Mnemosyne, daily “burde” approximatly 150 cards. I have now > reached a point where learning is progressing rapidly: I can with little > effort speak Spanish with people other than my teacher, and I actively use > Spanish to learn more Spanish. > > I find great value in combining Mnemosyne with ChatGPT. As mentioned, I > always monitor "the leeches". Today, I used "tags" to create an extract of > "all cards that last received a grade = and that have an easiness lower than > 1.8." I exported this from Mnemosyne to a .txt file and wrote the following > prompt in ChatGPT: > > "I use the flashcard system Mnemosyne to learn Spanish. Attached is a file of > the cards that are most difficult for me to learn. Based on the attached > file, please create supplementary Spanish sentences that are personalized to > my interests (I like dancing, learning a language, sailing, philosophy, etc.) > at a level no higher than B1." > > ChatGPT produced 60 great sentences that I will import into Mnemosyne to help > reduce the overly time-consuming leeches. > > I am deeply indebted to Peter and everyone else who has contributed to the > creation of Mnemosyne. > Best regards > Henrik in Oslo > > -- > 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 mnemosyne-proj-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/82651ca7-4f41-4ff0-8b62-2d9ef9b35520n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 mnemosyne-proj-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/CAMdxoPELqBjgmOcypSSLjrYaOff0byZxTws8rGYw%2BXu4HW1aqw%40mail.gmail.com.
