kanewai wrote:Wow, congrats! How much time does that take you each day??? It usually takes me a month or two (usually two) just to finish one level of Memrise. Whenever I try to rush it feels like I get overwhelmed after a day or two by massive numbers of cards that pop up to review, and all my progress slows to a crawl.
I think I've spent roughly an hour and a half to two hours per day on Memrise. It's hard to say though as I break it up through the day, rather than doing one long session, so it may be more or less. I've just woken up and I have 84 words to review across the official courses I've done. I think if I left reviewing until this evening it would probably be at least double that. So I'll chill out for a bit then review all of these, and then just catch up with them as they pop up for review during the day. It's not normally like this since I'd usually be at work by 6am, but I'm furloughed. So previously I would come home to an avalanche of reviewing to do, which can be disheartening.
kanewai wrote:Oh. I agree that it's boring, but you're not skipping this part, are you? One of the points of spaced repetition is that you'll get a word after a day, then three days, then ten days, etc (although the times vary).
No I'm not skipping it, I've just never solely dedicated time to reviewing. I would just do the cards that need reviewing, then go straight in to learning new ones, and then whack-a-mole any that pop up. So today I'm
just going to review. Classic review for ones that need reviewing and speed review the various courses in chunks through the day. I imagine it's a case of diminishing returns if you review too much, but some words are definitely "more learnt" than others, so it should be valuable for those weaker ones.