Re: What do you do when you see a 'New Word'
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:52 am
Morgana wrote:Not to put you on the spot Ani but I've occasionally wondered what "enough" listening is. (Or reading.)Ani wrote:Well, I've only succeeded in learning Russian words by audio repetition because of the phonological thing. I still do the same thing -- look it up (maybe listen a few times if that's an option) and then move on. I just count on life/tv/course books to be my "SRS". Are you listening enough?
Can people who use natural SRS volunteer the "how much is enough" in their cases? I think it's related to OP's "what do you guys do [to remember vocab]." I think the "how much" can matter just as much as the "what."
Well, this is off topic to the OP because he's way more advanced than I am
"Enough" depends on how fast you want to learn and your personality I guess? I don't listen to "enough" Russian to make great progress, because it's kind of a back burner thing, but I do get "enough" to hear the words I've been studying fairly often in a natural setting i.e in tv I think I watch about 5h of Russian TV/week? Confession: usually with English subs Still I get all excited when I hear my words.
French, I need a LOT more to hear words I had to look up get repeated, if I can manage at all. I think I listen to about 5h a day now of tv or podcasts. Over the past few years I probably averaged 2-3h/day reading+listening? Natural srs starts to fail at high levels. Part of me wants to say that Anki is great for absolute beginners, and then again at the advanced levels, but I'm not sure I'll ever commit to Anki for French so I'm not sure about that.