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Post it note method

I heard from a lot of family and friends that a somewhat good way of learning languages is by labelling things around your house with post its in the language your learning. Does anyone here agree/ have any tips for something like this!?

6 comments

  1. I feel like I’d tune out the post its pretty fast. Especially for a language in which the writing system is not one you are familiar with. You might read something in the roman alphabet fairly automatically, but Kana and Kanji are going to take more dedicated effort until you know them very well.

    I think dedicated flashcards with pictures are far more effective.

  2. Not sure if you are kidding but I’m going to assume you aren’t pulling my leg:

    * They will fall off and be all over your house

    * Things with notes stuck to them can become not usable

    * Everyone in your house has to see these and be constantly reminded about your new hobby

    * This won’t teach you Japanese except maybe a few words

    * This only works on nouns (at best)

    * You won’t pay attention to what’s written on them after the first time and there is no way to enforce your memory on a regular interval except pure chance

    * Your house will be full of postits stuck to everything

    Look into flashcards or something.

    That said I am 75% sure your are kidding me and if that is not the case, you should think this through a bit more.

  3. Picture dictionaries. They have [photos](https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Picture-Dictionary-Phrases-Online/dp/4805308990/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OVQ0RHB79TF5&keywords=japanese+picture+dictionary&qid=1667348734&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjA2IiwicXNhIjoiMi4wMiIsInFzcCI6IjEuODYifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=japanese+pictur%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1) or [drawings](https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Picture-Dictionary-Coloring-Book/dp/1951949617/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=3OVQ0RHB79TF5&keywords=japanese+picture+dictionary&qid=1667348780&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjA2IiwicXNhIjoiMi4wMiIsInFzcCI6IjEuODYifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=japanese+pictur%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-3-spons&psc=1) of everything already labeled.

    Seriously though, lots of good vocab grouped by topic.

  4. This is a terrible way to learn, and only good if you want to waste your time with traditional study methods. With an SRS like Anki, you can learn all the objects in your house in a matter of weeks, at a pace of 20 new words per day.

    Of course you can’t learn a language solely through SRS, but it excels at things like tangible nouns where there is a 1:1 relationship between your native and target languages.

  5. it’s a cute thing to do and doesn’t hurt anything, so go for it

    there’s no silver bullet though, you still need to study, particularly because this only works for relatively simple nouns and a handful of verbs, but not for grammar structures or much on the abstract side

    any engagement with native content is good, though, even reading labels

  6. Don’t bother. If you want to learn the names of 10 objects, you can get that many done in a few minutes every day using Anki.

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