I have been studying Tango N5 and I can’t seem to decide what is the best study technique for me. I feel like when I have the audio on the front of the card and see the text at the same time, it is easier but I am not putting much effort in to remembering it. I am just remembering what the audio is saying and what the translation is.
When I have only audio on the back of the card, it forces me to read the entire front sentence and remember the kanji readings, then translate it into English and check by flipping the card and hearing the original audio. This takes much longer but I feel like is higher yield.
At this point, I do not know what is the best for a beginner. I want to be able to read well and know the Kanji readings, but also understand by listening. Would it be better to just listen to quickly translate it and move on to the next card and learn reading later or focus on reading it through and translating it then hearing the audio on the back to check? Which setting would you guys recommend? Thank you!
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I mean I personally use audio on the back, and I do enough other listening practice that my listening is ok. But you could have two card formats for each note, a reading card and a listening card if you want.
I think audio on the back is better. Especially when you want to learn the readings of Kanji. In that case, If you have audio on the front it gives away the reading.
It’s Anki so you can have two cards. One can test your listening comprehension (plays Japanese audio of word+sentence) while the other can test either your reading (shows Japanese text of word+sentence) or close delete (shows English or Japanese definition of word AND/OR image meaning +Japanese sentence w/ target word missing). The answer side for both is the same obviously.
The idea with this set-up is recognizing words when you hear them and knowing what’s the correct word when you have a prompt. One is comprehension while the other is production with production being the harder of the two.