I’ve been using Anki to try and get Genki I vocab down but it has been very slow and difficult and it doesn’t feel like the words are sticking. The grammar and whatnot comes to me decently easily but I still can’t read as I just don’t have enough raw vocabulary. I was wondering if there any other methods I could use along with Anki, possibly that give me a more context-linked introduction that isn’t just a written definition.
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you can start with graded readers, the easier ones have very simple vocab and illustrations, but they are a kickstart, not a end, you build vocabulary with exposition, anki is just a memorization help.
anki is good for retention but not great for learning
for learning what I did was keep looking at the word list periodically throughout the day and start from the top to the bottom, say the E->J or J->E words as needed (depends what I’m memorizing)
after textbooks, I just print my own wordlists and do the same thing
Similar to the other post. I would go through flash cards or something and if I couldn’t remember it I would write it down. Then after each word(regardless if I got it write or not) I would go and read it out loud. I would basically just make a wordlist and read it out loud after each word I went throufh with vocab cards. Sorry if that doesn’t make any sense