I’m working on a concept to practice Japanese (more specifically kanji) by typing out stories/topics generated by ChatGPT.
Here’s a Screenshot to get an idea how it roughly works:
[https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5926/lbeBf4.png](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5926/lbeBf4.png)
The story can be about any chosen topic which confronts me with Kanji I might not have learned yet. And due to having to write it out it and connecting it to a story it makes it a bit easier to remember new Kanji.
Wondering if there is any interest of this community to try it out.
Would be happy to get some feedback!
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So it’s basically plain reading, but instead of the user deciding for themselves whether they know a word or not (and if not, whether they’re interested in knowing it or not), they have to spend time on actually typing each word out, with no option to skip it?
So, I said this on your earlier post, but there is no advantage to this over using existing content. And unfortunately, ChatGPT has really stiff Japanese. Not to mention the summary itself is…what?
As for what you plan to do with it, that too has the exact problems I mentioned. You can argue that you’re not learning how to write kanji if you’re only selecting it from a list. That might work for as long as you’re limited to a computer, but the truth is, being able to use Japanese on a practical level ***requires*** that you can handwrite. Plus you learn a lot by doing it, and the added kinesthetic level (on top of the visual one) is a good aid to memory.
You did mention on that post that because of the limits of ChatGPT that this might only be useful for around JLPT3-4. But if that’s the case, you’re *really* limiting your target audience there; especially when you consider the kanji requirements of the levels.
Typically from N5 to N1, it’s 150, 300, 500, 1000, 2000. So of the estimated 2000 required for N1, you’re teaching a subset that only needs to learn…350. Less than a fifth. In an app *specifically* for kanji learning, and with no guarantee that the kanji they’re learning is relevant to the JLPT, if that’s the standard you’re using.
That’s not good, if I’m being honest.
Can we please stop talking about ChatGPT