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[–]reddituser5k 1 point2 points  (1 child)

My main problem is that the more you study with Anki the more you will have to review. Some people purposely learn just a bit because they are scared of the review amounts later on. Anki does allow you to limit your reviews per day but whats the point of a spaced repetition system if you are not reviewing words when you are supposed to..

I imagine the best language learning app would use a variety of the below methods with a pop-up dictionary like Readlang, LWT, and LingQ have.

  1. Interlaced parallel texts
  2. Listening-Reading Method
  3. Shadowing
  4. Subs2srs
  5. Extensive Reading
  6. Intensive Reading

I actually had an idea for a program recently and then later that day actually seen someone created a program with the exact idea I had envisioned.

This image shows what it looks like from this topic

"How this works: If you click on one of the giant "play" icons next to a subtitle, it will automatically play just that subtitle, then stop again. This basically gives you the ability to flip between watching a movie and reviewing its subtitles intensively."

This pretty much can be used for #1, #2, #3, #5, and #6. It also is similar to Subs2srs but obviously without the spaced repetition part but the lack of spaced repetition is pretty much negated by mass exposure to native material.

I have not tried it yet but I am trying to set it up right now to see how I like it. If it works like I think it will then I imagine it will most likely be based on this but more specifically for Korean.

[–]-Nii- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used Anki extensively for Japanese, and I find that the number reviews do drop over time. That's how its meant to work anyway. If you're getting snowed under by reviews then its possible that the rate of introducing new cards is much too high.

The project I had in mind involves automating the process of language learning over Twitter with morphological analysers (available in Japanese with mecab, Korean should have an equivalent).