Japanese Progress for May 2010
*Cardcount: 2829
*Repcount: 15535
*Coverage (non-new cards): 99.6%
*Retention: 93.5%
This month was a tough one due to all the time I had to put into studying for my finals, but I still got a fair about of Japanese study done. I was able to keep up with my SRS reviews as well as add a handful of new Japanese sentences to my deck each day.I’ve implemented a new timeboxing system for getting through my reviews and it seems to be working well. Here’s my sentence review routine now:
I start with 5 minutes of reviews, then 4 minutes, 3 minutes. 2 minutes, 1 minute…done.
That adds up to around 15 minutes of time dedicated for sentence reviews, so I usually get like 55 reviews done each time. I read the sentence aloud, trying to mimic as much of an authentic Japanese accent as possible, while also trying to get the meaning and nuance behind it. I save my writing practice for my kanji deck I play around with on the side.
