Computer can help! - 2007-03-07 05:40:51

A Computer Program Can Help!

This is where a computer program such as Tango Blaster can REALLY HELP. I spent hours with paper lists and yes I did manage to learn a lot, but I ended up wasting valuable time reading down words on the list that I already knew and this caused me to get bored and skip ones I didn't. Also, after a while I began learning the order which was really dangerous as taken out of this order, I found it much harder to produce the answers.

The solution

The solution is to have a program that can dynamically create lists, filter out what you know, leaving a core list of subject to be studied and then to be able to shuffle the data in order to test your 'on the spot' knowledge. Also, the other benefit is that it allows you to quickly select which part of the the data you want to be prompted with and which part to reproduce. I have found through bitter experience that simple knowing a word from Japanese > English, does not mean you can then reproduce it back the other way in a real life situation. it is VERY important to learn words both ways round in order to be able to use them.