You put a lot of effort into building, maintaining and studying your Chinese flashcard deck, but are you missing out on an opportunity to make it even more beneficial to your Chinese learning?
Tag: chinese flashcards
The importance of context in Chinese flashcards
The sixteenth rule in the 20 Rules for Formulating Knowledge is “Context cues simplify wording”. Dr Wozniak explains that you should feel free to include personalised context hints in your flashcards to simplify them. A key point to take away is that your flashcards are for you and should be as personalised as possible, so having your own individual notes and context prompts is a good thing.
5 ways to optimise your Chinese flashcards
What makes an optimal Chinese flashcard? Rule #12 in Dr Wozniak’s 20 Rules for Formulating Knowledge is “optimize wording”. This concerns making flashcards for general knowledge acquisition. While it does apply somewhat to language learning, acquiring a foreign language is something of a special case. How can you optimize wording for flashcards in a language you’re trying to learn?
10 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Chinese Right Now
One of the most important aspects of learning Chinese is making the best use of your time. It can be easy to waste all of the little five-minute chunks of time that appear throughout your day, but if you can put them to use, the benefits add up fast.