Today is the 9th day of the French Revolution, my quest to learn as much French as I possibly can in several hours a day for 30 days.
Today I did a very light day and basically just reviewed cards. Sometimes it's good to take a rest and go lighter, even on a 30-day challenge. In weight training, the real muscle growth occurs in the kitchen and in the bed. So too with language training: I spend all this time struggling with the language, but it really settles in while I sleep and relax.
I took 3 minutes to review the 5 new and 1 old scheduled audio pronunciation flashcards.
I took 4 minutes to review the 27 old pronunciation rule flashcards.
I took 62 minutes to review 334 sentence cards (189 old cards and 145 new cards).
ANKI STATISTICS
The deck is still so young that it has no "mature" cards, so most of the statistics Anki offers are pretty unenlightening. But let's take a look at some averages:
The average time interval between reviews for a card is 5 days. In a day, on average, there are 228.4 scheduled cards to review; if trends were to continue (and I weren't adding new cards), that would go down to 110.1 cards per day next week and only 30.4 cards/day next month. That's the beauty of spaced repetition. "Next month" means after the French Revolution ends. By then I'll no longer be adding new cards, and you can see how quickly the daily reviews will quicken up, as I transition from learning the language to maintaining the language. On average so far, I've added 118.8 new cards per day. If that were to continue for the rest of the French Revolution, I'd end with 3,408 sentence cards-- over 1/3 of the way to the legendary 10,000 sentences, and in any case, an impressive matrix of example sentences which my mind could use to parse new sentences which I encounter.
Previous Day in the French Revolution: Day 8
Next Day in the French Revolution: Day 10
You can also go to the French Revolution Table Of Contents...
...or to the French Revolution Introduction.
Here are some other articles I've written. Most are much longer than today's report was.
Fighting Perfectionism: Shorter Articles
"Problems" In Mathematics
Activism Goes Away After Graduation
Introduction To Toastmasters
Is There Randomness In Real Life?
Today I did a very light day and basically just reviewed cards. Sometimes it's good to take a rest and go lighter, even on a 30-day challenge. In weight training, the real muscle growth occurs in the kitchen and in the bed. So too with language training: I spend all this time struggling with the language, but it really settles in while I sleep and relax.
I took 3 minutes to review the 5 new and 1 old scheduled audio pronunciation flashcards.
I took 4 minutes to review the 27 old pronunciation rule flashcards.
I took 62 minutes to review 334 sentence cards (189 old cards and 145 new cards).
ANKI STATISTICS
The deck is still so young that it has no "mature" cards, so most of the statistics Anki offers are pretty unenlightening. But let's take a look at some averages:
The average time interval between reviews for a card is 5 days. In a day, on average, there are 228.4 scheduled cards to review; if trends were to continue (and I weren't adding new cards), that would go down to 110.1 cards per day next week and only 30.4 cards/day next month. That's the beauty of spaced repetition. "Next month" means after the French Revolution ends. By then I'll no longer be adding new cards, and you can see how quickly the daily reviews will quicken up, as I transition from learning the language to maintaining the language. On average so far, I've added 118.8 new cards per day. If that were to continue for the rest of the French Revolution, I'd end with 3,408 sentence cards-- over 1/3 of the way to the legendary 10,000 sentences, and in any case, an impressive matrix of example sentences which my mind could use to parse new sentences which I encounter.
Previous Day in the French Revolution: Day 8
Next Day in the French Revolution: Day 10
You can also go to the French Revolution Table Of Contents...
...or to the French Revolution Introduction.
Here are some other articles I've written. Most are much longer than today's report was.
Fighting Perfectionism: Shorter Articles
"Problems" In Mathematics
Activism Goes Away After Graduation
Introduction To Toastmasters
Is There Randomness In Real Life?
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