*Basic Functions and Use*The flashcard system is designed to be self-explanatory. Card views can be switched between kanji and hiragana, and a list of words within a given folder can be displayed via the “View by” drop-down menu. The “Jump to” menu allows you to jump to any card within a given folder by entering the number of the card. Pressing the “Flip” button reverses the card, showing the kanji or hiragana reading, depending on if you were viewing by kanji or hiragana initially. The word in the example sentence will also be toggled between hiragana and kanji. Pressing one of the five buttons on the right of the card will immediately move the card to that folder, advancing you to the next card in the current folder. The “Example” and “Meaning” check boxes toggle the English equivalent and example sentences on and off.
*Example of Effective Use**Drilling with a stack of 20 or 30 cards repeatedly allows for quick short-term memorization.*
1. Click on the Unread folder of the kyu level that you would like to study. 2. Do you already know the meaning and hiragana reading of the kanji displayed? If not, click the /Read/ button to move it to the Read folder. If you are already confident with this word, then click the /Mastered/ button to move it to that folder. 3. Repeat Step 2 until you have 20 (or 30) cards in the Read folder. The number of cards in a given folder is always displayed next to the folder on the left menu bar. 4. Click on the Read folder to move to it. 5. Drill with the flashcards in that folder by looking at the kanji and testing your memory of both the English and the hiragana reading. Use the /Flip/ button and the bottom right check boxes to see the hiragana reading, English, and an example sentence with the word. Switch the view to test yourself from hiragana to Kanji by switching the /View by/ drop-down menu to hiragana. 6. When you are confident that you have learned a word, move it to the next folder, /Familiar/. 7. When there number of cards in your folder goes down to below 10, add 20 more cards from the Unread folder using the process described in Step 2. 8. After a large number of cards have built up in the /Familiar/ folder, go to that folder and see if you still remember all of them. Move any that you don’t remember back down a level to the /Read/ folder. Move cards that you are confident in to the /Mastered/ folder. 9. Review the /Mastered/ folder occasionally, filing words that you have forgotten to the /Review/ folder or back down to the /Familiar/ folder.
Alternatively, the Review folder could be used as a storage space for completely finished cards that you are confident that you will never forget.
Repeatedly practicing cards in this manner will allow you to place them first in short term memory, and continued review every day (or at least a few times a week) will gradually establish the words in your long term memory. In this way, a rather large number of words can be memorized on a daily basis. Only an hour of memorization each day can allow a student to memorize dozens of words daily (depending on enthusiasm and memorization aptitude).
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