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submitted 11 months ago by [M] to c/LanguageLearning@lemmy.zip
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Hello. I decided to make this community, since I didn't see any that related to learning languages. I currently speak English as a native speaker, and I'm working on A1 German. I made this simple web app to help me practice vocabulary. I find most flashcard apps to lack repetition on weaker words, so I made one that naturally focuses on the words you struggle the most with.

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[–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Yes. I personally don't like Anki. I made this app specifically to fix what I struggled with Anki the most on. The sessions are shorter, just 10 different words at a time. And each session is made up of words you have been struggling with the most, with stronger words appearing less and less.

I found myself constantly failing in circles on Anki, never feeling comfortable. This app will repeat the same work a dozen times over, if you keep failing it.

If a word is marked as correct 3 times in a row during a session, it will be removed from the session. So at the end of a single session, you'll be cycling between the 2 or 3 words you struggled with the most.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    There's nothing to argue against your own vocab trainer. But did you consider reconfiguring Anki?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I honestly had an easier time making this app that going through the extensive Anki guides and tech manuals. Also, making new cards is easier in my app, in my opinion. I can make 400 cards in about 30 seconds and they're automatically added to the Tier 1 list.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I have no idea how to prepare my anki decks for your trainer. So reconfiguring anki (e.g. according to community advices or AI-response) is more useful to me.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago*

    That's fair. But if you ever feel like using it, it's extremely simple. Click on the Import Words button, then copy-paste literally any number of items in the following format:

    Word1,Translation1

    Word2,Translation2.

    etc.

    I don't know if there is a limit to the number of words you can put in, but you can use an LLM to give it the words you currently have, and ask for 100 more all formatted properly. It's how I've been expanding my word list, as I memorize the set.

    Anki is admittedly, and undeniably, more powerful than my little tool. My little tool is just very specialized and easily expandable. Literally takes me 20 seconds to give an LLM my current word list using the Export Word List button, ask it for 100 more words, and to maintain the formatting. Done.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    I held off of using Anki for way too long because it's intimidating to get into. Turns out it's great, and it can do all the things (or be configured to).

    I think there's room for smaller tools that are easier to get started with. Thanks for sharing!

    One setting that'd be nice to have is the option to configure recognition vs production cards. Ie, set it to only DE>EN or vice versa.

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