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Hello (theotherfawkes.github.io)
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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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Do you know Anki?

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

    I believe there's already !languagelearning@lemmy.world and !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Damn, I tried finding them but came up with nothing. Oh well. If the community dies, I'll just migrate there.

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

    Trying to find things on Lemmy is rough for sure. I've tried to check before posting things before, only to then realize I was posting a duplicate.

    And while I do appreciate the initiative of making a new community, don't want to shoot that down... I would like to say the sopuli comm is really nice. I haven't heard anyone complain about that particular instance. And there's at least a few users active every week in the weekly threads.

    I've seen so many communities start on Lemmy, and wind up with one person posting the vast majority of the content. Would be great if all that energy were put into building on existing communities.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago

    That's fair. Though it seems like the existing communities are struggling, with mostly the owner posting weekly. And the one on Lemmy.World is dead, with the last post being 6 months ago. I'm going to keep this one going, it seems to be a bit more visible than the others.

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

    Hello,

    Randomly stumbling upon this community, you might want to have a look at !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz , @lazycog@sopuli.xyz could probably use some help

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    • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    What a nice learning tool, thanks!

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz is one, but I suppose you're right that there isn't one on Lemmy.zip.

    The website looks simple and nice at first glance. Plenty of potential! Might I suggest a way of importing words too, like in different languages?

    Learning languages is great, and I hope you'll do well with the community! Make sure to introduce the community on places like !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !communitypromo@feddit.org to try and get some additional traction.

    I'm at A1 myself with a different language, and things are painfully slow at progressing, so every bit helps!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago

    You actually can import words! It has a super simple format of just "word,translation" that you can copy paste in, and it'll automatically assign them all as Tier 1. You can also export and import progress to any device using a .json file.

    And yeah, it would barely take any effort to make it language neutral. But since this was a project for my own uses, I didn't see the point. But if the community gets large enough and people are interested, I'd be happy to make those tweaks.

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    • [–] [B] 0 points 3 weeks ago

    It seems like there might be a link or additional context missing from your post. If you're looking to discuss language learning or share resources, I'd love to hear more about your experiences or what specific topics you're interested in exploring!

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