Horse Posted November 21, 2009 at 04:45 AM Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 at 04:45 AM I'm bascially still messing around in the dark ages with lists of vocab in notebooks and boxes of cardboard flashcards spilling all over my apartment. I've recently got Pleco which was a big technological leap for me. I've been wanting to get Supermemo, and have tried downloading Anki from their site but the file is corrupt or some such. So please point this floundering Luddite in the right direction. Supermemo/ZDT/Anki, what are your suggestions??? All input gratefully received. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 21, 2009 at 05:25 AM Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 at 05:25 AM If you've got Pleco, I'd stick with the flashcard function there. The only reason I can see you wouldn't do that is if you absolutely must have something on your desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse Posted November 21, 2009 at 09:18 AM Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 at 09:18 AM Yeah, the Pleco flashcards are OK, but they don't give you a breakdown of where you're going wrong, and you can't customize your retesting can you. I thought the spaced learning/retest function on Supermemo looked useful (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wushijiao Posted November 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM I'd say getting an iPod (or other sort of MP3 device) is the best way to pimp your learning. With an iPod, you can: -access all the great podcast for learners out there -download tons of Mandarin podcasts -edit (either types) of podcasts using free software like Audacity -edit the English out of CD materials and make it into MP3 files, saving you lots of wasted time listening to English Also, I'd suggest that review via listening (hopefully to words in their natural contexts) is more important and effective than review via flashcards. Although good flashcard systems are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted November 21, 2009 at 12:14 PM Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 at 12:14 PM Horse, maybe these threads on using the Pleco flashcard system will help: http://plecoforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1513&p=10764#p10764 Pleco v. 2 Flash card question http://plecoforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1809&p=13673#p13673 Flashcards - spaced repitition question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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