Comments on: How To Use “Cramming” To Study Japanese Way More Effectively

By: Tawlar98

Tawlar98 — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:04:00 +0000

I also love to study before bed, because even though I’m tired and do a bad job of it, I remember almost everything in the morning.

By: Kincaid42

Kincaid42 — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:10:00 +0000

I tried to memorize 100 words a week (not in kanji, just kana), but I can only go up to about 73 – 80 by end of the week >.<. I bought some flash cards with 10 lines on each, and filled 10 cards up with Japanese vocab (100 words total). On weekdays I try to study 'at least' 2 hours before I go to bed (I don't have that much free time due to high school, I'm 16), basically I study myself to sleep xD. On school days I can memorize about 15 new words a day at max, and weekends about 20. Learning new words are easy enough, is not forgetting them is the hard part. Every seven new words I learn, I forget one. So, I'm constantly reviewing words that I should of known already. So I've been googling new study methods, and no luck. Websites keep saying study with flash cards, ask a friend, use the internet as a resource, stuff I already knew already. This is the first website I found with something new to think about while studying.

ありがとう ^^

By: koichi

koichi — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:21:00 +0000

Really interesting method! I imagine it’s really similar to this one in a
lot of ways. I’ll have to try it out, thank you!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:09:00 +0000

One trick I’ve found that is helpful with flashcards is putting more than one thing to remember on a card. For example if I’m studying vocab I’ll put eight words one side (and number them 1-8) and then the eight answers on the back side (and number them as well). I find that I usually remember 1 or 2 pretty quickly on each card, and that somehow helps me to latch onto the other 6 a bit faster. Also if I only remember 1 or 2 of the 8 it feels like a partial success, and that keeps me motivated.

By: Leah Hicks

Leah Hicks — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:06:00 +0000

Even though it's a paid service, iKnow is a pretty snazzy way of doing almost this same thing (minus the cramming part, but you can do that on your own anyhow). I've tried using Anki before, and I'll admit it's good for other subjects (like when I was cramming for a chemistry exam), but I prefer iKnow better when it comes to Japanese.

By: DJDantae

DJDantae — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:30:00 +0000

I crammed for my end of year exams last year and passed every paper i attempted :D
(Except for English, but i suck at that :p)

Wasn’t cramming for JLPT though, had a good two months of study put in for that! (That’s actually worth something compared to high school though) :P