Hacking Chinese

A better way of learning Mandarin

Articles tagged with ‘SuperMemo’

  1. Spaced repetition software: What it is and how to use it to learn Chinese

    Spaced repetition means that you review words you want to learn in certain intervals to maximise learning efficiency. Since this involves keeping track of much data, a computer program is needed to handle it properly. Spaced repetition software is very powerful and can be used for many things, but learning vocabulary and characters are perhaps the most important applications.

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  2. When spaced repetition fails, and what to do about it

    Spaced repetition software is designed to delay reviews as long as possible without letting you forget. For learning Chinese, though, barely remembering something is not enough.

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