Spaced repetition and Anki: how to remember easily and forever

Forming / by admin / December 19, 2019

You have a good memory, but you do not just important to remember, and remember forever? We'll show you how to do it without much effort.

spaced repetition method, which has been repeatedly mentioned Articles on LayfhakereIt is very simple: do not forget to study, it should be repeated. At various intervals of time to forget a different volume. Therefore, to repeat, according to forgetting curveIt is necessary at regular intervals.

In this case, we remember better and better. But there is one disadvantage: keeping track of what and when we repeated. And it is here that our aid modern technologies come in the form of application Anki.

When you are trained or repeat material, you can specify in the program, how easy you were to answer the question. In accordance with this algorithm will set the next repetition.

Add new card is very simple: click "Add" (see. previous screenshot), enter the question and answer.

In response, and the question we can add media files by attaching them through the menu or by dragging in the desired field. The list of supported formats is quite impressive: JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, SVG, MP3, OGG, WAV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, OGV, MP4, MKV, FLAC and others.

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Anki has statistics that you can periodically review, in order to see your progress.

Platforms and synchronization

Anki app is there for the most common desktop (OS X, Windows, Linux / BSD) And mobile (iOS, Android) platforms. To synchronize the user must register an account and once to log into it with each of the devices. Nothing complicated.

The application is fully localized, and it is not difficult to understand. In addition, for all platforms except iOS, it's free. Therefore, more rational will provide some examples of its use, so you can decide whether you need it in principle.

We teach geography using Anki

For example, you decide not to shame more thinking Nicaragua It located in Africa, and explore the political map of the world. For this you need an application like Skitch.

But you can choose a more complex version.

Learning English words with the help of Anki

To memorize English words, I use the method of associations and book Igor Matiughin "How to memorize English words». In the question and introduce the English word pronunciation, downloaded from the resource Forvo.

When you open such a card, you will not only see the writing, but also hear the pronunciation.

Vocabulary of Russian language with the help of Anki

Anki can be made in every unfamiliar word, you encountered. In my experience, this happens very often, so I use the application "word of the day».

This time I enter in the question is not only the definition of the word, but also on the image features.

In the response I enter study the word in lowercase, except the one on which the stress falls.

It's not all areas where I use Anki, but I think the examples are sufficient to determine if the application is suitable for your needs. If you already use Anki or during the reading you have any ideas, I'll be happy for your comments and advice.