r/auslan • u/LilMissPocketRocket • 23d ago

Anki flashcard

I understand from what I've read so far using anki flashcards is one of fastest ways to remember words. I have got a few decks my mates made for me but being a total techs idiot that I am, I really don't know how to make my own. Does anyone have any and are happy to swap? I don't have many, maybe 10 or so and totally random subjects. Thank you.

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u/Sensasie 22d ago

Thanks for the tips. Do you have one enormous deck, or multiple decks? Is it possible to mix up several decks for revision?

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u/paperpot91 22d ago

You can revise how you like, but my personal preference is to separate by subjects. I have HEAPS (Auslan, Chinese, Morse code, Pokemon, Anatomy, knots, medications), and some subjects are separated further: Auslan has signs, fingerspelling comprehension and linguistics, Chinese used to be RSH/pleco/Pokemon but now I only revise Pleco (custom made cards from the dictionary). I also like having cards appear in ascending retrievability, with new cards appearing after revisions.

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u/Sensasie 22d ago

Thanks. I’ll have to have a play around. These tips are great to get me started

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u/paperpot91 22d ago

Glad to be able to help! Definitely join r/anki , there're best practices, especially with languages, like:

  • Homonyms should be merged
  • Lexicalised fingerspelling should be in its own deck. On Signbank, they also have videos explaining the word in Auslan grammar
  • Regional variants should also be merged imo. One card should contain one concept, not split across multiple cards. This is specific to language-learning
  • If you're new to Anki, 20 new cards a day is a good amount to start with (which is 10 new signs). It'll eventually reach 200 reviews a day. Won't be a problem if you're making your own cards
  • Don't use "review ahead" more than 1 day
  • Be sure to turn on FSRS and optimise your parameters every month. Splitting decks across multiple subjects and contexts allows your algorithm to be more accurate too
  • New cards appearing after revisions is because encoding new memories is a different brain process than revision. Outside of languages, Anki is more for revision, not learning

You'll also find this useful, it gets circulated around a lot and is the golden rule for making Anki cards: https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules

If you're an enrolled Auslan student, send me a DM 😊 Good luck!