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pouetpouet
2849 days ago
Reading full novels is the original spaced repetition tool. Words get reused regularly in context.
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bayesian_horse
2849 days ago
Yes. Unfortunately, they tend to use tons of words with a lower frequency than once per a couple hundred pages.
So it's much better for over-learning on known words, and less good at acquiring tons of new ones.
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dwg
2849 days ago
well said :)
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So it's much better for over-learning on known words, and less good at acquiring tons of new ones.