| > You absolutely don't need Anki to learn that many. No, but anki makes retaining them much easier. There are a great many words that I've learned that come up infrequently enough that it's easy to start forgetting them. In fact, a great many of the more niche words that I learn through tv shows, etc, are easy to forget unless I'm retaining them via anki. > After even 1k, I'd advise getting graded readers Yes, but there aren't really any for Korean. Also 1k is really nothing at all, almost all content at that point will be excruciating to read. I am not arguing to use anki -alone-. Obviously one needs to be reading material as well, but that's tertiary to this discussion on anki and its usecases. > This is stuff you don't pick up from flashcards, No, this is stuff not picked up from poorly made flashcards. I.e., most flashcards. Mine include tidbits like this when applicable. Each of my cards has several fields like hanja/grammar type/notes that I fill out, hence it taking a while to make them. |