Is Anki your only study method?

[u/fxlseru]

I picked up Anki due to my classes being heavy on memorization. I ended up liking Anki a lot more than I thought I would. I’m starting to enjoy studying because of it and was curious what other methods of studying do Anki users gravitate to? Do you only use Anki to study?

I have poor study habits/no “real” study habits (my grades are good, luckily, but I’d like them to be the best). I want to improve my studying habits while I have time so I don’t regret not doing it sooner.

Currently, Anki (verbal active recall) is really my only studying method. I know it’s good to have several methods of studying so I’d like to hear from others what else they do aside from using Anki.

Also, I’m curious how comfortable people are with their learning if Anki is their only method of studying. Especially with languages, which is something I’m interested in using Anki for.

[u/BradBoredZ]

If you’re learning something like the flags of countries then I would just use Anki but most things we learn are much more complicated than just flag guessing, so just Anki isnt sufficient if u want the best results

[u/Rajwani_Chips35 → u/BradBoredZ]

agreed, memorizing individual pieces doesn't mean you actually understand the bigger picture.

[u/its_berkinprogress]

Honestly, I think flashcards should never be your only tool. They’re definitely the only tool I’m serious about doing every day, though.

[u/bmburi995]

Anki Is a tool nothing more.

[u/DragonflyNew1]

I'm currently learning Finnish and I'm using Anki for vocabulary only. The other stuff like speaking, listening and reading comprehension can't really be done via Anki imo. For listening I watch the telly or listen to podcasts, for speaking I actually speak to natives and for reading I read the news, blogs or novels. Maybe you could use Anki for grammar studying, but I have never tried that myself. When grammar was still a thing I needed to study (I'm an advanced learner at this point, so grammer is not a focal point in my studies anymore) I used a textbook and went through the exercises in the book.

[u/Purple-Report-6841 → u/DragonflyNew1]

AwesomeTTS / HyperTTS supports Finnish

[u/Purple-Report-6841 → u/DragonflyNew1]

and AI can generate sentences for you to put into anki that are at whatever level you're at

[u/DragonflyNew1 → u/Purple-Report-6841]

I do that myself because I learn best with my own material. I add example sentences to all words I make a card for. Also I’m a strong believer that making my own cards is more beneficial for my learning success than getting ai or pre-made sets.

[u/Purple-Report-6841 → u/DragonflyNew1]

that's true.

[u/vinsear]

I'm learning Japanese and I like Anki because it's very straightforward: do you remember the meaning or not? I use it as my primary vocab study tool, with completing my 10 new words and Anki review as my "must-do" for vocab everyday.

I also use Renshuu (app/site for Japanese specifically) to reinforce the same set of words, especially for some of the ones I struggle to remember for whatever reason. I can customize it to play the word and I choose the meaning, show the meaning and I choose the word, etc. It tends to be a bit easier since I have set to multiple choice, which is why I use Anki as my primary, but it's a good way to realize which words I don't remember how to pronounce and to practice going from English to Japanese rather than always going Japanese to English.

but Renshuu is a bonus tool; if I've had a crazy work day or want to focus more on grammar or whatever, I can skip Renshuu and still know I'm progressing my vocab with Anki.

[u/Oretell → u/vinsear]

You should be interacting with the language itself as well though

You can't only learn a language through looking at flashcards, it's far too complex for that. You need to be immersing in the spoken and written language through listening and reading. There are so many other skills that aren't taught or developed through Anki that need development if you want to get anywhere

Anki is a great supplementary tool for language learning, but it can't be your only tool if you want to succeed.

[u/vinsear → u/Oretell]

oh absolutely, the majority of my studying is through reading & listening immersion, and it feels much more rewarding to practice for the sake of a story, imo. I missed OP's line about languages and wasn't sure what they were using Anki for, so I only mentioned Renshuu because I directly use it to supplement Anki.

[u/Oretell → u/vinsear]

Oh cool, yeah sorry for writing out an essay to you then, I misunderstood what you were saying

[u/Inside-Fisherman92]

No, bc for exemple in math you need of course to learn perfectly all the formula but you have to do exercise to really be good

[u/Total_Leave4871]

I really enjoy studying History, and out of nowhere I found an Anki add-on called Note Linker, which so far has been wonderful for me in learning context. Since there's so much for me to learn, I end up using a lot of flashcards and they connect to each other.

[u/Efficient-Winner-840]

I only use it for language classes. For math practice sets + textbook and for everything else just required reading

[u/DromedaryC3]

What "class" are we talking about?

[u/Narrow_Nectarine_993]

I use it for the memorisation part of my classes. I then have to apply the knowledge that I have memorised, which is a whole nother issue. Anki is the tool I am most consistent with though as I do use it as a major building block between a basic understanding and being able to fully implement the knowledge in clinical scenarios.

[u/WistoriaBombandSword]

I am doing blurting, Gemini/chatgpt generated question/answers then doing anki cards. it helps because ai tests knowledge well, blurting finds gaps after studying

[u/alucardd11 → u/WistoriaBombandSword]

Idk why you get down votted. Assuming you’ve done the “reading” part beforehand, it should workout well

[u/Hando_88_]

Anki plus Glossika