Wednesday, 4th December 2024
Anki and I
I have an overseas friend who speaks very good Japanese.
This friend taught me Anki.
In Japanese, Anki means memorising.
Anki is an application software used to memorise vocabulary and various things with flashcards.
There is a forgetting curve, which shows the degree and length of time a person forgets things.
Based on the forgetting curve, the flashcards come up again when a person forgets.
It is at that time that the memory is retained, apparently.
I don't think I would have passed the Type 1 Health Supervisor exam without Anki.
I always used Anki on my smartphone in the morning while waiting for the train to come at the station.
Today I activated Anki for the first time in a long time.
When I wanted to make an Anki card, I used to do it on my computer.
But it should be possible to make one from a smartphone.
I just don't know how to do it.
If I can make cards from my smartphone, it will be easier to get more cards.
I decided to take IELTS.
I installed the IELTS app.
There I took a test to see how well I did.
I got five out of 30 questions wrong and it said you are Advanced.
I felt I hadn't studied English for a long time.
So I reviewed my old deck on Anki this morning.
I was surprised to see some expressions I had never seen before in the test I took on the IELTS app.
I haven't studied enough at all.
I also felt that I put too many letters on Anki's cards.
For some words, I had written both the Japanese translation and the English definition.
If I can get rid of these little faults of mine, I will be able to get a good score in IELTS.
With this in mind, I ordered the IELTS past papers today.
I wanted to see what kind of questions would actually appear.
IELTS tests four skills: writing, reading, listening and speaking English.
I'm not good at any of them.
I'm just getting started.
I want to move to a company that doesn't discriminate against people because of their gender, age or hairstyle.
I need English for that.
Right now I can't even write a résumé, career history or accompanying letter in English.
But everyone is a baby when they are born, and everyone can't do something they don't know.
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