After 25 days of this language study experiment to see how much I could learn with one hour a day, I’ve come to realize that while gamification is a really nice part of studying and can keep me motivated and give me some useful things to study plus good practice, it is hardly what I should be spending most of my study time on.
Rather than spending 15-30 minutes on it, I’m thinking of spending 10-20 minutes on it and then spending some more time taking notes and memorizing phrases. I will use duolingo to find things I want to practice and take notes while I use it. Then the next day I’ll review the same topic and the notes I took.
From there I’ll write a blog and go talk to Indonesian friends to practice.
I spent too much time trying to learn as many verbs and adjectives as possible and found that I didn’t learn so much that I could use immediately.
I also reviewed way too many things at once and tried too hard to pile on new words and vocab so that I couldn’t really use anything. This would have been a really good pace if I had studied 2-4 hours a day and right now I’d be speaking really well already but I only have an hour a day t study on average so I need to adjust and slow down a bit
I’ve also found a new app that I think I like. It’s called Mondly and you may have heard of it.
It’s organized a bit more like a phrase book And focuses a bit less in grammar which is not ideal, but since I’m taking notes on grammar anyway and just using these apps to find phrases, it may be better for my study method.
In any case, it’s nice to use two apps, one for initial study and one for review, because with one app I just move too quickly.
I've got to milk these apps for everything their worth and rushing through them is not the way to do that.
Here are my notes for the day...
Grammar
This is my ......
| Ini adalah | saudara laki laki | saya |
|---|---|---|
| saudara perempuan | ||
| anak lakilaki | kalian | |
| orange tua | kamu | |
| adik | dia | |
| dia adalah | kepomakan | saya |
Vocab
0 - nol
100 - ratu
1000 - ribu
1,000,000 - juta
Sunday - Minggu
Monday - Senin
Tuesday - Selasa
Wednesday - Rabu
Thursday - Kamis
Friday - Jumat
Saturday - Sabtu
Expressions
baik baik saja - Very well
Tolong - Please
Kabar kamu gimana - and you?
Bagus sekal - very nice
Tomorrow's review pattern
Mereka ke bank di hari kamis (They go to the bank on thursday)
Bank tidak buku di hari sabtu (The bank is not open on Saturday)