Any Suggestions for Flash Card Programs?
Relearning Spanish has been working pretty well, but vocabulary is my greatest weakness. I bet there are Spanish parrots out there that know more words than I do! Anyway, I remembered a post on my friend Kiri’s blog (What I Learned Today) that mentioned a flash card program for the Mac called iFlash. It sounds awesome, but I’m using Windows.
I know there are lots of similar programs and even web apps out there. So, do you use any of them? Have any recommendations? Or would you suggest using — gasp! — flashcards made out of paper?
April 28th, 2007
I used a flashcard program long ago, but I can’t remember the name of it. I’ll see if I can find it, but I probably can’t.
I would actually recommend paper flash cards or a simple notebook. If you’re just trying to memorize something by rote memory, it’s not going to serve you as well as if you assimilate it and use it. I’d suggest using a small notebook and writing key words in it and reviewing it several times a day.
April 28th, 2007
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May 13th, 2007
Try Quizlet.com.
I haven’t used it (I’m not really studying anything that would need that right now) but it looks like it would be helpful.
May 22nd, 2007
Funnily enough, I like rocket spanish.
It has lots of stuff in it, including some flash cards.
Although if you just wanted to learn from cards, I’d just make them myself and learn that way.
Cheers.
May 29th, 2007
I recommend Pauker (http://pauker.sourceforge.net/). It’s open source, and is based on the Leitner flashcard program. I’ve used it a lot with my German learning.
October 30th, 2007
I would have to agree with David on the good ole paper cards. I’ve used them for several languages and find simplicity is the way to go. A box of Vis Ed Cards are less than $20.