Your thoughts on spaced repetitions for learning a language

[Ryan Mason]

There is a method that I use a lot when studying French and Japanese and it revolves around doing many spaced repetitions. Basically what I do is I find sentences in both languages that are examples of grammar points that I would like to learn and put them into a memory program such as Anki. Anki then forces me to go through the sentences to see if I remember their content. I find this to be a very useful supplement to working through textbooks and speaking to others, so I was wondering how do you guys feel about doing this?

For more information about the method and the reasoning behind it go here: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/10000-sentences-why
That is were I first heard about it in a very detailed manner.

[Caroline Cooper]

It sounds great....maybe I'll try this method to improve my English :)

[Yvette Lessard]

Downloading this, will let you guys know how it helps ;)

Thanks for this Ryan, it looks awesome!

[Ryan Mason]

ah heres something i noticed: You don't really get results right away. Its more for long-term retention rather than short-term.

[Yvette Lessard]

Yea. It is a cool little program though. :)

[Ryan Mason]

lol. happy you like it. hope you get some good results.