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Now I Am Liking Physical Flash Cards More

by Rosana on October 7, 2009

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I’ve written about using flash cards for learning Spanish before, but most of that has been about using inexpensive or free programs that you can use on your computer. (Scroll down and click on Flash Cards in the sidebar to see those articles.)
Today I want to make a case for using physical flash cards… as [...]

Oops, Been Bogging Down on Flashcards

by Rosana on February 2, 2009

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I am convinced that using computer flashcards  is an incredibly valuable way to learn Spanish vocabulary.  Even essential — unless you are a child or have a photographic memory.
I feel even more strongly about this now than when I wrote my ebook Five Keys to Learning Spanish Rapidly — the link takes you to my [...]

I’m becoming more and more of a fan of using flash card programs, as I’ve been using VTrain long enough now ( a few weeks) to notice that I’m remembering things I tended to forget before.
So I decided to tackle past tense verbs with the help of flash cards. It’s been working great. I’m just [...]

Flash Card Programs and Your Memory

by Rosana on January 5, 2009

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Of course you know how paper flash cards work, for learning Spanish or anything. You turn them over and see if you had it right, then make piles of which ones you know and which ones you don’t. I thought I was pretty creative a few years ago when I started putting my homemade cardstock [...]

VTrain Flashcard Software: A Review

by Rosana on December 29, 2008

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When I was looking for a good Spanish flashcard program to use on my computer, I came across several recommendations for VTrain… that’s short for Vocabulary Trainer. You can download it and try it for 30 hours, after which the price is under $30; I paid about $24 US but am not sure if that [...]

Anki is a free language flash card program for Windows, Mac, Linux, and some mobile platforms which I turned to after exploring another one called Mnemosyne. For an overview of Spanish flash card programs, this link takes you to my first article in this series. I really liked Anki, but ended up myself with another [...]

Mnemosyne: A Free Spanish Flash Card Program

by Rosana on December 18, 2008

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Mnemosyne is one of two free programs descended from a commercial flash card program called SuperMemo. SuperMemo  exists but I found a number of references online to its being buggy and these two programs being better than it, so I didn’t pursue it. The other free program is Anki, which I will review in my [...]

Spanish Flash Card Programs: An Overview

by Rosana on December 10, 2008

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There are flash card programs that will present you with the cards at intervals that correspond to how our memories work, and they come in both free and low cost versions. I examined three programs that seem to be widely used. I will do reviews soon on each one of these, with screenshots:

the free Mnemosyne [...]