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IFLASH FLASH CARDS HOW TO
IFLASH FLASH CARDS FOR MAC
IFLASH FLASH CARDS MAC

That is, look at Side 5 first and try to recall the reading ( Side 2), and after that, recall the writing of the kanji itself ( Side 1). If I don’t remember the reading as well, I can also look at Side 2.Īnd when I want a bit more intensive practice after I get the meaning down, I could do a Side 5-2-1 review. If I don’t understand the key word I’m trying to study (I put it in brackets in case there’s more than one word in the sentence I might be studying), I’ll look at Side 3, the English meaning, to remind me. I could start by studying the sentence, doing Side 4 first by reading it out loud. Multiple-sided flashcards gives me a wide variety of ways to go about studying. Here’s what I would use for the new unknown word 薬草:

Now you’re ready to build your flashcard. If you’re having trouble, the sentence may be too difficult for you at this point-you can save it for later after you’ve improved your grammar-or you can check your English translation for an idea.ģ.

IFLASH FLASH CARDS HOW TO

If you’re not sure how to read a kanji so that you can enter it into your computer, you can search by kanji by handwriting or by kanji radical.Ģ.

Using the above screenshot as an example, let’s see how I would go about creating my flashcards: Your task while playing is to essentially mine the game for all that it’s worth-jot down every sentence you think is useful and not overly convoluted with difficult or rarely-used words. The search for the Sulfer Weed medicine begins!

Patience-you’re not playing the game normally this time around.

If possible, a separate English translation of the Japanese text-one for Grandia can be found on GameFAQs, although they probably exist for many other games as well.

A popular choice is Anki, although I’m personally partial to iFlash-it’s your choice in the end.

Your flashcard program of choice that supports multi-sided flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need in order to effectively study from your video game of choice: Plus, having gone through the original English version, I’m not completely lost on what to do. There’s lots of text to read and the characters travel to a variety of places so the vocab will be varied. I personally love Grandia, so going through the Japanese version and trying to figure out what is being said is fun. One that contains lots of text to read will obviously be better. So if you have a favorite RPG-think Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Age, Pokémon, etc-then a Japanese version is bound to exist. The great thing about using video games to learn Japanese is that the video games that are going to contain the most text are RPGs, and many of these originate in Japan. You can even resize the text on cards using the iPhone’s familiar pinch-zoom gestures.Title screen from grandia-but you're not allowed to begin until you look up all the kanji! (You can also tap the arrow button next to an item to browse a list of all cards, displaying all sides in that set.) While studying, you swipe up or down to cycle through each card’s “sides,” or right or left to go to the next or previous card, respectively. IFlash Touch’s main screen shows all your decks tap one to view all categories in that deck, along with an item for All Cards tap a category (or All Cards) to begin studying.

IFLASH FLASH CARDS MAC

The developer will be fixing this issue in an upcoming update, but until then, you need to assign offending decks new IDs using the deck preferences in the Mac version.

If you try syncing multiple decks with the same ID, only one will find its way to your iPhone. It takes only a second or two for the cards to be transferred, but I did come across one bug here: Each card deck has a unique identifier for syncing, and if you duplicate a deck in the Mac version-for example, to use one deck as a starting point for another-the copy keeps the original’s ID. To get your study cards onto the iPhone or iPod touch, you first launch iFlash Touch then you open iFlash on your Mac, choose the deck you want to transfer, and click on Export ->. Side By Side: Here’s the front of a two-sided flashcard… But it would be nice if you could add a card or two on the go, or make minor corrections or edits to existing cards without having to wait until you get back to your desk.

IFLASH FLASH CARDS FOR MAC

(There are also thousands of pre-made decks available via the online iFlash Deck Library.) When it comes to creating decks, this isn’t much of a drawback the $15 iFlash for Mac is excellent and it would be a tedious task to create an entire deck of study cards on the phone. However, because iFlash Touch is designed as a companion to the Mac version, you can’t create or edit cards on the iPhone or iPod touch you do that on your computer.