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12What is SRS and how does it work?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_4td6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_td6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100"><p>SRS is short for Spaced Repeititon System. It's a flashcard system for you to learn vocabulary and kanji efficiently. You will be shown words that you don't know more often than words you know well. Studies have shown that this improves your learning and even changes how your brain is wired. [<a class="underline text-gray-50" href="https://www.leonardoenglish.com/blog/spaced-repetition" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">1</a>]</p><p class="mt-1">It works like this:</p><ul class="list-disc list-inside"><li>You're shown a flashcard and you'll rate how well you know the word or kanji ("Perfect", "Familiar", "Total black out", etc).</li><li>The system will learn how well you've remembered a flashcard and, over time, will smartly ask you to review flashcards you know less well.</li></ul><p class="mt-1">The smart system is driven by an algorithm called SM-2. When you're ready to start, head on over to Kuma Learn's<!-- --> <a href="https://app.kumalearn.com/srs?utm_medium=web&utm_source=www&utm_campaign=faqs" class="underline text-gray-50" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Spaced Repetition System (SRS)</a>.</p></div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_15d6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">How often should I do spaced reptition?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_55d6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_15d6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100"><p>There are different opinions on this but generally you want to increase your intervals between each review. One resource [<a class="underline text-gray-50" href="https://thinkhumm.com/blog/humms-guide-to-spaced-repetition-learning" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">2</a>] suggests the ideal review schedule is 1 day, 7 days, 16 days and 35 days (and continue at 35 days). So you should review any new flashcard at this schedule.</p></div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_1dd6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">What is JLPT?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_5dd6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_1dd6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100"><div>JLPT is short for the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test. It's a standardised test to evaluate and certify your proficiency in the Japanese language.</div><div class="mt-1">It tests language knowledge, reading ability and listening ability, and is often used by companies to evaluate your lanugage ability if you're a non-native speaker.</div><div class="mt-1">JLPT has five levels: N5 is the beginner level and the difficulty increases as you approach N1.</div></div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_1ld6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">What is my JLPT level?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_5ld6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_1ld6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100"><div>There are various aspects to JLPT (reading, listening, etc), so your level may be higher in some areas than others. You can check your JLPT level with various tools online â search for "JLPT level check" on Google.</div></div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_1td6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">Is it necessary to learn writing before starting to learn the language?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_5td6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_1td6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100"><div>Japanese has three alphabets: <em>hiragana</em> ã²ãããª, <em>katakana</em> ã«ã¿ã«ã (~50 characters each) and <em>kanji</em> æ¼¢å (2,000+ characters). 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12read an overview here</a>.</div><div class="mt-1">You often start learning hiragana and katakana because they're the basic (phonetic) alphabets that allow you start reading beginners' materials. Because they're phonetic, they're also used to annotate <em>kanji</em>, so you might see small hiragana written above kanji to help the reader ("furigana", which<!-- --> <a class="underline text-gray-50" href="/ebooks/">Kuma Learn eBooks</a> <!-- -->also do).</div></div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_25d6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">What's an effective approach to learning <em>kanji</em> æ¼¢å?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_65d6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_25d6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100"><div>Once you've mastered hiragana and katakana (ã²ãã㪠and ã«ã¿ã«ã), you can start learning with beginner resources written in Japanese. But you'll soon start to see lots of kanji (æ¼¢å).</div><div class="mt-1"><em>Tip #1</em>: there are a couple of tricks: (a) learn "radicals" â components of kanji (e.g. æ¥ in æ) â rather than trying to remember each individual stroke of every kanji and (b) create "stories" for kanji. Stories work because kanji is logographic and human beings tend to remember stories well. A popular method for (b) is called "Heisig's Remembering the Kanji" (RTK).</div><div class="mt-1"><em>Tip #2</em>: it's easier to learn kanji when they're read/written in context. For example, you'll learn crime kanji (e.g. <em>detective</em> æ¢åµ, tantei) when you read crime novels or manga such as Detective Conan. Of course, you can also use the<!-- --> <a href="https://app.kumalearn.com/dictionary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow" class="underline ">Japanese-English picture dictionary</a>, to learn kanji with pictures.</div><div class="mt-1"><em>Tip #3</em>: use efficient learning methods such as SRS to learn kanji that you don't know well first. The spaced repetition system will ask you to review kanji that you know less well.</div></div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_2dd6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">Where is Kuma Learn headed?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_6dd6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_2dd6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100">Kuma Learn started with a <a href="https://app.kumalearn.com/dictionary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow" class="underline ">picture dictionary</a> as well as<!-- --> <a href="/ebooks/">eBooks</a> but now also offers a<!-- --> <a href="https://app.kumalearn.com/srs?utm_medium=web&utm_source=www&utm_campaign=faqs" class="underline text-gray-50" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Spaced Repetition System (SRS)</a> <!-- -->
12so that you can learn vocab and kanji efficiently. Soon, you'll have courses to add structure to your learning!</div></div></div><div data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" class="pt-6"><h3 data-orientation="vertical" data-state="closed" class="text-lg"><button type="button" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" data-orientation="vertical" id="radix-_R_2ld6_" class="group text-left w-full flex justify-between items-start text-gray-100 focus:outline-none" data-radix-collection-item=""><span class="font-medium text-gray-50">Who's behind Kuma Learn?</span><span class="ml-6 h-7 flex items-center"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" data-slot="icon" class="h-6 w-6 transform transition-transform duration-200 group-data-[state=open]:-rotate-180"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="m19.5 8.25-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5"></path></svg></span></button></h3><div data-state="closed" id="radix-_R_6ld6_" role="region" aria-labelledby="radix-_R_2ld6_" data-orientation="vertical" class="mt-2 pr-12 data-[state=closed]:hidden" style="--radix-accordion-content-height:var(--radix-collapsible-content-height);--radix-accordion-content-width:var(--radix-collapsible-content-width)"><div class="text-base text-gray-100">I'm Mario, I speak three languages (English, Japanese, German) and make software for a living. I created Kuma Learn because I want to make learning the Japanese language easier and more fun! Reach out to me at<!-- --> <a class="underline text-gray-50" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <!-- -->if you have any thoughts or suggestions.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mt-36"><footer class="bg-white" aria-labelledby="footerHeading"><h2 id="footerHeading" class="sr-only">Footer</h2><div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto py-12 px-4 sm:px-6 lg:py-16 lg:px-8"><div class="xl:grid xl:grid-cols-3 xl:gap-8"><div class="space-y-8 xl:col-span-1"><img src="/images/logo_with_text.svg" alt="Logo" width="140"/><p class="text-gray-500 text-base">Learn Japanese visually. Follow me on social media.</p><div class="flex space-x-6"><a href="https://twitter.com/KumaLearn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow" class="text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-500"><span class="sr-only">Twitter</span><svg class="h-6 w-6" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8.29 20.251c7.547 0 11.675-6.253 11.675-11.675 0-.178 0-.355-.012-.53A8.348 8.348 0 0022 5.92a8.19 8.19 0 01-2.357.646 4.118 4.118 0 001.804-2.27 8.224 8.224 0 01-2.605.996 4.107 4.107 0 00-6.993 3.743 11.65 11.65 0 01-8.457-4.287 4.106 4.106 0 001.27 5.477A4.072 4.072 0 012.8 9.713v.052a4.105 4.105 0 003.292 4.022 4.095 4.095 0 01-1.853.07 4.108 4.108 0 003.834 2.85A8.233 8.233 0 012 18.407a11.616 11.616 0 006.29 1.84"></path></svg></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kumalearn/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow" class="text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-500"><span class="sr-only">Instagram</span><svg class="h-6 w-6" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M12.315 2c2.43 0 2.784.013 3.808.06 1.064.049 1.791.218 2.427.465a4.902 4.902 0 011.772 1.153 4.902 4.902 0 011.153 1.772c.247.636.416 1.363.465 2.427.048 1.067.06 1.407.06 4.123v.08c0 2.643-.012 2.987-.06 4.043-.049 1.064-.218 1.791-.465 2.427a4.902 4.902 0 01-1.153 1.772 4.902 4.902 0 01-1.772 1.153c-.636.247-1.363.416-2.427.465-1.067.048-1.407.06-4.123.06h-.08c-2.643 0-2.987-.012-4.043-.06-1.064-.049-1.791-.218-2.427-.465a4.902 4.902 0 01-1.772-1.153 4.902 4.902 0 01-1.153-1.772c-.247-.636-.416-1.363-.465-2.427-.047-1.024-.06-1.379-.06-3.808v-.63c0-2.43.013-2.784.06-3.808.049-1.064.218-1.791.465-2.427a4.902 4.902 0 011.153-1.772A4.902 4.902 0 015.45 2.525c.636-.247 1.363-.416 2.427-.465C8.901 2.013 9.256 2 11.685 2h.63zm-.081 1.802h-.468c-2.456 0-2.784.011-3.807.058-.975.045-1.504.207-1.857.344-.467.182-.8.398-1.15.748-.35.35-.566.683-.748 1.15-.137.353-.3.882-.344 1.857-.047 1.023-.058 1.351-.058 3.807v.468c0 2.456.011 2.784.058 3.807.045.975.207 1.504.344 1.857.182.466.399.8.748 1.15.35.35.683.566 1.15.748.353.137.882.3 1.857.344 1.054.048 1.37.058 4.041.058h.08c2.597 0 2.917-.01 3.96-.058.976-.045 1.505-.207 1.858-.344.466-.182.8-.398 1.15-.748.35-.35.566-.683.748-1.15.137-.353.3-.882.344-1.857.048-1.055.058-1.37.058
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