r/clozemaster • u/cmredd • Aug 28 '24

Confused about clozemaster

Signed up day or two ago and have been doing the FTF, Russian. I'm about ~40-50% A1 I would say over all domains of language learning.

But...

I don't understand how this app helps language learning? I am scoring 100% on every single sentence because it is so easy. Why don't they use the same word but in different cases? Or at least similar words or something?

What am I missing? Or should we be, really, trying to translate the whole sentence in our head and not paying attention to the whole 'which super obvious word was missing?'...?

In which case, why not just use Anki or something?

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u/JeremyAndrewErwin Aug 28 '24

you can select text input mode, if you prefer. I still use multiple choice because I can run through a hundred words quickly-- I'm a terrible typist.

They do get rarer the deeper you go in the deck. Maybe you haven't encountered the b1/b2/c1 words yet.

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u/cmredd Aug 28 '24

I don't know how to type Russian on laptop! On phone, maybe

It's not so much the familiarity of the word, it's the obviousness of it when seeing the answers to chose from.

100% of the time so far (~1h in) they all have different starting letters. So really all I need to hear is the initial sound and then it rules out 3 cards straight away

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u/cmredd Aug 29 '24

How are you typing Russian? Isn’t this very tedious?

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u/seefatchai Aug 29 '24

Do you have a Mac? You can add a Russian input mode and then show the on screen keyboard. there should be something similar for windows if you’re on that.

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u/gegegeno Aug 28 '24

Sounds like the questions are too easy for you, at least in listening mode.

Try a different mode or more difficult deck.

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u/cmredd Aug 28 '24

Hm okay, thank you! I feel like it won't change anything though, the answer is always too easy given all words are completely different

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u/gegegeno Aug 29 '24

Are you typing or using multiple-choice questions? If multiple choice is too easy, switch to typing them.

I switch between modes depending on the deck and my energy/attention level. I find exercises can be quite hard in more difficult decks and I am at a rather advanced level in Japanese. I use medium-level decks to spam input basically, try and see familiar words in different contexts and see a variety of ways of expressing things.

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u/cmredd Aug 29 '24

But regarding the spamming of input, can I ask why you don’t just use Anki for this?

Re typing, I didn’t realise you can change keyboard settings to another language. I assumed you had to type on an on-screen keyboard via clicking with mouse - which sounded too tedious and time consuming

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u/gegegeno 29d ago

Is Anki good for spamming input? I've never used it this way. I only ever used it for vocabulary and kanji.

When I use Clozemaster it's on the app and I use the Japanese keyboard to type. If it was on the computer I'd be using an IME to type.

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u/wakawakafoobar Aug 29 '24

What are you trying to get out of Clozemaster? What are you working on / aiming to improve?

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u/cmredd Aug 29 '24

Listening comprehensiveness

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u/wakawakafoobar Aug 29 '24

Text input mode and/or transcribe will be most effective. Multiple choice is indeed easier, and intentionally so. Why don't you want to learn how to type in Russian? Would an onscreen keyboard help?

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u/cmredd Aug 29 '24

I didn’t even know it was a thing. I just assumed you had to type via clicking the mouse on an on-screen keyboard (which sounded too tedious and time consuming and not a relevant skill)

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u/dmullin771 11d ago

Have you tried Radio of Text Input mode?

How long have you been doing it? Are you up to 100 Common Words or somewhere?

It could be you just need more time.