I'm currently sitting at around 3k learnt words. I've been studying for around for around 3 years ( more seriously in the last 2) and I am moving to Japan for a working holiday mid year.
Ideally I'd like to avoid teaching english and would prefer cafe/hotel work.
I'm aware I have much more to learn to get to this point and I'm wanting some advice on how to get there.
I can spare 1.5-2hrs a day to study actively and my full-time job allows me to passively listen for around 5-6 hours a day with headphones on.
At the moment my anki reviews sit at 12 new, 30-50 re-learn, 130-150 reviews. (retention set to 70%) I put the retention down to allow more new cards (was doing 7 new per day) because I feel pressured to boost my vocab as quickly as possible.
Anki takes me around an hour to do everyday and I usually chip away at it in the morning while I'm eating, during my work break, or after work. By the end of my days reviews anki tells me i've done around 350 cards on average.
Do you think I should be lowering my new cards in order to do less anki and more active input, or is my passive input going to be sufficient?
I feel like I could optimise my learning more but I'm not sure how.
A typical anki card that i make looks like this:
I also add the sentence translated in the one of the drop downs at the bottom
I appreciate responses!
by Inkonan