Using pleco has been part of my daily routine for the last 3 years, spending about 1 hour in average, while reading books and other materials to increase my vocabulary.
Which leads me to the following question: is there a day when I can stop using the flashcard system?
I forgot how I came to learn English, but English and Chinese are very different to me, because I can always read an English word that I don't know.
To me this is a huge difference in terms of memory. I feel it is much easier to forget a word in Chinese, because we have to remember both the character writing (strokes), the pronunciation and the meaning of it. 3 things to remember, VS 1 thing only in English (the meaning).
I often think that I will never be able to stop using Pleco, which is not a big issue for me, but still feels like a concern. Even though I will become more and more familiar with 90% of the Chinese words, there will always be some really technical words, or 成語, that don't show up often, and that I will inevitably forget if I stop using Pleco.
Any experience there?
Which leads me to the following question: is there a day when I can stop using the flashcard system?
I forgot how I came to learn English, but English and Chinese are very different to me, because I can always read an English word that I don't know.
To me this is a huge difference in terms of memory. I feel it is much easier to forget a word in Chinese, because we have to remember both the character writing (strokes), the pronunciation and the meaning of it. 3 things to remember, VS 1 thing only in English (the meaning).
I often think that I will never be able to stop using Pleco, which is not a big issue for me, but still feels like a concern. Even though I will become more and more familiar with 90% of the Chinese words, there will always be some really technical words, or 成語, that don't show up often, and that I will inevitably forget if I stop using Pleco.
Any experience there?