FOUR SIDED FLASH CARDS
johnrash
June 28, 2008, 06:34 AM posted in General DiscussionAnother user by the name of BIGKEV posted a question a few weeks ago about how to handle the problem of making flash cards that carry han zi , english, and pin yin. I figured this one out for myself a while back and wanted to share what I came up with via DIY video. This is a .mov file and may need Quicktime to play. Poddies... enjoy:
bingge
August 05, 2008, 12:07 AMthat's awesome, rash!
urbandweller
June 28, 2008, 06:58 AMrash, you are a freakin genius...i will try that kind of flashcard too
thanks for the good idea!
johnrash
June 28, 2008, 07:58 AMThanks for the props. Amazing what you can do with a bit of extra time on a Friday night. Hope everyone who uses flash cards and suffered the same restless fate pondering how to construct a "3-sided flashcard" can get some use out of this. You really can quiz yourself easily and set the "tents" on the table and it begins to feel like a game. The folks at the coffee shop look at me a bit strange when I have 50 of these tents set up on the table beside my Americano, but at least I'm learning something.
wei1xiao4
June 28, 2008, 08:10 AMSimply brilliant!
RJ
June 28, 2008, 12:03 PMThanks Rash. Well done.
zhanglihua
June 28, 2008, 01:32 PMYou can also use paper with square print and use the leftover space for character practise.
@rash I learned English with Flashcards. Sometimes I would sit in a small restaurant and place my folded cards of the table, but alas, due to the draft (the door was a bit dodgy) the were often blown away! That was 16 years ago, and the still haven't fixed the door!
lostinasia
June 28, 2008, 06:46 AMWow... professionally done. Nice job with the video, and a clever idea.
If you're on a Mac, iFlash is a great program. It allows multiple card sides (I've got traditional/ simplified/ audio/ pinyin/ English/ example sentences/ keywords), as well as audio and photo attachments. You can view the sides in any order, and of course you can have many groups/sets - with the same card in multiple groups. The decks can be huge as well - my main one has thousands of items, although it does seem to push my processor a little.
Alas, as with almost any flash card system, I find the easy part is making the flash cards - the hard part is then following up and actually studying them.
zhanglihua
June 28, 2008, 06:32 PMAh, and you could use the fourth side to list words containing the character in question!
azerdocmom
June 29, 2008, 12:41 AMThis is such a wonderful gift to the community : ) Thank you, John. Wow!
auntie68
June 29, 2008, 03:03 AMWow! So simple, so brilliant. Thanks rash/John.
P/s: You write well in Chinese... your handwriting looks nicer than mine. Dayum!
johnrash
June 29, 2008, 01:45 PMAuntie68 你过奖了！ 我写的字都是很难看。还需要练习才能进步。
Also, kind of a tech question.. anyone know how to encode a Quicktime movie out of iMovie so it doesn't auto-start? I was kind of annoyed that this didnt' give people the option to click play for themselves.
auntie68
June 29, 2008, 02:55 PMErm, rash, don't you remember that I'm the CPOD Grumpy Auntie? I'm normally very stingy with compliments... and I didn't make an exception for you. Your Chinese is great.
johnrash
June 30, 2008, 02:31 AMThen I will wear a smile today knowing the disgruntled auntie gave me a compliment on my work and progress so far. Thanks!
cassielin
June 30, 2008, 03:42 AMHa, I second our auntie68's compliment.我同意auntie68的称赞。 Rash, 你的中文字写的很好！继续努力哦！^_^
RJ
June 28, 2008, 06:26 PMAlso you might want to check John's website:
http://www.rashphoto.blogspot.com/
johnrash
June 28, 2008, 06:35 AMIf you can't see the video here I also posted on You Tube at the following address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VMyG3ePxgk