Essays
Meilleure alternative à Anki pour le chinois
Anki est un excellent outil de cartes mémoire, mais il entraîne la reconnaissance, pas l'écriture. Pour écrire les caractères de mémoire, il faut un autre type d'appli.
Lawrence Arya··6 min
Essays
Anki Alternative for Chinese Writing: Stroke-Level Grading
Anki grades your whole recall as one button press, so a missed dot and a botched character score the same. A writing-specific tool grades the strokes. Here is the difference.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
When Anki's Writing Cards Give You Anxiety
If Anki's cluttered writing layout makes you tense before you even start, that is a real signal. Here is why it happens and a calmer way to practise writing characters.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Turning Passive Anki Cards Into Real Writing Ability
Your Anki sentence cards built recognition but not writing? Convert that passive knowledge into production by writing those characters from memory. Here is how.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Anki + a Whiteboard Because Apps Miss My Finger
Using Anki plus a whiteboard because writing apps don't capture your finger well? Input fidelity matters. Here is what a good tool needs, and the gap in your setup.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
A Plain Anki Deck for Traditional Writing? The Catch
You can use a no-plugins Anki deck to study traditional characters for writing, but plain Anki tests recognition. Here is how to make it work, and where it falls short.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Quizlet and Anki Defectors: The Gap for Chinese Writing
When Quizlet changed and learners fled to Anki and open alternatives, one gap followed them: no flashcard tool, free or paid, grades your handwriting. For writing, you need a different kind of tool.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Anki Grid-Paper (米字格) Setups, and a Simpler Option
You can add 米字格 grid backgrounds to Anki cards with templates and add-ons. Here is how, the catch, and why a purpose-built writing tool may save you the trouble.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Crying Over Anki Flashcards? Why It Happens
If Anki reduces you to tears, you are not weak and you are not failing. The format creates real overwhelm. Here is why, and a calmer way to study Chinese that does not.
Lawrence Arya··5 min