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Does the Refold Method Forbid Tracing Characters?
Does Refold's input-first method ban handwriting or tracing Chinese characters? It does not forbid it, but it deprioritizes output. Here is how writing fits.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
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Does Refold's input-first method ban handwriting or tracing Chinese characters? It does not forbid it, but it deprioritizes output. Here is how writing fits.

Immersion crowds reward output. Passive review just re-shows you a character; active recall makes you produce it. For writing, that difference is the whole game.