The Order of Sentences on Glossika Explained |

[@kullerva5738]

I started at the bottom of the Japanese version and got some bizarrely long and difficult sentences in the first thousand or so reps. Now that I'm about 5k reps in the new sentences are shorter and much easier than those initial sets. I don't understand the logic of it at all.

[@af55523]

I'm seeing the same thing with Scottish Gaelic. I started from the beginning without testing out (altho I've had a few years of distance classes). The initial sentences (about 1st 300 or so, maybe more) seemed to use a large variety of grammar forms, vocabulary, some were very long. They seemed all over the place in terms of difficulty. I couldn't see the sense in calling those sentences A1. Now I am about 500 sentences in, I seem to have finally gotten to what I consider A1-A2 level basic sentences. It is as though the initial group of sentences were added and not properly tagged for what level (A1-A2-B1-etc) to assign them to. The sentences now are also presented in a sort of sensible order - 5 or 10 at a time showing variations on a specific grammar pattern or vocabulary use for example. It makes a lot more sense. This is now a good review. I hope people who want to use Glossika to practice Scottish Gaelic don't get too discouraged and keep at it because now I've gotten to the point where I think it is very good practice. I read there were about 4000 sentences for SG, so there is still quite a lot of practice left.

[@kullerva5738]

​@@af55523 So interesting...makes me wonder how these sentences are curated. I did almost give up on it the first month, mainly because the sudden register shifts (there are 4 distinct registers in Japanese) kept throwing me completely for a loop. And for the LONGEST time typing didn't recognize common Japanese either, so I sent a very long letter to support, which addressed a few things. I'm around 1000 sentences in on Japanese. I still kind of hate it but I do it diligently (20k reps and counting) and definitely think it's useful.

[@harvyharvy5147]

He's the owl from Glossika's logo.

[@klimtyeung4735]

Hey there, I find this skill categories very interesting. I guess you had to find such kinds of categories that would apply to all languages, because by design all languages use the same original 7000 English sentences, so how did you design this categories? is it some sort of modern conception of universal grammar? or may be it's a sort of universal notional-functional categorization?

[@joesjustlivin3740]

Very interesting! I'd like to know too

[@carlosgonzales1444]

Does one need a Google or Facebook account to sign-up? I don't care for Google and Facebook sux.

[@diariosdelextranjero]

It's annoying to see such an amazing channel at such a low level of subscribers. 😐 You definitely deserve more !

[@MiltonJava]

I'm afraid that the lack of context is difficult for me: for example, "I'm constipated" and other sentences unrelated.

[@diariosdelextranjero]

I suppose the idea is to expose you to a wide variety of relevant sentences. Hence, they may not appear in order.

[@MiltonJava]

@@diariosdelextranjero I imagine that is true. However, what the patterns are is not always clear and the completely random nature makes it hard for me to stay engaged.

[@diariosdelextranjero]

@@MiltonJava I wish they still sold the GMS method. That did have consistent patterns. 😐

[@Kayeinel]

So more than one session a day is detrimental?

[@the.polymath]

Studies do seem to suggest that there is an upper limit to how much new information the brain can synthesize between sleep sessions. Doing more than one session in a day would not be detrimental in and of itself; rather, the issue would be in doing more than the brain can handle on a daily basis (like cramming for a test vs. consistent study over several days or weeks). Furthermore, while it is certainly good to push yourself, you should remember that the more you do, the more you will have to review each day, which could quickly become overwhelming and lead to missed days of practice. The most important factor in learning a new skill is consistency, so you just have to ensure that your workload is manageable (which, one Glossika session per day should be).

[@the.polymath]

@Trevor F Hey Trevor F. 5 new sentences per day is good considering that you’ll have your old sentences to review as well. Sometimes I try to do more than one session in a day if I have time.

[@CyberCelt.]

@@the.polymath very interesting Clevis. Do you feel Glossika has helped your speaking abilities like do you find yourself plucking previous Glossika sentences out when speaking? Would be good to hear how worthwhile it is from a long term user. Thanks

[@the.polymath]

@@CyberCelt. For sure it has, as well as my listening. For speaking it helps not so much by arming you with sentences to pluck out (although that does happen) but by arming you with TEMPLATES by which to form whatever sentences you want and the VOCABULARY to put in those templates. It has the effect of removing any question marks from your mind when you want to say something; you will encounter increasingly fewer situations where you aren't sure how to say something due to not having used a similar structure or set of vocabulary before. Lately I have fallen a bit out of regular practice as I'm working on other linguistics-related endeavors such as graduate school but especially in the early stages (say below B2) it helps tremendously and has a noticeable difference over time as long as you remain consistent (and consistent repetition TRULY is the fundamental mechanism by which this system works...the point is for those templates to automatically roll off the tongue in full fluency right when you need them, which is obtained only by practicing producing them over and over). That said though, it's important to note that Glossika itself is just the "training"; you must at some point get into actual "matches" via listening to radio and TV shows and conversing with people or else what you've learnt will have limited "cement" as it were, and this is especially and increasingly true from around B2 on.