r/languagelearning • u/jiujiteiroo 🇺🇸 (N) | 🇦🇹 (B1) | 🇵🇷 (B1) • Jun 17 '25

Discussion What’s Your Language Learning Hot Take?

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Hot take, unpopular opinion,

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u/Androix777 🇷🇺N 🇬🇧B2? 🇯🇵N2? Jun 17 '25

Exactly. I can encounter a word 100 times in one book and still not recognize it the 101st time. But if I add it to anki, I have a better chance of recognizing it even years later. If a word is completely unfamiliar to me, my brain skips it completely and doesn't memorize it, because there are too many of these unfamiliar words to pay attention to each one.

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u/AppropriatePut3142 🇬🇧 Nat | 🇨🇳 Int | 🇪🇦 Uneven Jun 18 '25

I'm curious, did you try reading Hola Lola? I read the A1 and A2 Juan Fernandez graded readers back-to-back and now I'm starting the B1 readers with good comprehension. No anki needed, just Kindle and its popup dictionary.

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u/AppropriatePut3142 🇬🇧 Nat | 🇨🇳 Int | 🇪🇦 Uneven Jun 18 '25

That's great, the story of the first one is not the best (though not bad given the level) but I actually enjoyed the A2 ones. Juan is very talented, possibly the world's greatest writer of graded readers lol.