Charlotte asks: "What's your opinion on removing English from flashcards altogether?

Episode Summary:

• Arguments for having flashcards entirely in the target language:
  • Avoid translation
  • Learn to think in the target language
  • Increased exposure to target language
  • "Learn like a child"
• Arguments for having pictures on your flashcards:
  • Visual memory is stronger than auditory memory
  • Wyner: "It’s much easier to learn a word off of a picture card you’ve made yourself than off of a translation card you downloaded in someone else’s deck." = false equivalence

My response to this:

• Translation is inevitable, and also very useful! (The more languages I acquire, the more I use contrastive analysis to learn faster.)
• Parallels with learning like children are misguided - we're not children, we have study skills
• Flashcards entirely in the target langu

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