[Aldipower]

1) Use Anki with pictures and pronunciation to get necessary vocabulary. But it needs audio to learn pronunciation. Very important. 2) Speak, listen, speak, listen with native speakers in person. _Nothing_ beats this! 3) Evening school is a bonus

[fatihpense]

I like Anki because it is a calm piece of tech. It has been there for a long time with the same behavior. There is a merit to its boringness. You can also activate FSRS algorithm for supposedly better spaced repetition in profile/deck settings. This was an interesting read: https://github.com/open-spaced-repetition/fsrs4anki/wiki/Spa...

[amelius]

But where do you source the files? I'm willing to pay for a deck, but it seems impossible to find good information without spending a ton of time researching it. Too much noise/signal ratio in this space.

[Aldipower]

You're correct this is a problem. I paid for sprachenlernen24.de which is German to many languages and very good. Not sure about other source languages though.

[myth2018]

Take a read on this: https://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html

The author, among other topics, makes a case for the creation of personalized decks. That practice has been really valuable to me.

[amai]

See also https://louisrli.github.io/blog/2023/06/13/effectively-using...