How the learning path is structured¶
A typical flashcard app shows you words from a shuffled deck, in random order. Immer wiederholen works differently. Topics open in a planned order. And the bot tests the same word in more and more depth: from recognition to recall from memory with no hints.
Topics unlock each other¶
One verb can have several features, and the bot tracks each one separately. For example, these are its Partizip II form, its Präteritum form and a vowel change in the Präsens. These are different topics, but it helps to practice them together. So when you answer one topic correctly, the related topics for the same word come sooner. They don't wait in a separate queue.
Some topics have a stricter link. They don't appear until you answer their basic topic at least once. For example, in an advanced topic you recall a verb from a described situation and put it in the right form. There is no hint about which verb it is. This topic stays locked until you answer the simple "verb → form" topic for the same word at least once. This way, a hard task doesn't appear before your memory has something to build on.
From recognition to recall¶
Picking the right option out of four and recalling a word yourself are different skills. The first skill is recognition, and the second is recall. To speak a language, you need recall, not only recognition. So many multiple-choice questions have one more step after them. This step has no hints, and you type the phrase from memory.
In the most advanced topics, the bot removes not only the answer options but also the verb itself. You see only the translation of a situation. You have to recall which word it is and put it in the right form. This is why these topics stay locked until you practice the form at least once in a simple topic. Without this base, the task would be a puzzle, not practice.
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