The usual way to learn with KVocTrain is to use one of its random query functions.
It keeps track of your knowledge of the expressions by assigning them one of seven grades ranging from “Level 1” to “Level 7”.
Several possibilities are implemented which can be configured in the dialog for the query options.
To keep the amount of expressions reasonable, restrict the query to a lesson and/or a word type. I personally prefer about 50 words per cycle and subdivide the lessons accordingly.
Furthermore, the range for the query can depend on the current grade, the number of queries and the last query date.
Learning is efficient, if you do not repeat the words for a certain length of time, depending on the current grade.
There is a blocking and expiring mechanism for that case, so you are not obliged to modify the settings after each cycle. The known expression is blocked at least for the given time and will be shown after the expiration time.
The direction of the learning can be changed randomly to avoid one way learning.
For your personal taste or just for becoming acquainted with a new word, you can choose a query that shows the solution together with several other randomly chosen words (called multiple choice).
Special word types need special queries.
For this reason there are queries for the conjugation of verbs, comparison form of adjectives and the articles of nouns.
All these settings can be summarized into profiles and retained under an arbitrarily name.
When querying KVocTrain shows the expressions in random order until you confirm all as “known”. If you did not select a special lesson, all lessons are queried one after the other.
Remaining expressions of a currently running query are accordingly stored when you leave KVocTrain. After a later restart you can resume the query (currently this does not apply to special queries with verbs, articles and comparisons). Those expressions are marked with a green check mark in the main view.
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