{"id":3687,"date":"2015-10-14T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T11:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:37:15","slug":"how-to-remember-not-to-forget-a-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/10\/14\/how-to-remember-not-to-forget-a-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintain Your Language with the Learned Vocab Refresh System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only way to maintain language proficiency is to regularly interact with the language, but how do you do so when you&#8217;re not in school or not living among people who speak the language?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Learned Vocab Refresh System<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The Learned Vocab refresh system in the CL-150 and Transparent Language Online removes the burden of tracking what you know and when to review it. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned Vocab does three things:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7792 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/New-Learned-Vocab-Panel.png\" alt=\"Transparent Language Online learned vocab\" width=\"389\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/New-Learned-Vocab-Panel.png 389w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/New-Learned-Vocab-Panel-350x288.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remembers which words and phrases you\u2019ve studied<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keeps track of words&#8217; current status in your memory (fresh, stale, or archived)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creates opportunities for you to encounter words and phrases in need of review<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Essentially, we keep an accurate copy of your brain and contacts your actual brain when it\u2019s time to review. When used properly, this system is incredibly powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>How does it work?<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A word or phrase gets copied into your personal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vocab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> repository when you\u2019ve either studied it in a lesson or moved it there manually. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once in the repository, a learned word or phrase vacillates between two states:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stale (it\u2019s time to review)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fresh (it\u2019s not yet time to review)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can put words or phrases you never want to review into a third state, \u201cArchived\u201d. An example of an Archived word might be something like \u201chello&#8221; or &#8220;please&#8221; which you are in no danger of forgetting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how does our software determine what\u2019s Stale and what\u2019s Fresh? How do we know what\u2019s happening in your brain? <strong>It turns out applied science has come up with a pretty good solution for both guessing and manipulating somebody\u2019s retention of a learned fact over time: <\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dartmouth.edu\/~cogedlab\/pubs\/Kang(2016,PIBBS).pdf\">spaced repetition<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Without going in to too much detail, here&#8217;s how Learned Vocab works:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While you study a word or phrase in your lessons, the platform watches how many times you get it right versus wrong.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When that word or phrase goes into your <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned Vocab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0repository, we consider it Fresh (because you just learned it).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, we designate a time at which that word or phrase will become Stale based on how many right versus wrong answers you gave while studying it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When that word or phrase becomes Stale, we alert you that it\u2019s time to \u201cRefresh\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Depending on how well you remembered the word or phrase, it becomes Fresh again for some appropriate period of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Repeat steps 4 and 5.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7570\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/Learned-Vocab-Refresh-GIF.gif\" alt=\"cl-150 learned vocab refresh\" width=\"599\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you remember a word perfectly, it stays fresh for longer. For instance, the first time you learn a word or phrase it might be Fresh for 1 day. Then, after your first refresh, it\u2019s fresh for 3 days. Then 7 days. Then 30 days. And so on. Eventually, we cap the amount of time something can remain Fresh. (If you feel you\u2019ve learned it so well you\u2019ll never forget it, you can mark it as Archived.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do I get started?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you complete lessons in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/government\/\">CL-150 Platform<\/a> or <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/personal\/transparent-language-online.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transparent Language Online<\/span><\/a> you&#8217;ll notice the words and phrases in those lessons are automatically being added to your Learned Vocab (see the chart on your dashboard). You can click the &#8220;Manage&#8221; link to<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> see everything you\u2019ve learned (or even add words and phrases you&#8217;ve learned from other resources).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7569\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/Learned-Vocab-Management.png\" alt=\"learned vocab management\" width=\"890\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/Learned-Vocab-Management.png 890w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/Learned-Vocab-Management-350x315.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/Learned-Vocab-Management-768x690.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it\u2019s time for you to review, a button in the panel that say <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refresh<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will turn green, and a yellow banner above it will tell you how many words and phrases have become stale. All you have to do is click that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refresh<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button. Complete the activity shown and those words and phrases will become Fresh until it&#8217;s time to review again. It\u2019s that easy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of course, language learning happens everywhere, not just in our platforms. That&#8217;s why you can also <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2019\/04\/18\/manage-your-learned-vocab-in-the-cl-150-and-transparent-language-online\/\">add your own Learned Vocab<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/New-Learned-Vocab-Panel-350x288.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Transparent Language Online learned vocab\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/New-Learned-Vocab-Panel-350x288.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/10\/New-Learned-Vocab-Panel.png 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The only way to maintain language proficiency is to regularly interact with the language, but how do you do so when you&#8217;re not in school or not living among people who speak the language?\u00a0 Learned Vocab Refresh System The Learned Vocab refresh system in the CL-150 and Transparent Language Online removes the burden of tracking&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/10\/14\/how-to-remember-not-to-forget-a-language\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[520016,543990,543685,543323],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3687","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-learners","category-for-libraries","category-learning-usage-tips","category-learning-feature-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7794,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions\/7794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}