I know this is still not particularly relevant to you, but it sucks when you forget 10 flashcards in a session. And I know why that is. Flashcards on their own are not enough, which, I guess, is a pretty depressing fact... First, you have to know how to use them. Simply writing the word on one side and the definition on the other, at least for me, is just trying to associate a meaningless string of letters with a little more meaningful one. What I've been doing is writing a word on one side and example sentences with it on the other... But it still doesn't always work, perhaps depending on how meaningful the sentences I've been able to find are.

I feel the best about my chances to remember a word, if it keeps coming up in my memory randomly, because for whatever reason I've become fascinated by it. I imagine it's the way toddlers learn new words, by getting fascinated by them and repeating them a lot.

So in addition to the flashcards program, today I've also written the new words down on paper so I can glance at them throughout the day. It doesn't correspond exactly to the above idea, but it's the best I can come up with.

It probably sounds a little bit ridiculous, but I really want to improve.