The Structure of Official Courses

Hello everyone!

First, I want to say thank you for all those fantastic official Memrise courses. I find them really useful, but there is one thing that bothers me - I mean, why are they all divided into several (3 or 7) parts? Is there any particular reason why the Memrise staff decided to choose this structure? It forces users to “manage” several separate daily streaks, what is rather uncomfortable (especially if you use the Memrise App), at least in my opinion. What do you think?

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@JAndrzej Some users complained that “big courses” demotivate them. So Memrise made them “shorter”.

@JAndrzej I’ve found its best not to turn on streaks for those courses unless you’re planning on spending a lot of time learning and reviewing stuff since they are smaller courses.

I found getting people to progressively advance in a language course more important than any one course’s streak. The full Japanese course series I’m posting will have 10,000 vocabulary, 6000 grammar, 3000 kanji and thousands of immersion sentences but they’re broken up into 300 to 500 entries per course and staggered in a progressive way.

Maybe if Memrise added a course series setting where courses are connected to each other so doing one affects the streak on all. Probably a good option for the group study area.

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@Charles_Applin35 ~ I am not learning Japanese, but if I was, I would certainly be doing so with some of the courses you are offering.

I just wanted to take the time to acknowledge the ENORMOUS effort you are putting into the assemblage of the myriad of Japanese courses. You are certainly a dedicated, giving, kind individual, and the Memrise community (especially Japanese learners) are all benefiting from the tireless fruits of your efforts. Thank you for all you have done, are doing, and potentially will do ! :clap: :thumbsup:

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Well, that’s exactly why I care about my streak(s) - to progressively advance in a language.

BTW, your courses look fantastic.