is it possible to score 200 points on the recall section?

Question

I ask this because it seems impossible to achieve the full score. Has anybody scored a 200 on the recall section? If so, how did you do it? Speed and accuracy is the logical step!

I've wondered the same. Seems to test typing skills as well. - shenkel, Mar 25, 2011

Well, there are ways to "cheat" as there is a buffer/cache involved, and you can keep the order from changing which helpls if you do the section more than once. - 0074b507, Mar 25, 2011

I think the clock runs too fast on recall. - claylavl, Mar 25, 2011

Not suggesting its use as it is a waste of time. The scores have no meaning. But don't be impressed by someone else's high score. They may have taken advantage of the system. - 0074b507, Mar 25, 2011

Answer 1

For me, it depended if accents were involved and if I had to correct typo's. Whenever you gave to click an accented letter, time is lost and lots of times, also points... :(

I can't recall whether or not I ever "made it" but I don't think so.

Saludos, Chica

you can change your keyboard settings to spanish. that speeds things up. - claylavl, Mar 25, 2011

Answer 2

As much as I would love a perfect score on recall, I had to face the fact that my typing skills and fiddling with accents will prevent it, at least for now. The important point is to get it right and to the devil with the points.

Excellent outlook!! - Sabor, Mar 25, 2011

Answer 3

Yes, it´s possible, but not for all of them. As the others have said, you need to set your keyboard to Spanish (or better yet use a Spanish keyboard), learn to touchtype, or just cheat. And as Gfreed said, cheating isn´t going to help your Spanish and neither will typing fast. The best thing about the flashcards is they are a useful tool for improving your vocabulary and getting 200 doesn´t necesarrily make you a great Spanish speaker. So don´t worry about the high scores unless you´re an obsessive type, in which case cheat.

Um, a cheater is obsessive about what, now? - Sabor, Mar 25, 2011

I think my comment's clear. If high scores are more important to you than learning Spanish on this website, there must be something obsessive in your personality. - Encalada, Mar 26, 2011

Answer 4

I was slow to change my computer keyboard to make accents easy to type, so my flashcard recall score are awful. I don't really care. When doing the recall exercise, when I need an accent, I make a mental note that I need the accent, then type the normal character, and it scores it as a miss. So what? Then I review my "errors", and see that the correct answers were my intended ones, except where I have really committed an error. It's all about learning.

Now I have added the Spanish key mappings, so it's not a problem any more. But I still get lazy and not worry so much about what I type, as long as I'm sure of the correct spelling in my head.

I care to type correctly everywhere else, just not so much in flashcards. :) - pesta, Mar 25, 2011

Please use proper English "and don't worry so much..." - pedrofranklin, Mar 25, 2011

Answer 5

It's like a lesson for your life, you are never actually perfect, you can usually try and do a little better...

I always do this section two or three times! Good luck!

Answer 6

Every flash card set has a list of the top scorers. Yes, there are people who get prefect scores on even long sets of flash cards. I've wondered how they do it and Q's explanation makes sense. Of course, cheating gets them a high score but it probably doesn't help their Spanish.

How do you cheat? - Jmarie, Mar 25, 2011

Answer 7

Así, tu se pones un poco haragan?

Just practicing...

[tú] te pones in reflexive use [not other pronominal usages] the pronoun and the verb ending agree in grammar person (e.g. me pongo, nos ponemos, se ponen) - 0074b507, Mar 25, 2011

haragán - 0074b507, Mar 25, 2011

WOW! Complicado! So how does one say: So, how do I say to Pesta, "So, you get a little lazy?" - Jmarie, Mar 25, 2011

WOW! Complicado! So, how do I say to Pesta, "So, you get a little lazy?" - Jmarie, Mar 25, 2011