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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/Altruistic-Mammoth on 2024-04-04 16:44:29.

Do you think it’s worth it to handwrite out answers to Recall cards in Anki? It’s almost twice as hard and takes twice as long to write it out that simply say the answer out loud or subvocalize it. And that’s time spent that I can’t dedicate to listening practice, speaking practice, etc.

But I really like writing out the words. And maybe I’ll get faster.

I used to think this wasn’t useful, but I started language school (in Tokyo) today and on the placement test they had us write out answers - a Kana table and simple short-form reading comprehension answers (most of the answers were pre-populated, you had to select or “rearrange” them).

I think I would have done worse if I hadn’t started writing practice. Then again, I hear that most people don’t write today and just type to communicate, and that it seems to be common advice from successful Japanese learners that if they could do it again, they wouldn’t learn how to write Kanji, i.e. learning the stroke orders and writing them out.

Curious what folks think.