Confused on Vocab Reading Mode

Bunpro
#1

this might be a dumb question…but I am a bit confused on how reading mode for vocab actually works, and how best to use it.
I just started a couple days ago, I am mostly interested in comprehension, at least at the start, so reading mode feels like the most useful for me. I definitely will use fill-in mode for grammar though.

Do I just listen to the sentence, and say ‘yes’ if I understood it and ‘no’ if I didn’t?
What if I recognized the highlighted vocab (visually, or by sound) but didn’t understand the rest of the sentence? Or only parts of it?

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#2

You read it and determine if you understood it or not. How you determine that is up to you, really.

I would personally recommend only pressing “good” if you understood the whole sentence, or at least the gist of the sentence, along with the word. I feel that understanding the whole sentence helps reinforce the word itself.

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#3

What @MarcoSolo said.

Big emphasis on “the word” and not “the sentence” tho.
Like if you didn’t understand 3 words in the sentence, but understood the 1 target word, and the meaning/context in which it was used, I’d probs just Good it.

Cuz remember, if you Hard it, next time a completely difference sentence will show up for that target word.

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#4

Sentence reading and self grade is the best way to learn in my opinion, cause it’s free reading time practice.

I only fail, if I didn’t get the word right, no matter if I got the rest of the sentence or not. If a vocab has multiple meanings, the rest of the sentence can be way more important, can I get the right meaning in context? If I know all the words in the sentence and the grammar, I expect to get also the correct meaning of the vocab or I will fail it. But when I don’t know enough words to get the context, but got the main meaning of the vocab right, I’ll grade the sentence as correct and set up a ghost for the sentence with the uncommon meaning.

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#5

What I do: look at the highlited word. If I get the meaning and reading correct pass. Dont fail

I read on a blog to:
First: Try to read the sentence
Second: guess the reading if it’s kanji
Third: hover over the word, and guess the meaning
Fourth: Check the answer If you were correct in step three pass, if not fail