Turning off 'extra practice' in Phrase Pump

[joan_LanguageProcess]

@cb83

[…] the majority of the cards that I get are tagged as ‘extra practice’ and don’t contain any of my saved words or phrases and mostly contain seeming randon words that I already know and don’t want to practice.

I have been working with PhrasePump for a short while, so my strongest guess at what you are seeing is whatever Spaced Repetition System (SRS) / Algorithm" LR has for the PhrasePump (Maybe ‘Ebisu’?):

PhrasePump Uses a combination of Marked to Learn, Learnt, Suggestions (if you have that toggled on/available in your target language—not available in my TL: Korean, currently), and Learning Now marked words to create your experience of the PhrasePump system.

Some of how the system works:

@David_Wilkinson

• You can review saved words and phrases as flashcards in a ‘Cloze’ format. Item reviews are scheduled using the advanced library ‘Ebisu.’
• Language Reactor can schedule extra ‘Look and Listen’ cards (enabled by default) that provide an opportunity to become more familiar with how the word is used. The cards have many example sentences with audio that you can review.
• At the end of a study session, Language Reactor can suggest new words to add to your study routine. It examines your current vocabulary and identifies gaps.

Related to the “Look and Listen” type sentences that PhrasePump chooses to show you, this is what I could find:

@David_Wilkinson

This feature finds sentences from the Tatoeba database that only contain words that have been marked as known, or that you have practiced in the flashcards at least once (familiar words, solid outline). The sentence is read (audio); the text and translation are hidden until you hover over them, or hit the ‘e’ key. The concept is simple, but powerful. Use it to improve your listening comprehension and strengthen your language knowledge. By setting a small ‘known’ vocabulary (50 words), it’s a great way to start learning a language from scratch.

The extra practice combines the “gaps” PhrasePump has guessed at based on your current Learnt, Learning, Don’t Learn marked words.

Currently, the only things you can adjust are in the ‘click to expand’ type menu you see when you go to the PhrasePump tab.

I think the only thing you could do is mark those words within those sentences (of ‘extra practice’) that contain seemingly random words as “Don’t Learn” and see if that helps for now.

Side Note on PhrasePump Customization:

I think the PhrasePump tool would benefit from extra toggle on/off buttons for users who want to turn off (and on if they want to every so often) to customize their PhrasePump experience. (For users who want finer control over what they see and how they see it in the PhrasePump tool.)

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I hope this helps a little!