There’s video’s on youtube on using lingq, but as t_harangi says, it differs depending on the person.
The premise is simple. You learn by reading things/content. This content should be more or less comprehensible (i.e. Steven Krashen’s theories). As far as I am concerned, all Lingq does is:
- Give me a tool to make the content comprehensible ;
- Give me the statistics to track my progress ;
- Talk to people doing the same thing on the forum
Just by looking at what everyone says on the forums you will see that most people have their own way of doing things. Some focus on reading that many hours per day, while other focus on words read or lingqs created, or words learned. Some may prefer a mix with other media such as netflix and others prefer pure reading. Some focus on reading the same thing until they understand it perfectly, while others prefer to switch to new things as soon as they’re done. It really depends on your interests and what works for you. I would say experiment and try different things.
As for me personally, I prefer focusing on words read and generally find 4k-5k words read per day to be the sweet spot. I only rarely engage with audiobooks/podcasts/netflix etc as reading interests me more. However, this has also been (and continues to be) a learning journey for me on what works best.
With respect to the content to read/watch etc, I am also a fan of Matt VS Japan’s Refold method (Matt is a well known speaker/student of Japanese):
