Alex, I have read your experiment with a German book. There indeed is a big mismatch of time spent and satisfaction compared to regular reading, but you also were not a beginner for sure. You had successfully activated books and knew this will going to work.
One, who has not had any success with activation; first looks for what unusual it does than regular reading. Results from regular reading thus acts as a base. He thus compares his comprehension and memory he gets from regular reading to activation. In addition to this, he also first looks for a piece of evidence that what they are doing is correct.
The question answer nature of activation has been a problem for me. I do get answers to my question but then I have to read them all many times to understand them well and also have to use various other techniques to remember them. This leads me to think I am not doing it correct but also dont know where is my mistake.
Thanks.
