# Which direction for cloze cards?

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**Created:** [August 8, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/which-direction-for-cloze-cards/65411 "2025-08-08T13:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![lagrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@lagrave](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/lagrave)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/which-direction-for-cloze-cards/65411/1 "2025-08-08T13:00:44Z")

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When I create a cloze cards for language learning, which is the recommended direction for those cards?

The main sentence in my mother tongue and the hint in the language I study, or the main sentence in the studied language and the hint in my native language? Or should I create cards in both directions?

I am at B2- and C2-level in the languages I study, if that matters.

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**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/which-direction-for-cloze-cards/65411/2 "2025-08-09T07:10:29Z")

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Bidirectional is only useful in the beginning. After that, you should use TL → NL (target language first). At higher levels this should become TL → TL.

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**Author:** ![lagrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@lagrave](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/lagrave)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/which-direction-for-cloze-cards/65411/3 "2025-08-09T13:09:08Z")

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That is, if you already know a synonym, in the target language, to the word in the cloze you should use that as the hint rather than a word in your native language?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/which-direction-for-cloze-cards/65411/4 "2025-09-08T13:09:47Z")

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