Welcome one and all to my blog. I am running this to keep me accountable on my studying and to share my learning experience with others. I have been studying for a year on and off so still beginner level and fed up with the on and off immersion. So hopefully a few of you will follow along and critique my daily updates of my studies. My studying plan is not set in stone but I have some direction.
Today's studies are - pimsluer mandarin 2 lesson 5 - did this while at the gym via Bluetooth streaming through my phone. Just started this lesson and plan on listening to it daily for at least a week before I move on.
Npcr book 1 chapter 5- I did the full audio session today and really need to practice on my C and Z pronunciation- anyone have any ideas in open Hoping to go through the chapter completely today as a rough go through. Just doing all the practice excersises verbally. Will be repeating this lesson daily plus reviewing last lesson every other day.
Flash cards - I have Npcr lessons 1-5 on pleco and will be going through them whenever I have down time at work. This is the part I'm really struggling with and open to any ideas at learning a easier way to memorize characters. I have tried writing and it looks terrible and I feel like I did not learn anything writing them over and over. Maybe write in full sentences? In pinyin and simplified?
Did Chinese pod lesson on train - break up lesson. I have done this lesson before just wanted to make sure my pronunciation was good.
Open to any ideas what I should add or ways to study better. I study mostly on train then a hr at work when I have a break which is right now so time to get my nose back in the book lol