大家好！Hi everyone! 2025年快结束了！2025 is nearly over/finished. I will be celebrating New Year’s Eve with my family. I’ll also think about my goals for 2026 and if I’ve met my goals for this year! (Both language-related and otherwise). (我会和家人过新年，也会想一想我2026年的目标是什么。。。） How is everyone celebrate the New Year? (你们怎么过新年？）🎉

谢谢大家！Thank you to everyone who joined us for the session today! @Lina Nang @Lavanya Karthik @Ionut Diaconu @Ewelina Pietkiewicz @Jessica Barten @Amanda Smith @Hadjar Haddou We talked a lot in Mandarin and practiced lots of different topics including: 1. Describing yourself - different adjectives + structures to build more complex sentences. 2. Describing hair + eyes, using colours (including 2 different ways to structure those sentences). 3. Describing what you like + dislike, and why. The notes from the session are attached below. Please use them to practice if you wish! Also, feel free to comment with a sentence using some words / grammar we learnt and practiced today. 下次见！ See you next time!

Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word：找 zhǎo - to look for / 找到 zhǎo dào = to find / 找不到 zhǎo bú dào = can’t find E.g. 我在找我的钥匙。wǒ zài zhǎo wǒ de yào shi. = I’m looking for my keys. 我找到了！ wǒ zhǎo dào le! = I’ve found (it / them). 我找不到我的钥匙。 wǒ zhǎo bú dào wǒ de yào shi. = I can’t find my keys.

Join us this Saturday for a FREE live Study Buddy call where you can listen to real Mandarin, practise speaking, and ask questions in a relaxed, supportive space. This session is especially helpful if you’re a beginner or not fully confident speaking yet. Our topics will be: 1. Describing yourself and others (appearance + personality etc.) 2. Giving opinions on things e.g. your hobbies, things you like and dislike + why. 3. Asking people about their hobbies, likes, dislikes etc. Comment below if you’re planning to come along! + Any questions you have. To support you in preparing for the session, feel free to check out the resources in our Free Essentials course in the classroom tab. Look forward to seeing some of you there! 星期六见！See you Saturday!

Hi everyone! I’ve been working on something really valuable that will help everyone with their learning. I have created a ‘Mandarin Weekly Focus Checklist.’ 👉 https://trusty-weekly-flow.lovable.app It's a Weekly Checklist that gives Mandarin learners a clear process to work toward fluency, one week at a time. This will help people with busy lives, who don't feel they have enough time to make the progress they want with learning Mandarin. The Checklist is something you can go back to weekly, and update. Making sure that even the smallest amount of practice daily is all it takes to make progress, week on week. The Checklist will also help you keep up good habits, and build consistency. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts, I think this will be really helpful for a lot of you! If you have any questions please just ask :) P.S - You can also find it in the "classroom" section tab, at the top. This is where it will stay so you can find it.