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？）🎉

My family came to visit me, and I visit them... not so much time online these days...

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：非常 fēi cháng = extremely. E.g. 学习中文非常有用。 xué xí zhōng wén fēi cháng yǒu yòng. = studying Chinese is extremely useful. 他非常高。 tā fēi cháng gāo. = He’s extremely tall.

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：觉得 jué de / 认为 rèn wéi - to think / believe. > jué de is less formal, rèn wéi is more formal. E.g. 我觉得这部电影很好笑。wǒ jué de zhè bù diàn yǐng hěn hǎo xiào. = I think this film is very funny. 我认为这个主意很有意思。 wǒ rèn wéi zhè gè zhǔ yi hěn yǒu yì si. = I think/believe this idea is very interesting.

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!